Whanake te Kura i Tawhiti Nui
Programme Leader(s)
Acushla Dee Sciascia
Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Āti Awa
Massey University
Kristie-Lee Thomas
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, Te Āti Awa, Ngai Tohora, Rapuwai
University of Canterbury
Vision
To increase the visibility, understanding and transformational potential of mātauranga Māori in natural hazard research and resilience.
Programme description
There is an intrinsic relationship between tangata whenua and their changing landscapes. However, natural hazard resilience research using traditional western science methods and assumptions has not taken sufficient account of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledges) when considering past events, effects on landscapes and communities, and possible mitigation strategies.
The Whanake te Kura i Tawhiti Nui programme aims to generate fundamental mātauranga Māori and applied Māori knowledge relating to natural hazards, risk, and resilience.
We employed place-based case studies and developed innovative culturally-underpinned research methods to investigate multiple natural hazards and their complex impacts on our communities.
Our goal is to create a new body of mātauranga that will inform frameworks, tools, models and strategies to provide resilience benefits for tangata whenua and wider Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wawata
Kia whānui ake te kitenga, te māramatanga me te torohū ā-whakaumu o te mātauranga Māori i roto i te rangahau mōrearea taiao me te manawaroa.
Whakaahuatanga papatono
He whanaungatanga taketake o te tangata whenua ki ō rātou horanuku e huri haere ana. Heoi anō, kāore ngā rangahau mō te manawaroa i ngā mōrearea o te taiao e whakamahi ana i ngā tikanga me ngā whakapae pūtaiao pākehā taketake i tino whai i te mātauranga Māori i roto i ngā tirohanga ki ngā takunetanga o mua, ngā hua mō te horanuku me ngā hapori, me ngā rautaki whakamauru e āhei ana.
E whai ana te hōtaka o Whanake te Kura i Tawhiti Nui ki te waihanga i te mātauranga Māori whakapū me te mātauranga Māori ka whakamahia e hāngai ana ki ngā mōrearea o te taiao, ngā tūraru me te manawaroa.
E whakamahi ana mātou i ngā take rangahau ā-wāhi, e whakawhanake ana hoki i ngā tikanga rangahau auaha e tautokohia ana e te ahurea hei tūhura i ngā tini mōrearea o te taiao me ōna pānga tuatini ki ō mātou hapori.
Ko tō mātou whāinga ko te waihanga i tētahi putunga mātauranga hou hei whakamōhio i ngā pou tarāwaho, rauemi, tauira me ngā rautaki e whakarato ai i ngā hua o te manawaroa ki ngā tāngata whenua me Aotearoa whānui.
Questions we’re answering
1
How can we reframe scientific approaches to natural hazard research using mātauranga Maōri?
Phase 22
How can Māori knowledges inform planning and improve resilience at the hapū, iwi and multiple-iwi levels?
Phase 23
What types of communication and engagement activities can enable Māori communities to make informed resilience decisions?
Phase 2Research Team
Acushla Dee Sciascia
Ngāruahine Rangi, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Āti Awa
Massey University
Kristie-Lee Thomas
Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri, Te Āti Awa, Ngai Tohora, Rapuwai
University of Canterbury
Christine Kenney
Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāi Tahu
Massey University
Taiarahia Black
Ngāi Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Te Arawa
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Darren Ngaru King
Ngāti Raukawa
NIWA
Jon Procter
Muaupoko, Ngāi Tahu
Massey University
Regan Potangaroa
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Ruakere Hond
Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Āti Awa
Tuhi Productions
Suzanne Phibbs
Ngāi Tahu
Massey University
Lara Taylor
Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu),
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
Derrylea Hardy
Massey University
Tonga Karena
Te Āti Awa, Ngāi Tūhoe
Tuhi Productions
Maire Kipa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Whanake te Kura i Tawhiti Nui
Latest Resource Outputs
Report
Embodying Kaitiakitanga
A collective of Māori planners, researchers, practitioners and kaitiaki came together in a series of online wānanga in 2022 to discuss the issues that have arisen for te taiao and communities as the result of a colonised resource governance and management system. Lead author kairangahau Māori Lara Taylor (E Oho!) has compiled the collective’s thoughts, experiences, and insights in this booklet.
Webinar
He Haerenga Mōrearea – A Hazardous Journey
Mātauranga Māori and mātauranga-a-iwi approaches to emergency management and decision making for disaster risk reduction.
Article
Indigenous Approaches to Disaster Risk Reduction, Community Sustainability, and Climate Change Resilience
Indigenous perspectives on disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, environmental resilience, and sustainable development.
Article
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: Situating Culture, Identity, and Place in Climate Change Risk Mitigation and Resilience
Addressing current policy and research literature gaps by presenting and situating “emic” perspectives and aspirations regarding Indigenous approaches to climate change adaptation
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