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Matariki New Horizon Internship 2020

Five Te Kawa a Māui students have been awarded Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga internships.The research projects are relevant to the challenges and responses by Māori to the fast changing COVID-19 environment.

Congratulations to the five Te Herenga Waka students who have been awarded an internship with Te Kawa a Māui supervisors, who are researchers for Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga.

L-R: Luke Fitzmaurice, Camryn Williams, Ariana Thomson-Lawrence, Eilis Yates, Roselle Ngatai, and Dr Vini Olsen-Reeder
The Internships are designed to support tauira and enhance research outcomes. They are an investment in Māori research, academia, and entrepreneurs who will contribute to the vision of Māori leading Aotearoa-New Zealand into the future.

We look forward to the kōrero that will come out of this research.

Ka nui ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa, ka mutu pea!

Ariana Thomson-Lawrence (Ngāti Konohi, Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Ngāti Rākaipaaka, Rongomaiwahine) supervised by Dr Mike Ross (Te Kawa a Māui), researching "Ko Ngā Wae Kaipakiaka o Māui."

Camryn Williams (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Ngāti Maniapoto) supervised by Dr Vincent Olsen-Reeder (Te Kawa a Māui), "Zooming in on Māori School Students – Inequitable Access or Opportunity?."

Eilis Yates (Ngāti Porou) supervised by Dr Vincent Olsen-Reeder (Te Kawa a Māui), "Tangihanga vs. Tikanga – is Public Health Really Healthy?."

Luke Fitzmaurice (Te Aupōuri) supervised by Assoc.Prof. Maria Bargh (Te Kawa a Māui), "On Whose Authority? Iwi-Led COVID Checkpoints as an Expression of Rangatiratanga."

Roselle Ngatai (Ngāi te Rangi) supervised by Dr Vincent Olsen-Reeder (Te Kawa a Māui), "Locked down? COVID-19 Effects on Māori School Leavers and First Year Tertiary Students".