Jun 23, 2020 | News & Events
A hui held at the University of Auckland on 2 July 2019 marked a special moment in the history of Te Pūnaha Matatini – the inauguration of our first ever kaumatua Dr Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato). Dr Tom Roa, a Tainui leader and Manukura / Associate Professor in...
Jun 21, 2020 | News & Events
Te Pūnaha Matatini incoming co-directors Priscilla (Cilla) Wehi, conservation biologist with Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, and Murray Cox, Professor of Computational Biology at Massey University, have collaborated on an analysis of Māori ancestral sayings...
Jun 19, 2020 | News & Events
Several New Zealand university students took up the opportunity to join Te Pūnaha Matatini’s 2019-20 summer internship programme, with paid 10-week placements working on research projects with a variety of our partner organisations. Once again, our student interns had...
Jun 6, 2020 | Science Policy
NEW RESEARCH — LINK TO FULL PDF HERE 5 June 2020 Probability of elimination for COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand Executive Summary Our model of COVID-19 spread estimates that after 2-3 weeks of no new reported cases, there is a 95% probability that...
Jun 3, 2020 | News & Events
New research published in the journal Education Sciences suggests that women remain disproportionately under-represented in senior academic positions within New Zealand universities. The study has shown that from 2012 to 2017 there was little if any improvement in...
