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| Māori Academic Network | |
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| Name | Māori Academic Network |
| Type | Professional association |
Māori Academic Network The Māori Academic Network is a professional association linking indigenous scholars, educators, and researchers across Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. It supports scholarship, leadership, and cultural revitalization through collaboration among academics, institutions, iwi, and policy bodies. The Network engages with tertiary institutions, museums, archives, and funding agencies to promote Māori-centred research and teaching.
The Network brings together Māori academics associated with University of Auckland, University of Otago, Victoria University of Wellington, University of Canterbury, University of Waikato, Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, Lincoln University, Te Herenga Waka, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato and regional wānanga such as Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. It maintains links with museums and cultural institutions including Te Papa Tongarewa, Auckland Museum, Canterbury Museum, Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Otago Museum, Rotorua Museum, and archival bodies like Alexander Turnbull Library and Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. The Network liaises with research funders such as Royal Society Te Apārangi, Health Research Council (New Zealand), Marsden Fund, National Science Challenges, and trusts like Lotteries Commission (New Zealand), Rātā Foundation, Fulbright New Zealand.
Origins trace to hui and hui-a-rohe that involved figures linked to Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, He Korowai o Ngāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahungunu and university Māori units such as Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Centre, Māori Studies Department (University of Auckland), Centre for Māori and Indigenous Planning and Development, Māori and Indigenous Research Centre (University of Waikato). Early convenors included academics who collaborated with entities like Waitangi Tribunal, Te Arawhiti, Te Puni Kōkiri and iwi authorities such as Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Te Rūnanga o Tūhoe, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou. The Network evolved alongside initiatives such as the establishment of He Tohu, the revitalization work of Kōhanga Reo, and treaty settlements including the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 and subsequent iwi settlements.
Membership includes tenured and non‑tenured scholars affiliated with faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences (University of Otago), Faculty of Mātauranga Māori, and departments like School of Māori Studies (Victoria University of Wellington), School of Indigenous Studies (University of Canterbury), and research centres such as Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, He Puna Wānanga, Te Hiku Media, Ngā Puna Waihanga. Governance structures mirror university boards and iwi rūnanga with advisory groups drawn from Waitangi Tribunal, Māori Law Commission, Māori Party, Ngāruahine, and professional bodies including New Zealand Association of Sociologists, Humanities New Zealand, New Zealand Historical Association. Committees coordinate with accreditation agencies like New Zealand Qualifications Authority, publishers such as Bridget Williams Books, Huia Publishers, AUP (Auckland University Press), and journals like Journal of the Polynesian Society, Te Kaharoa, Mai Review.
The Network organises symposia, workshops, and marae‑based wānanga in partnership with institutions including Auckland Council, Wellington City Council, Canterbury Provincial Chambers, Hutt City Council and iwi entities like Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Te Atiawa, Tainui. Annual conferences align with events such as New Zealand Science Festival, Matariki Festival, Te Matatini, and coordinate postgraduate mentoring with bodies like Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fellowships, Fulbright New Zealand Scholarships, PhD Completion Programmes and trusts including Rutherford Foundation. Professional development involves collaboration with tertiary units such as Office of the Vice‑Chancellor (University of Auckland), Centre for Academic Development (University of Canterbury), and national collections like Alexander Turnbull Library.
Research agendas connect to projects funded by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Marsden Fund, Health Research Council (New Zealand), National Science Challenges, and collaborations with international institutions such as University of Hawaiʻi, University of British Columbia, Australian National University, Victoria University of Wellington School of Linguistics, University of Sydney, University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge. Domains span Māori language revitalization linked to Kōhanga Reo, Te Reo Māori Revival, whakapapa studies intersecting with archives like Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, health research with Te Whatu Ora, Waitematā District Health Board, environmental stewardship partnering with Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Landcare Research, natural resources work connected to iwi authorities and settlements such as Ngāi Tahu Settlement. Publications commonly appear in outlets such as Journal of Indigenous Studies, Te Reo, Pacific Affairs, Oceania, New Zealand Journal of History and books from Huia Publishers, AUP (Auckland University Press), Bridget Williams Books.
The Network advises government and statutory bodies including Te Puni Kōkiri, Ministry of Education (New Zealand), Ministry of Health (New Zealand), Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand), Office of Treaty Settlements, and appear before inquiries like Waitangi Tribunal hearings and panels such as Royal Commission on Social Policy. It contributes to curriculum reviews with NZQA, policy reports for Reserve Bank of New Zealand consultations on indigenous economic development, and submissions to select committees of the New Zealand Parliament, including work informed by treaty texts such as the Treaty of Waitangi and comparative models like United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
The Network maintains partnerships across the Pacific and globally with organisations including Pacific Islands Forum, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Polynesian Society, Indigenous Studies Association (Australia), Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards collaborations, and university links to University of the South Pacific, University of Hawaiʻi, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, Australian National University, University of Auckland, University of Otago. It engages in exchange programmes with archives such as British Library, museums including British Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and research councils like Australian Research Council, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, fostering comparative work with scholars connected to Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Arawa, Tainui, Māori Party, Mana Motuhake and international indigenous networks such as International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs and World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium.
Category:Māori organizations