Te Auaha Pito Mata is Community Research’s award event celebrating the impact of emerging community researchers in Aotearoa.
These awards profile the amazing depth of research being conducted in the Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector and continue to uplift to value of community research.
They shine a light on rangatahi and researchers in the first 1–8 years of their careers whose work uplifts communities and strengthens knowledge for positive change.

There are four awards categories researchers can be nominated for:

• Tangata Whenua community researcher (for Māori researchers)
• Ethnic community researcher (for Ethnic researchers)
• Pasifika community researcher (for Pasifika researchers)
• Community researcher/evaluator
  
• Plus the ‘Billie Award’ that is bestowed in recognition of strengths based research or evaluation.
  The Billies are awarded to honour the memory of Billie Foreman (1931-2012), a relentless practitioner of strength-based approaches in all she did, in a life committed to serving others and social justice for all.

Our 2023 Award Winners