Te Pūnaha Matatini – Data – Knowledge

Welcome to Te Pūnaha Matatini - the meeting place of many faces. Our mission is to develop tools and methods for transforming complex data into knowledge.

Inclusive learning environments for both Māori and Pākehā

by TPM | May 30, 2019 | Guest Blog, Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau

Brianne Halbert and Megan Leijh co-author a report on their 2018-19 Te Pūnaha Matatini Summer Internship project ‘He waka eke noa’, in partnership with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

Designing a data management system for archaeological records

by TPM | May 27, 2019 | Guest Blog, Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau

Kate Stewart, a Master of Applied Data Science (MADS) student at the University of Canterbury, talks about her 2018-19 Te Pūnaha Matatini summer internship project.

Machine learning for te reo Māori

by TPM | May 13, 2019 | Guest Blog, Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau

Cherie Vasta, a recent Statistics & Psychology graduate of Victoria University of Wellington, talks about her 2018-19 Te Pūnaha Matatini Summer Internship working on a project with Te Hiku Media and Dragonfly Data Science.

Streamlining the process of social network analysis

by TPM | May 5, 2019 | Guest Blog, Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau

Romalee Amolic talks about her 2018-19 Te Pūnaha Matatini Summer Internship for AgResearch where she worked on a project to streamline social network analyses of biosecurity information in New Zealand’s tourism sector.

Viel Glück Dr Demi!

by TPM | Feb 25, 2019 | Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau

Congratulations to Demival Vasques Filho (Demi), our latest student to successfully defend his PhD thesis. Demi undertook his PhD on ‘Structure and dynamics of social bipartite and projected networks’ at the University of Auckland, under the supervision of Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator Dion O’Neale.

Bon voyage Kyle Higham, our latest PhD graduate

by TPM | Jan 21, 2019 | Te Pūnaha Matatini Whānau

Congratulations to Te Pūnaha Matatin PhD student Kyle Higham, our much admired and highly active TPM Whānau past-chair and member, who successfully defended his PhD thesis recently.

Audrey Lustig presents at major global ecology conference

by TPM | Jan 14, 2019 | News & Notices

Dr Audrey Lustig, Associate Investigator at Te Pūnaha Matatini and postdoctoral researcher with the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau, University of Canterbury, presented her work at the 2018 British Ecological Society conference held in the UK recently.

Our research

Complexity, Risk, and Uncertainty

Today, both society and the economy generate a complex torrent of data. If this unprecedented flow of information is to be made useful, we require new tools and methods for its analysis.

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Complex Economic and Social Systems

Understanding the complexity of economic networks and network effects is increasingly important in our interconnected, data-rich, global economic system, with significant importance to New Zealand – a small, distant country, with a highly specialised economy.

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Complexity and the Biosphere

We’re applying network analysis, complexity theory, and dynamical systems methodologies to understand the inter-relationships between species, and how biodiversity depends on the environment; developing models that couple the interactions between biodiversity, the economy, and human decision-making.

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