AN INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH FOR TANGATA WHENUA COMMUNITIES

An Introduction to Research for Tangata Whenua Communities is a 1 year training programme designed by Dr Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal (Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāpuhi) to build research capacity and capability within iwi/hapū/whānau/marae communities.

From 2022 to 2024, the programme is being delivered twice on behalf of Wharekawa Marae, Kaiaua, and in partnership with the EcoQuest Education Foundation for members of Ngāti Paoa and Ngāti Whanaunga. Linked below are documents and presentations utilised during the modules and classes and this training programme.

DATES

• DELIVERY ONE: 1 July 2022-30 June 2023 Hui Wānanga and Zoom Tutorial DATES

• DELIVERY TWO: 1 August 2023-30 Sept 2024 Hui Wānanga and Online Tutorial DATES

OVERVIEW

• Wharekawa Marae Vision Mātauranga Research Training Programme: Info Webinar 25 July 2023 (PowerPoint presentation in PDF)

• An Introduction to Research for Tangata Whenua Communities: A 1 Year training programme for members of Ngāti Paoa and Ngāti Whanaunga interested in Research: Overview (Booklet)

PRESENTATIONS

• 1. Issues Facing Tangata Whenua Communities: Setting the Scene for Research

• 2. What is a tangata whenua community?

• 3. The Core of Research (The Three Parts of Research)

• 4. An Introduction to Iwi Research (What kinds of research might an iwi conduct?)

• 5. Conducting Iwi Research (Methods including Oral Interviews, Hui Wānanga, Documentary Research)

• 6. Ethics

• 7. An Introduction to Intellectual Property

• 8. Communications and Knowledge Sharing

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

• Handling Conflicting Stories and Accounts: Some Notes

• A Haka and a Waiata of Ngāti Paoa

• Creating a Preliminary Research Proposal (Version One), 3 November 2022

• Te Aute - A Sample Preliminary Research Proposal

• Useful Resources (Draft, Version 1)

• Formalising Research Projects

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• ‘Whakapapa for Beginners’: An Introduction to Researching Whakapapa by Auckland Libraries

• Māori Research Ethics: An Overview by the National Ethics Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health, 2012

• Te Ara Tika: Guidelines for Māori Research Ethics,Health Research Council, undated

• Royal Society Code of Professional Standards and Ethics in Science, Technology and the Humanities, Royal Society of New Zealand

• Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research: Discussion Paper, Matthias Kaiser and Peter Gluckman, International Science Council, April 2023