Te Puna Haumaru
New Zealand Institute for
Security and Crime Science
Te Puna Haumaru New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science was established at the University of Waikato in 2017. The University is one of the three founding members of the NZ Evidence Based Policing Centre, along with New Zealand Police and ESR.
Our research aims to reduce crime and increase security through multi-disciplinary, evidence-based research.
Our Māori name was gifted to us by Professor Tom Roa, who was a founding member of our Steering Group. His use of ‘puna’ is, as a noun, that of a spring, a well, or a fountain; and as a verb, to well up, to flow. The principal concept in ‘Haumaru’ is that of safety. We therefore see the Institute as a wellspring of sanctuary, through which flows the promotion, with appropriate support systems, of a safe and secure environment.
The Karakia/Tauparapara is:
| Piki ake! Kake ake! Te Puna Haumaru | Rise up, Soar forth Te Puna Haumaru!! |
| He kawa nō Tāwhaki | With Tāwhaki’s protocols |
| Ki te angiangi pū! | Into the unencumbered |
| He tai e | Whatever the tides may bring |
| - ka ripiripia te tai | - However fierce they may be |
| He tai e | Whatever the tides may bring |
| - ka whatiwhatia te tai | - However brutal |
| He tai ea! | Rise above them! |
| Me taiea! | With distinction! |
| Tūturu ō whiti | Your goals, your aspirations are true! |
| Whakamaua kia tina! | Hold fast to them! |
| Tinā | Make them real! |
| Hui e! | All together! |
| TAIKI E! | Let it be! |
Te Puna Haumaru also delivers undergraduate papers in Crime Science and Forensic Psychology, and postgraduate papers in Security and Crime Science.