Te Hononga Mātauranga Māori Doctoral Resource Portal

This Doctoral Resource Portal provides support and information for Māori Doctoral students. The Portal contains a suit of audiovisual information on Māori research, ethics, administration, writing, and the effective use of support technology.

It's managed by the staff of Te Mata o Te Tau, The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship, at Massey University in Wellington.

Some of the resources have been created as a result of Te Hononga Mātauranga, an Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund project.

Click on the relevant image below or link to the right to access the resources.


Initial Stages


Ethics


Research

Literature Reviewing and Cataloguing


Writing


Experiences


Te Reo Māori


Māori Development


Research Funding

 

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Writing the Thesis - Val Diggle

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This presentation discusses approaches to “Writing the Thesis”. In particular it addresses placing the thesis writing stage within the context of the research process, considers how writing the research proposal impacts on the writing of the thesis, and finally some tips for writing a standard 5 chapter thesis are offered.
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Writing for Oral Presentation - Val Diggle

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Introduces a number of general features of writing for speech, offers some tips for speaking with clarity, and suggests a sample structure for a 20 minutes 12 slide PowerPoint presentation.
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Your PhD Literature Review - Mary Roberts

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Students embarking on doctoral research are usually well aware that they will have to produce a literature review but they are often unclear as to what exactly this entails. This presentation looks at the PhD literature review as an academic genre and explains the functions of the literature review in the context of your PhD
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Journaling - Val Diggle

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Many researchers across various disciplines are either required or elect to keep a journal; therefore this presentation considers keeping a research journal and critical self-reflective writing.
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Funding opportunities and who can apply

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An overview of the Massey funding process: why it is important; how it can best be approached; who should apply etc. An overview of the external research funds; Health Research Council, Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, some of the Māori specific funds available (TTP, TTW, Māori health scholarships etc.) pitched at all levels for the audience from postgraduate to professor.
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