Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

National Institute of Research Excellence in Māori Development and Advancement

Ko te pae tawhiti arumia kia tata
Ko te pae tata whakamaua
Kia puta i te wheiao te aomārama.

Seek to bring the distant horizon closer
But the closer horizon, grasp it
So you may emerge from darkness into enlightenment.

He Pārekereke is a member of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is one of seven centres of research excellence and brings together a critical mass of excellent Māori researchers from a range of disciplines and institutions. The Institute's current research focuses on education, health and science, with a particular emphasis on Māori needs and aspirations.

Expert Māori and their communities' work together to formulate and oversee research programmes: a joint approach, which helps ensure, that research outcomes are rapidly taken up by Māori communities.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga is hosted by the University of Auckland and includes researchers from the Universities of Otago and Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum and Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.

Governing Board and Researchers

Adjunct Professor Michael Brown (Ngāti Awa, Te Rarawa, Ngā Puhi) chairs the Governing Board. As joint Directors, Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) and Associate Professor Michael Walker (Whakatohea) are responsible for the overall functioning of the Institute. Dr Clive Aspin (Ngāti Maru), the Executive Research Officer, coordinates all of the Institute's research.

Other Institute researchers and Project Managers are Professor Les Tumoana Williams (Ngāti Porou), Dr Mere Kepa (Ngāti Whatua), Mera Penehira (Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga), Simon Rangiwahia (Ngāti Ruanui), Paul Reynolds (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Tuwharetoa) and Donna Gardiner (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngai-te Rangi).