Dr Rebecca Peer and Dr Matthew Hughes are two of the recipients of the UC Vision Mātauranga Development Fund.
The Vision Mātauranga Development Fund of $200,000 is to develop mutually beneficial research partnerships with Māori communities, expand Indigenous knowledge (mātauranga Māori) research, and advance Māori academic leadership. Its approach enhances Māori success and unlocks science and innovation potential of Māori knowledge, people, and resources.
The 2023 recipients are:
- –Beyond Kaitiakitanga
- ,,–Systemic Change to the LLB: exploring the incorporation of tikanga and mātauranga Māori
- Rory Clifford (Kāti Māmoe, Kāi Tahu)–Te Waka o te Ōtakaro Whakaata Mariko
- -Iwi and Infrastructure – Enhancing Indigenous inputs to Infrastructure System Development: A case study of Whirinaki, Hokianga, Te Tai Tokerau
- -Education programme and Te Reo development in rocketry and aerospace
- -Māori perspectives in the sustainable energy future of Aotearoa
- -Gene flow to the rescue?
- -Developing neuroscience research links with Māori
- , Megan Eustace, (Taranaki, Ngāti Raukawa),Katrina McGarr (Ngāi Tahu)– Supporting meaningful communication for Māori with mate wareware (dementia)
- Jennifer Hoi Ki Wong–Project LEAPS: Uptake of innovative, low-cost, and accessible diabetes management technologies
- ,Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke (Te Arawa & Ngāi Tahu)–Exploring Māori perspectives towards an art of living in relation to other cultural approaches
- ,,–Supporting Rangatahi Māori to thrive in a media saturated world
- ,,Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke (Te Arawa & Ngāi Tahu),–Ki uta ki tai: Arowhenua and mountaineers
