Published in August 2022 by the Ministry for the Environment, this summary document outlines how Aotearoa's first National Adaptation Plan addresses the disproportionate impacts of climate change on Māori communities. It acknowledges that many Māori live in coastal and rural areas where homes, marae, urupā, mahinga kai and wāhi tapu face escalating risk from flooding, sea level rise and severe weather events. The document sets out a range of government actions aimed at buildi

Prepared by Alistair Mowat (Thought Strategy Limited) for Project Kāinga, this November 2024 report explores how artificial intelligence and emerging environmental monitoring technologies can be integrated with mātauranga Māori to support biodiversity restoration and climate resilience in Aotearoa. It is grounded in a five-pillar conceptual framework spanning Indigenous knowledge systems, technology integration, co-management and governance, adaptive capacity, and ethical and

RNZ highlights University of Waikato PhD graduate Dr Akuhata Bailey-Winiata (Tūhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tutetawha) told RNZ many existing adaptation options, processes and frameworks don't consistently account for the cultural significance of marae. Drawing on the whakataukī "Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua - I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on my past," he looked back through history for examples of marae or communities being relocated. "So we foun

How do schools give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in the current political climate? is a 2024 article by Rochelle MacKintosh published in the New Zealand Journal of Teachers’ Work (Vol. 21, No. 2). The piece examines the role of New Zealand schools in upholding their legal obligation under the Education and Training Act 2020 to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Abstract Climate change is a global issue affecting Aotearoa/New Zealand and the wider world. It is primarily driven by human activities, particularly the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels, with its impacts widely felt (WWF, 2024). Indigenous groups around the world are severely affected by climate change. These impacts affect cultural practices, increase health risks within indigenous communities and exacerbate existing inequalities that

ABSTRACT: This thesis explores the generation and maintenance of mātauranga (ancestral Māori knowledge), food production and...

Te Weu Tairāwhiti is a collective of local researchers focused on the future risks and opportunities for Tairāwhiti. Te Weu joined PK for...

An unanticipated outcome of the Project Kāinga research alongside Te Rereatukāhia was the need for a new and forward-thinking Education Plan. An unanticipated outcome of the Project Kāinga research alongside Te Rereatukāhia was the need for a new and forward-thinking Education Plan. The data collected alongside the expertise provided by the Project’s surveying specialist, Dr McTaggart, revealed two key findings: Te Rereatukāhia marae diaspora are generally keen to remain conn

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

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

Rereata Makiha, renowned Māori astronomer, knowledge holder on maramataka and kōrero tuku iho spoke with Julian Wilcox on RNZ. On...

Project kāinga headed to Oromahoe, in Tai Tokerau, 'home' to two of the Project Kāinga members. This hui was lead by haukāinga and...