Collaboration with WBOPDC on content of MOU has begun. Now working with community leaders Hone and Anne on options for both text of...

Over five years communities in Northland, Bay of Plenty and the central North Island have been actively involved in the research and have...

Dr Rochelle Mackintosh, part of Project Kāinga team, recently published a new paper from her PhD research in Te Kaharoa. It serves as a great companion paper to Rochelle and Tepora’s paper Te Pūngāwerewere Pukumahi - A research paradigm for within Te Ao Māori. Rochelle graduated with her PhD in May 2025. Link to full article below: Abstract Central to Māori culture is whakapapa. Whakapapa can be defined in several ways, such as genealogy or taxonomic framework. A fundamental

Te Pūngāwerewere Pukumahi has been developed as a unified research approach grounded in Te Ao Māori, applicable across all disciplines. Designed by Māori scholars Tepora Davies and Rochelle Mackintosh who worked at the interface of community, mātauranga and academia, it responds to a recognised gap: while many strong Māori research frameworks exist, few offer an integrated paradigm that holds the full breadth of Māori values at its core.

Paul Cardno led the development of software and hardware units (including sensor) called ‘Marae UVI’ to help marae monitor damaging UV...

Tautoro marae community share their mātauranga and what they must do in the face of the challenges within a changing climate, to protect and monitor these precious waters for present and future generations. Directed by Stephanie Guest, this film explores the multi-generational understanding held by the Tautoro community of Te Taitokerau, regarding their life-giving spring waters of Te Mata, which originate out of a lake in a high volcanic crater cone, named Kereru. Elders and

Rereatukahia marae chair, Hone Winder-Murray, invites us into the world of his hapū, sharing how it is being affected by climate change and what is at the heart the community’s affirmative action. Directed by Rhys Latton. this film centers on the Bay of Plenty coastal papakāinga of Te Rereatukāhia in Katikati, the home of Te Hapū o Ngāi Tamawhariua. Through this story the open, thoughtful and dedicated chairman of the marae committee, Hone Winder-Murray, invites us into the w

A by-product of Te Rereatukahia Kāinga Plan has been the development of Ngāi Tamawhariua's Hapū Management Plan. It outlines strong policy directions that the current generation require on which to build a strong foundation to create a safe and thriving future for mokopuna and those not yet born. Led by Project Manager, Anne Billing detailed how this newly updated Hapū Managment Plan evolves out of the above Kāinga Plan. It is the foundation of Ngāi Tamawhariua’s relationship

Russell Death reviewed the FNDC freshwater plan change – alongside hapū, he argued that measures to improve freshwater quality were not strong enough. On the back of this, Russell led a successful bid for Te Pūnaha Hihiko: Vision Mātauranga Capability Fund to expand the freshwater monitoring protocols and awa planning for Waitangi River hapū – this may be achieved through the charitable trust Ko Waitangi te Awa Trust.

As part of a series of hapū wānanga on mātauranga and Project Kāinga discussions, hapū members toured key points and sites of...

Te Rereatukahia marae was the venue for Project Kāinga's capstone Kāinga Leaders hui. The hui was primarily to share, and offer feedback on the development of the kāinga plans. Te Rereatukahia marae was the venue for Project Kāinga's capstone Kāinga Leaders hui. The hui was primarily to share, and offer feedback on the development of the kāinga plans.The main session was split up across the multiple kāinga involved in the project. Waitangi/Oromahoe Merata, Ngāti Kāwa and Hiri

Raaniera Te Whata was an invited panelist on the Adaptation to Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples Panel at the International Symposium...

Sean Weaver of EKOS has completed the ‘Scoping the potential for Project Kainga to undertake forest carbon project and/or biodiversity credit projects at sites in Rotorua and Waitangi. Sean Weaver of EKOS has completed the ‘Scoping the potential for Project Kainga to undertake forest carbon project and/or biodiversity credit projects at sites in Rotorua and Waitangi’. For the latter (inclusive of Oromahoe and Otao), there is limited to no potential for NZETS participation, th

Tautoro hapū and the Te Whata whānau hosted the final 2023 Project Kāinga leaders hui. The workshop aimed to foster meaningful discussions and make substantial progress on kāinga plans for climate adaptation. On the 2nd of December, Tautoro hapū and the Te Whata whānau hosted the final 2023 Project Kāinga leaders hui. The workshop aimed to foster meaningful discussions and make substantial progress on kāinga plans for climate adaptation. It was an opportunity to share develop

Around the world Indigenous peoples are actively engaged in finding actionable solutions in response to climate change to ensure the...

Cawtron Institute (Anaru Luke), Motu (Rangimarie Aperahama), Takarangi Research (Tapsell, Tane) and Te Rereatukahia community leaders organised/led high level Māori values workshop hui for IRO executives and senior researchers (IRANZ) at Rereatukāhia marae. Particular focus on Te Tiriti and climate change associated responsibilities regarding ethical engagement of marae communities as research partners. Independent Researchers Association of New Zealand or IRANZ, are a collec

Merata, Paora and Hirini co-authored a research article outlining the ethics and collaborative design principles employed in Project Kāinga. Full article download availble here. Abstract: Indigenous research methods centralises the importance of Indigenous ways of researching, validating and interpreting knowledge. In Māori kin-community (kāinga) contexts this methodology is called whakapapa. It is an ethical approach to research. Through three kāinga case studies, our articl

Project Kāinga held a Climate Adaptation hui amongst Kāinga leaders, rangatahi and scientists from around the motu in Rotorua. The hui...

Oromahoe and Waitangi hapū along with wider community members came together at the Oromahoe marae on Saturday 27th May to develop their first Kainga Climate Change Adaptation Plan. Oromahoe and Waitangi hapū along with wider community members came together at the Oromahoe marae on Saturday 27th May to develop their first Kainga Climate Change Adaptation Plan. This is the first of 3 planned hui this year (the next being 15th July and another later in the year) where the commun

BWB small text Kāinga, written by Paul Tapsell is now in its second print run. Kāinga charts the impact of colonisation on his people....