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Mind The Gap
This is Bryan Bruce’s latest documentary on what is driving the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand. Bruce investigates why the current state of child health in New…
Māori Research Position Available at Te Atawhai o Te Ora
Te Atawhai O te Ao : Independent Māori institute for environment and health are looking to employ a full-time researcher. This is a great opportunity to work with Kaupapa Māori…
Juggling community circus research
A research project looking into community circus had some surprising results. The two primary aims of the research were to begin to quantify the impact of circus programmes, and to…
Maximising the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists
“There are few academics who are interested in doing research that simply has no influence on anyone else in academia or outside.” Social science research can be used to inform…
Progressing Collective Impact in New Zealand
This discussion piece by Megan Thomas provides an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective on Collective Impact. See also our Collective Impact resource page The complexity of the problems we need to…
Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award
Fulbright New Zealand and Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, call for applications to the Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award. This award,…
Te Ahi Kaa – Keeping our Marae Safe from Fire
In September 2005, fire damaged the dining room, Ngaparetaihinu, at Tukorehe Marae, Kuku, Horowhenua. With the support of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission, Te Iwi o Ngāti Tukorehe Trust…
INZONE for Academic achievement
Native Affairs recently filmed a piece on the Inzone Project, which is a project that looks at establishing a means for young Māori and Pasifika boys who are living beyond…
Like Minds Newsletter, August 2013
The latest Like Minds Newsletter (issue 53) is now available. The focus is on stigma and discrimination associated with mental health. This edition profiles the following research: 1.5 Generation Chinese…
The Wholeness of Life –Towards a New Practice of Change Workshop
From 2 pm Thursday 6 February to 4 pm Sunday 9 February 2014 Vaughan Park Retreat Centre, Long Bay, Auckland Cost: $1350 plus GST (includes all meals & accommodation) This workshop…
Working as Allies: Supporters of Indigenous Justice Reflect
In Working as allies non-indigenous supporters of indigenous justice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand discuss their practice. Through in-depth interviews they candidly share the challenges of this work and their responses…
Whakauae: Research for Māori health and development
Whakauae was established in Whanganui by Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hauiti in 2005, with Dr Heather Gifford as Research Director. Whakauae’s mission is: “To assist Māori to reach their potential…