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Dec 11, 2024
Tepora Davies Graduates with PhD
PhD Graduate Tepora Davies walked across the stage this week graduating with a PhD. Her research investigates the relationships and any...


Nov 29, 2024
Kāinga Update: Te Rereatukahia Education Plan
An unanticipated outcome of the Project Kāinga research alongside Te Rereatukāhia was the need for a new and forward-thinking Education...


Nov 29, 2024
Kāinga Update: Te Rereatukahia Emergency Management Plan
Project Kāinga research has exposed the critical need for an Emergency Management Plan, covering off the many emergency events that could...


Nov 29, 2024
Report: Te Rereatukāhia and Climate Adaptation Law: Mapping Out Legal Rights, Responsibilities and Obligations Concerning Climate Adaptation at Te Rereatukāhia
Ben Tombs leads this report examining the current legal landscape for Te Rereatukāhia against a backdrop of forecasted climate change...


Apr 1, 2023
Book: Janet Stephenson's Culture and Sustainability: Exploring stability And transformation with The cultures framework the evolution of Project Kāinga
This open access book brings a cultural lens, and a distinctive analytical framework, to the problem of transitioning to a sustainable,...


Feb 23, 2023
Thesis: Understanding The Potential Exposure of Coastal Marae And Urupā In Aotearoa New Zealand To Sea Level Rise
Emerging scholar Akuhata Bailey-Winiata, in a Masters of Science thesis, explores the vulnerability of coastal marae to sea-level rise...


Nov 8, 2022
Kāinga Update: Tautoro Environment Hui 2022
In May and June 2022, Project Kāinga researchers Dr Stephen McTaggart and Dr Raaniera Te Whata conducted an online survey with members of...


Jul 24, 2022
Presentation: Team lead Merata Kawharu presented on the development of Project Kāinga, its aim and related ideas of marae-community resilience to the Climate Change Commission in June 22.
Project Kāinga team lead Merata Kawharu comments on the challenges for the agriculture industry in maintaining profits while trying to be...


Jun 22, 2022
Hui: Project Kāinga Leaders Hui, Turama, Rotorua
On 11 June in Rotorua, around 20 Kāinga leaders, PHD students and researchers met to discuss progress on developing Kāinga Plans. On 11...


Jun 22, 2022
Presentation: Building resilience in marae in the face of climate change challenges Merata Kawharu
Team lead Merata Kawharu presented on the development of Project Kāinga, its aim and related ideas of marae-community resilience to the...


Jun 15, 2022
News: The marae defended by flood walls: How mātauranga Māori can prepare us for the coming storm
Stuff.co.nz article on how the effects of climate change are felt keenly by the people of Hinemaurea ki Mangatuna Marae, which lies...


May 22, 2022
Book: Paul Tapsell BWB book launch: Kāinga
In late 2021, Paul Tapsell released his BWB text Kāinga: People, land and belonging. Through his own experience and the stories of his...

May 16, 2022
Govt: New Zealand's First Emissions Reduction Plan
The Government release first Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) for NZ containing strategies, policies and actions to contribute to global...


Jul 3, 2021
Hui: Hau Kāinga Enviro-Hui 2: Waitangi
In July we returned to Tai Tokerau for the Hapū Enviro Hui, this time hosted in Waitangi. Our team called for further participation in...


Jun 16, 2021
Hui: Project Kāinga Inaugural Meeting: Te Pakira Marae, Whakarewarewa
On a wet July weekend we held our first Project Kainga hui of research team, and community leads from across the motu in the Bay of...

May 29, 2021
Our Climate Change Commission Submission
Our team filed a submission to the report from the Climate Change commission. Merata (supported by team members) highlighted the notion...


Apr 20, 2021
Hui: Hau Kāinga Enviro-Hui: Oromahoe
Project kāinga headed to Oromahoe, in Tai Tokerau, 'home' to two of the Project Kāinga members. This hui was lead by haukāinga and...
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