Centre for Māori and Pacific Development Research

School Research Project List
Māori and Pacific Development Portal

The strategic goal of the Centre for Māori and Pacific Development Research is to uphold the University's commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi by becoming a centre of research excellence capable of fostering and facilitating the self-determination, self-governance and development efforts of indigenous peoples in New Zealand, Australia, and Pacific rim countries generally. Its research and development activities will be supported and extended through research scholarships, and through the provision of opportunities for emerging scholars to conduct doctoral and post-doctoral research. The Centre aims to form strategic alliances with institutions involved in relevant research activities both within New Zealand and overseas. It also aims to conduct research in collaboration with staff of these institutions, provide an advisory service, and facilitate the dissemination and publication of research and development findings. The Centre works to facilitate academic exchanges, conferences, hui, seminars and convocations. In cooperating to support and conduct research and to provide research scholarships, the Centre will build upon the University's existing reputation for excellence in research on Matauranga Māori, Te Reo Māori, Tikanga Māori, Māori and Pacific Development, and comparative indigenous studies.

Staff and students of the School of Māori and Pacific Development engage in theoretical and applied research in the core disciplines and inter-disciplinary fields that constitute their primary academic focus. That research is aligned with the government's national goals and is designed to meet the needs and aspirations of those local, national and international communities with which the School identifies in its mission, vision and strategic planning goals and with whose members it maintains an ongoing collaborative relationship. Our research and teaching are integrated and both are designed to contribute to theory, practice, and public policy in New Zealand and around the globe.

Research Portfolio

Our research portfolio focuses on the following areas:

MĀORI LANGUAGE
(e.g., Revitalisation and maintenance; Testing and assessment; Curriculum design; Policy and Planning)
MĀORI AND PACIFIC CULTURE AND SOCIETY
(e.g., Customs: traditional and contemporary; Religion and spirituality; Celestial navigation; Treaty issues)
MĀORI MEDIA
(e.g. History and development; critical discourse analysis)
MĀORI AND PACIFIC ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS
(e.g., Verbal arts; Music; Dance; Weaving)
INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATION
(e.g., Theory of interpreting and translation; Ethical issues associated with interpreting and translation; Issues associated with interpreting in legal and professional contexts (including issues relating to the Treaty of Waitangi)
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
(e.g., Project Planning and Management; Human Resource Development; Comparative State Policies and Indigenous Development; Governance and Capacity Building)

School Research Project List

Staff members of the School of Māori and Pacific Development have directed and/or contributed to a number of research and development projects.

Māori and Pacific Development Portal

The School of Māori and Pacific Development hosts a web portal on Māori Development and related areas of development (Pacific and Indigenous Development).

Contact

For any other information please contact:
Associate Professor Winifred Crombie
Research
School of Māori & Pacific Development
Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao

The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton,
New Zealand

Email: crombie@waikato.ac.nz
Telephone: 07-838 4929