Te Koronga

And what a way to clock out of 2024. Congratulations to all and especially our fabulous researcher Dr Losā Moata'ane!

Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao Fellowships have been awarded to 18 early-career and 3 mid-career scientific (Pūtaiao) researchers.

The fellowship will help to build and strengthen a diverse Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research workforce by investing in talented Māori and Pacific researchers to realise their potential (Puanga). The Fellowship will facilitate Māori and Pacific Peoples who are future leaders in STEM research to enter into or progress through the Research, Science and Innovation workforce, building a career foundation that enables them to flourish.

The recipients of Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao Fellowships work in diverse areas of STEM including: environmental management and sustainability; biotechnology, biochemistry and biomedical research; data science and indigenous data sovereignty; environment and climate change; and computer science and cybersecurity.

Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao was administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

💡 Find out more at https://bit.ly/3NsfVFW

Tangata Tū, Tangata Ora!

Toi Tangata We are a Māori health org that develops, delivers & champions kaupapa Māori approaches to kori & kai.

The time has arrived for the graduation of Dr Terina Raureti and Dr Ngahuia Mita for their PhDs.

Congratulations kōrua tahi me ō koutou whānau anō hoki.

We have watched your journey from your undergraduate studies and to now, equipped with your doctorates.

We know the struggles, the challenges, you have had to overcome, the people of importance close to you who are watching from above.

We’ve been with you on the highs and all the betweens, and on behalf of your Te Koronga, your tuakana and teina, Centre of Indigenous Science whānau, your PEMA whānau, your whānau here from Puketeraki, we mihi to you and your whānau in allowing us to be a small part of your journeys.

And you now continue the mahi rangatira of supporting, advancing and upholding the kaupapa of who you are, and where you come from within the āhuru mōwai o ō whānau, hapū, iwi.

And quite simply this is the crystallisation of Māori research excellence, of our Māori research agenda.

To return mokopuna home.

E te iwi! He kaupapa, he kauhau kei te haere 🔥 ko te take, ko:

‘Tino Rangatiratanga: A foundation for Flourishing Wellness’ - Ahorangi Anne-Marie Jackson, Inaugural Professorial Lecture.

We are excited today to celebrate Anne-Marie and her whānau as she delivers her IPL at Araiteuru Marae - Nau mai, haramai e te iwi, ki te kore ka tae ā-tinana anei te hononga ipurangi.

E TŪ e te ahorangi, whakanui ka tika

Streaming information for Professor Anne-Marie Jackson's IPL

This event will be live-streamed, from 4:55pm Thursday 20th July 2023, at the following web address:

https://www.otago.ac.nz/its/services/teaching/streaming/otago469606.html

Mauri ora ki a tātou,

He karere tino rawe rawa atu tēnei. Nō mātou te hōnore nui, kia whakamārama atu ki a koutou te karere o te wiki 🙌🏽🙌🏽.

Kua tutuki a Ngahuia Mita i tana mahi whakamutunga o te tohu kairangi!
✅ Te mahi
✅ Te whakamātautau
✅ Whakatika i ngā whakaritenga ā ngā kaimāka

Hei te mārama o Ākuhata ka whakapōtae ia ki te taha o tōna mete a Terina Raureti 👩🏽‍🎓 🎉.

We can share the best news whānau! This week Ngahuia Mita has received confirmation that she will be graduating in August with her PhD ❤️❤️❤️.

Congratulations to you and your whānau. Yyaasssss wooohhhooooooooooooooooooooo!

Whiti te rā Tairawhiti Waka 💃🏽💅🏽

Tēnā koutou katoa,
We are excited to announce our guest speaker for the March Māramatanga: Indigenous Psychologies seminar - Dr Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle (Ngāi Tahu, Te Ati Haunui a Pāpārangi), Pūkenga/Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Otago.
Dr Hitaua Arahanga-Doyle will present the results of his PhD thesis which investigated the efficacy of a brief social-psychological intervention which aimed to help improve psychological outcomes for Māori tertiary students at University. This tool was developed from contemporary Western social science regarding the social identity perspective and belonging, and Te Ao Māori, in particular, the importance of whanaungatanga. This dual structure was underpinned using the He Awa Whiria – Braided Rivers Model. Dr Arahanga-Doyle will discuss the three core studies that were conducted in his thesis and their final results, which provided mixed support for brief social interventions in this setting, as well as the limitations and future directions for his work.
📌Date: Thursday 30th March 2023
⏰Time: 10:30am – 11:30am

He rangi whakahirahira tēnei tā te hapū o Kapumanawawhiti me te whare o Te Koronga.

E eke ana a Terina Raureti ki te taumata o te tohu kairangi. E tū ana ia ki tōna marae ki roto i te ukaipō o tōna ake tūpuna whenua.

He kura tangata, he kura kauora, he oranga mō te whānau.

An important day today for us all as Terina Raureti successfully defended her PhD thesis at her marae with her whānau all present.

Terina’s work is a reflection of her aspirations to uplift the kōrero of her whānau and hapū of Kapumanawawhiti in their understandings of the wai.

Terina has created Kauora a theory and praxis of understanding swimming from her whānau perspectives.

E kore e mimiti te tai o aroha ki tō whānau, i manaakitia mai i ngā rangi tata ake nei.

E poho kererū ana tātou katoa 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Ngāti Porou Surf Life Saving 🐐 Peter Boyd up today 130pm 🌊

Tune in again āpōpō e te whānau! 🌊 we’re catching up with Peter Boyd of Ngāti Porou Surf Life Saving.

Read a little about the mahi Pete does here - https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2020/11/how-ng-ti-porou-surf-lifesaving-club-is-making-a-difference.html?fbclid=IwAR0brTcJRHkKwaaeCCr0HvDC7EhMdHR7aOZBWz0T-WgZ6TycP0UJsc8tmXg&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

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Rob Hewitt | Ambassador and Kaihautū for Water Safety New Zealand At least 79 people were saved from the water over the weekend with multiple incidents, some mass rescues and six drowning deaths in Auckland

🎄 Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te Tau Hou ki a koutou katoa 🎄

🏖 E wā whakatā ana mātou te whānau o Te Koronga 🌊

Thank you all for your tautoko for 2022. As we knock off for our Summer break, we wish to celebrate all of our whānau of Te Koronga and especially our tauira for their wonderful achievements this year.

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A special shout out to our two doctoral students whose theses are under examination and will be having their oral defences within their own whānau, hapū and iwi early in 2023 🤞🏽.

Terina Raureti (Ngāti Raukawa) with her thesis entitled “Kauora: A Theory and Praxis of Swimming for Māori”.

Kauora (Māori swimming) is a theory and praxis of swimming for Māori (Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand) that is based on the three key pou (pillars) of kaukau (swimming as play), kauhoe (swimming as providing) and kautiaki (swimming as protection), which contribute to the enhancement of whānau (family) health and well-being.

Ngahuia Mita (Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Hako, Hauraki) with her thesis named “Tairāwhiti Waka, Tairāwhiti Tāngata Examining Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies”.

Tairāwhiti Waka, a 72ft waka hourua (double-hulled sailing canoe), enables rangatahi (youth, young people) to learn and embody Tairāwhiti Voyaging Philosophies (theories, attitudes, and characteristics of our voyaging ancestors from Te Tairāwhiti that act as principles of behaviour) to enhance hauora (a Māori understanding of health and well-being) through whanaungatanga (building strong and long-lasting relationships), akoranga (reciprocal learning process), rangatiratanga (acknowledging self-determination and autonomy) and kaitiakitanga (guardianship).

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We are immensely proud of these two and for their respective journeys to hand in earlier in the year. Their theses take our scholarship and excellence to a new level 💅🏽💃.

Kāhore e kore, te maha o ngā piki me ngā heke i ngā tau tata ake nei, heoi, ka haramai anō te rā.

Life is good whānau, life is good 😘😘.

🖤🤍❤️🖤🤍❤️🖤🤍❤️🖤🤍❤️🖤🤍❤️

Nei rā te mihi matakuikui ki a koutou katoa. We are thrilled to be able to host again our Te Koronga Indigenous Science Research Symposium on Wednesday 2nd November at Otago Museum in Dunedin.

In June this year, Aotearoa celebrated as a nation the first Matariki Public Holiday. For Māori, the rising of Matariki represents the New Year and signals the promise of better times. Importantly, it also gathered people together to remember the past and to plan for the future. With the rise of Matariki, we officially launched the new Centre of Indigenous Science which formally begins 1 January 2023. We warmly invite you to attend our symposium that draws on the spirit of Matariki as a time to share stories and knowledge of the past, to reflect on what has been, and to plan and dream for what is to come for the kaupapa of Te Koronga.

Kua haehae ngā hihi o Matariki - The rays of Matariki are spread

Matahīapo - Looking to our valued ones
Te Koronga Indigenous Science Research Theme guest speakers Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Professor Meihana Durie, and Professor John Evans

Matakuikui - Looking to the joyful excited ones
Te Koronga Graduate Research Excellence student films

Matanuku - Looking back to our foundation
Te Koronga Indigenous Science Research Theme researchers’ presentations chaired by Associate Professor Anne-Marie Jackson

Matarangi - Looking ahead to new horizons
Te Pou o Te Hiringa led by Dr Chanel Phillips
Te Kupenga o Te Hākinakina led by Dr Jeremy Hapeta

To register please RSVP here. https://events.otago.ac.nz/2022-te-koronga/registration/Site/Register. More detailed information about our presenters and keynote speakers will follow.

This is a free public symposium and open to all. Please share with your networks.

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Come and mahi with us. We have 3 internships available. 11, 12 and 13 on the list. 🙌🏽🙌🏽.

Student summer internship applications are now open and close on 10th of October 2022. Apply now for an opportunity to grow your skills, capacity and experience in Indigenous development and research and an internship award of $7,500!! Apply here https://maramatanga.ac.nz/funding-opportunity/internship-application

This is a reminder about our Te Koronga Pūkōrero seminar TODAY at 11am-12pm in EG01 Education Resource Centre (opposite Logan Park).

Join us in the Education and Resource Centre (157 Union Street East) for a pūkōrero (seminar) from Aoife Finn, an Irish linguist who works for Te Hiku Media as Data Scientist specialising in linguistics.

Āhea (when): Tuesday 4th October, 11am -12pm
Kei hea (where): Room EG01, Education and Resource Centre, Level 1, 157 Union Street East
Kaikōrero (speaker): Aoife Finn "Recarving the house: Parts of Speech Tagging & Named Entity Recognition for te reo Māori"

We have a zoom link below for those unable to make the pūkōrero in person.

For the Zoom option:
https://otago.zoom.us/j/99042745607?pwd=YW43Z2xUR3ZkMzNTZHRhY1U2SlBYdz09
Meeting ID: 990 4274 5607
Password: 933268

Pūkōrero abstract:

In this presentation we discuss the establishment of te reo Māori appropriate tagging norms and standard during the the building of our Parts of Speech Tagger & a Named Entity Recognition for te reo Māori

About Aoife Finn:

Aoife Finn is an Irish linguist who works for Te Hiku Media as Data Scientist specialising in linguistics. A Te Reo Māori learner for seven years, Aoife's interests and expertise include syntax, in particular, the case system of Te Reo Māori. She is also interested in decolonisation in Aotearoa and in Ireland.

Thank you for supporting Te Koronga. We will be sharing kai together after the pūkōrero.

Please feel free to share with your networks.

Nā manaakitanga,
Nā Te Koronga

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Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai!

We invite you to attend our Te Koronga Pūkōrero seminar TODAY 12-1pm.

Join us at the Science Library for a pūkōrero (seminar) from Dr Justine Camp who will speak about the research journey of creating and testing Te Tautarinui o Matariki: A whānau heal​th compass.

For those of you who are unable to make it in person we will stream the talk live through our page.

For those of you who are able to make it in person, to ensure the safety of our community, please wear a mask. These will be provided at the door.


Āhea (when): Thursday 8th September 12-1pm
Kei hea (where): Seminar Room, ground floor of the Science Library
Kaikōrero (speaker): Dr Justine Camp, the research journey of creating and testing Te Tautarinui o Matariki: A whānau heal​th compass


Pūkōrero abstract:

This presentation outlines the research journey for the creation and testing of Te Tautarinui o Matariki: A whānau health compass. The research question “can the underpinning tikanga and mātauranga of way-finding navigation transfer into whānau health context?” was informed by kaupapa Māori theory and methodology.

The aka matua of the research was based on the five key components that align to connectedness: whakapapa, pūrākau, way-finding (voyaging), the maramataka, and tikanga. These layers were each built into Te Tautarinui o Matariki modelled on the way-finding star compass that was developed alongside and used in whānau domains.

Te Tautarinui o Matariki reflects the origins of Māori health where subsequent layers of whakapapa – namely knowledge and meanings including the researcher’s own – were added. The model supports whānau whakamana and tino rangatiratanga enabling whānau to both individually and collectively self-identify and monitor their health needs. Moreover, the model provides a potential mechanism for whānau to foster their own solutions by providing culturally familial resources, knowledge and tools.

About Dr Justine Camp:

Justine Camp (Kai Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha) is a research fellow at the University of Otago working on Moemoeā, a Māori led sleep project. Her previous fellowships included Big data, exploring the use of big data and its impact Māori, and Brain Research New Zealand exploring whānau perspectives on neurostimulation and neurosurgery. She holds a number of governance rolls including chair of the Iwi governance committee at SDHB. Justine is also part of a mana whenua design team who work with on the co-design for the New Dunedin Hospital. She is a mother of one and a Taua of one.

Tēnei te mihi ki a Danny Matene Poa, tō tātou Kaitiaki Kaupapa o Te Koronga.

I whiwhi ia i te tohu Master of Business Administration.

Nō ngā iwi o Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi ia.

Nāna te kaupapa o Te Koronga i tiaki. Nāna anō i whai ki te tihi o Manano. Whū 👑 👨🏽‍🎓 🎉 ✊🏽🤙🏽🙌🏽

E tino poho kererū ana tō whānau o Te Koronga, me te whānau whānui. He tino tauira mā tātou. Ahakoa ngā tino taumahatanga o te wā, i mahi kawau mārō koe! Nōu te ao e mara 🌎 😎 😤🐐🦌.

Kia mataara ☂

We’re advising students living in a small group of flats closest to the Water of Leith to prepare for a possible evacuation later tonight.

Campus Watch will this evening door-knock about 20 affected homes, located between Montgomery Avenue and Leith Street (Central), to warn them of possible flooding later tonight.

If you live in one of those homes, and have somewhere else to stay, you should consider leaving now.

Anyone who chooses to remain must have a bag packed and be ready to move at short notice. Emergency services will door-knock and evacuate you, if it becomes necessary, later tonight.

An evacuation centre will also open tonight at the Dunedin North Intermediate, and alternative accommodation options will be available from there.

More information: www.dunedin.govt.nz/weather-information

Tēnā koutou,

Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai!

We invite you to attend our Te Koronga Pūkōrero seminar TODAY 12-1pm.

Join us at the Science Library for a pūkōrero (seminar) from Dr Jeremy Hapeta, the newest academic staff member to join Te Koronga. Jeremy has come down from Massey University and is now a Senior Lecturer in Māori Physical Education. This will be a good opportunity to meet Jeremy in person and hear about his mahi.

For those of you who are unable to make it in person we will stream the talk live here through our page.

Āhea (when): Thursday 14th July, 12-1pm
Kei hea (where): Seminar Room, ground floor of the Science Library
Kaikōrero (speaker): Dr Jeremy Hapeta (and Rochelle Stewart-Withers, Farah Palmer & Haydn Morgan)
"Te Mana Whakahaere: COVID-19 And Resetting Sport in Aotearoa New Zealand"


Pūkōrero abstract:

The context for this pūkōrero is the government’s post-COVID-19 ‘re-set’ for the wider play, active recreation and sport (PARS) sector in Aotearoa society, via their sport agency Ihi Aotearoa – Sport New Zealand. Our exploratory and qualitative research employed a critical, Kaupapa Māori, theoretical and analytical lens to reveal insights into the key relationships, resources and resilience required for the sector-wide system ‘re-set’ to be bespoke, but also robust in responding to the needs of diverse communities. It is one such community, specifically, Māori National Sport Organisations (NSOs), that we turn to in this research. We give rise to their voices of both past and present experiences working with their ‘parent’ (i.e., mainstream) NSOs and with (if at all?) Ihi Aotearoa – Sport New Zealand. We also reveal more about their future aspirations for the sector, post-COVID-19, before concluding with some final reflections and recommendations.

He whakaaro ātaahua tēnei, e tauira mā.

hey friend, whatever you're feeling after getting your marks back today is so valid. celebrating. mourning. confused. scared. Your grades don't define you, but they can throw a curve ball and shake up your sense of identity, responsibility, and expectations on your self. If you are feeling lost send us a DM, you're joining a force of young people who've found their path in unlikely places and faced a s**t ton of 'failure' to get there. Do something this weekend that reminds you that you are courageous, worthy and so much more than studies 🖤

I raro i ngā kāhui whetū o te tau. I tīrohia mātou ki te runga rawa. Nā rātou i whai i te aratiatia a Tāne. I maumaharatonutia ngā mate o te tau kua haere ki tua o te ārai. I whiua hoki e mātou ngā take o te kaikiritanga o te wā ki a Pōhutukawa. Kua tahuri te rangi, te punga o Tamarereti, ka puehu ki te tonga e (nā Kaikino, 1855).

Ā, ka huri te kei o tō tātou waka ki te tau hou, kia anga whakamua. Kua haramai kē a Puanga rātou ko Matariki mā, kia wharikihia te tau hou. Nō reira, ka tū tō tātou whare hou, arā te Centre of Indigenous Science. Ahakoa he whare whakaaro anahe ināianei, ka anga whakamua tātou katoa. Kāore anō mātou e hanga ana te whare. Mā te hiahia, te wawata, te moemoeā o ngā whānau, ngā hapū, ngā iwi, ngā tauira me ngā kaimahi e hanga te whare.

Nā te kukune te pupuke
Nā te pupuke te hihiri
Nā te hihiri te mahara
Nā te mahara te hinengaro
Nā te hinengaro te manako
Nā te manako te wānanga
Nā te wānanga te mātauranga.

Matariki heralds launch of new Centre of Indigenous Science The rise of Matariki brings with it the launch of a new Centre of Indigenous Science at the University of Otago.

Mānawatia a Matariki

The humble superstar of Matariki Meet Rangi Matamua, the 'Matariki Man' whose advocacy and research has led to Friday's public holiday.