This presentation to the 2010 Community Research Awards provides insight into the approach to community research by the Te Rarawa Iwi Research and Development Group (IRD). Located within Te Runanga O Te Rarawa in the far north of Aotearoa, the group was established to improve the management and control of research within our hapu communities, to ensure research aligned with the needs and aspirations of whanau, hapu and iwi, and to integrate and connect research with relevant issues.