Project Summary
This project provided underpinning guidance relating to mātauranga Māori and natural hazards, including developing tikanga to support the strategies and case-study approaches of the Resilience Challenge. The project also developed existing and new reo Māori in relation to natural hazard and resilience to support hazard education, hazard management, emergency response and disaster recovery.
Hikuroa D. 2017. Mātauranga Māori—the ūkaipō of knowledge in New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 47(1):5-10. doi:10.1080/03036758.2016.1252407.
How can mātauranga Māori and modern approaches to adaptation protect the cultural identity and wellbeing of Māori?