Complexity is at our heart
Te Pūnaha Matatini is Aotearoa New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems.
Introducing Tom Roa, inaugural kaumātua for Te Pūnaha Matatini
Te Pūnaha Matatini welcomed its first kaumātua Dr Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato) at a special hui in Tāmaki Makaurau last year.
Researching impact of Moa extinctions on early Māori
Te Pūnaha Matatini incoming co-directors Cilla Wehi and Murray Cox have collaborated with Hēmi Whaanga and kaumātua Tom Roa, from the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Waikato, analysing Māori ancestral sayings (whakataukī), and their recognition of extinctions.
Young achievers: Our 2019-20 student summer interns
Several New Zealand university students took part in Te Pūnaha Matatini’s 2019-20 summer internship programme, working on various research projects with our partner organisations.
Foundations of complex systems
Studying complex systems gives us a more nuanced way of understanding the world.
