Te Hononga Mātauranga
Project Description
Te Hononga Mātauranga provides a suite of on-line audio-visual resources for Māori post-graduate students. These resources offer information on topics such as effective writing, research, ethics, Māori development, te reo Māori, reviewing literature, and cataloguing. More than 30 resources have been developed and are promoted through a weekly panui to Māori staff and students. To date, these resources have proved popular with staff and students. The project has also encouraged ongoing collaborative relationships between the three organisations.
Project Team
- Dr Te Kani Kingi (Project Leader), Massey University
- Meegan Hall (Project Leader), Victoria University of Wellington
- Dr Helen Taiaroa, Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Project Funding
$24,089 GST exc
Key Dates
Project commenced early 2009
Project completed late 2009
Project Output
Te Hononga Mātauranga Resource Portal (click image)
More information about this project
An Ako Aotearoa Collaboration project
Te Hononga Mātauranga is a collaboration between Victoria University, Te Wānanga o Raukawa, and Massey University. Through the innovative use of technology, this project will collect web-based audio-visual resources which are designed to support Maori Ph.D. students with their research.
Presentations on the Ph.D process, research methods, data analysis, collection, writing and reporting, as well as other issues of interest will be prepared and up-loaded on to a Resource Portal. Students will then be able to access this information at any time and from any location.
The Project Team
Meegan Hall (Project Leader), Victoria University of Wellington
Meegan Hall is a lecturer in the University Teaching Development Centre at Victoria University of Wellington. She is responsible for developing, coordinating and providing academic development in teaching and learning for Victoria's Maori and Pacific academic staff and for casual and sessional academic staff. She also contributes, as needed, to the work of the UTDC in the areas of academic development, policy advice, consultation, teaching, and research into teaching and learning. She is from Ngati Ranginui but was born and raised in Wellington.
Helen Taiaroa (Project Leader), Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Helen is kaihautuu of Hauora studies and is aligned with the whakatupu matauranga centre at Te Wānanga o Raukawa. Her role is two fold. First, advancing and developing potential students within the field of Hauora. Second, the development of the whakatupu matauranga centre as a means of promoting a matauranga continuum. Helen's tribal affiliation is Ngaati Raukawa and Ngaati Kahungunu. She is married to George Charles Taiaroa. They have four children and three grandchildren.
Te Kani Kingi (Project Leader), Massey University
Te Kani is Director of Te Mata o te Tau; The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship at Massey University in Wellington. His role is focused on developing inter-disciplinary research within the University and promoting Māori academic excellence. Te Kani has particular research interests in psychometrics, mental health, and Maori development. Te Kani was born and raised in Poroporo, near Whakatane, and attend St Stephen's School in Bombay – South Auckland. He has tribal affiliations to Ngati Pukeko and Ngati Awa.
