Te Auaha Pito Mata is Community Research’s award event for new and emerging researchers.
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 are to encourage and recognise high standards of research New and Emerging (or Early Career) Researchers.
There are four awards categories researchers can be nominated for:

• Tangata Whenua community researcher (Māori researchers)
• Ethnic and migrant community researcher (Ethnic or migrant researchers)
• Pasifika community researcher (Pasifika researchers)
• Community researcher/evaluator
  
  
  Plus an additional award that is bestowed on research submitted for the awards:
• ‘The Billie Award’ recognises strengths based research or evaluation

Our 2023 Award Winners