Tagged: te ao māori

Driven to reconnect Māori with te taiao - Mātau Taiao

Rosemary Rangitauira • Mar 05, 2021 •

• mātauranga māori,
• Rivers,
• te ao māori

Mihi mai ki a Jade Rangiwhiua Hyslop whose area of research is river restoration and kaupapa Māori. Passionate about the outdoors, learning and improving the environment in socially-just and innovative ways, she works at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton). A budding researcher in its Manaaki Taiao Māori research team, Jade wants to encourage and support tāngata whenua to … Read More

Opinion: Te Reo should be taught in schools – here’s why! - Guest Work

Jean Balchin • Jan 25, 2018 •

• education,
• Learning,
• Marama Davidson,
• multicultural society,
• NZ Greens,
• school,
• te ao māori,
• te re Maori,
• teaching

When I was 6, my family moved to Mangonui, a little fishing village in Doubtless Bay. Besides the world-class fish and chip shop and the clouds of sprats flying around under the surface of the water, I loved Mangonui for its embrace of te ao Māori (the Māori world). I was a little Pakeha girl from the North Shore of Auckland, … Read More

Reshaping the mould for Māori obesity research - Mātau Taiao

Laura Goodall • Apr 29, 2016 •

• community,
• Health,
• indigenous,
• indigenous knowledge,
• leadership,
• Maori,
• mātauranga māori,
• Northland,
• Obesity,
• partnership,
• rangatiratanga,
• research,
• te ao māori,
• te tai tokerau

What has the Māori word for ‘chieftainship’ got to do with a team of scientists looking at obesity in Northland? Answer: the researchers broke the scientific mould by putting the Māori communities — not scientists — in the leading role. Researcher Ricky Bell tells us how they did it. Rangatiratanga is a powerful word.  It’s loosely translated to mean chieftainship, authority, leadership.  But … Read More

Eyes wide shut? A different view of knowledge - Mātau Taiao

Laura Goodall • Apr 07, 2016 •

• context,
• indigenous knowledge,
• kennedy warne,
• mātauranga māori,
• origin,
• paradigm shift,
• saani murray,
• Tangata Whenua,
• te ao māori

Scientific and Indigenous ways of thinking differ in how they view where knowledge comes from. Many experiments strip the environment away from a piece of knowledge to see if it still holds true. Yet indigenous knowledge has deep links to its origins and can become ‘lost in translation’ without context. This is something that scientifically-trained people can struggle to get their head around at first. Kennedy Warne, co-founder of New … Read More