TE KAIRANGAHAU - Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga

Scoping GrantsScoping projects are of only a 6-12 monthduration but enable researchers to carryout a discrete research project to gatherresearch evidence, which is used to assistthe researcher to potentially gain furtherfunding for a larger research project fromother funding sources as well. In theResearch Rounds between 2005 and 2008,11 scoping research projects were funded byNgä Pae o te Märamatanga. These projectswere valued at $40,000–$67,500 per projectand are shown in the following table.Year Recipients Topic Amount2005 Kepa Morgan & Robyn Manuel Essential Services for Isolated Communities $67,5002005 Helen Moewaka Barnes & Belinda Borrell The Politics of Privilege $44,9622005 Te Oti Räkena Tui Tui Tuia ‘An Exercise in Hybridity’ $40,0002006 Manuhuia Barcham Ngä Tängata Mäori i Noho ai i Täwähi: Mäori Communities $67,500Abroad2006 Amohia Boulton Constructing Respectful Relationships: Exploring the Fit $67,500Between Whänau, Need and Service Delivery by PublicInstitutions2006 Lorna Dyall The Impacts of Gambling within Mäori Whänau $60,0002006 Cherryl Smith The Ngäti Apa Walkway/Riverway Mapping Project $45,0002008 Manuhuia Barcham Working Towards an Integrated Freshwater Co-management $67,500Model in New Zealand: The Case of the Karamü Stream2008 Joanna Kidman Mäori and the Waitangi Tribunal – History, Crisis and $43,200Healing2008 Shaun Ogilvie Mätauranga Mäori of Naturally Occurring Toxins in Native $67,500Plants – Potential for Possum Control2008 Kerry Pötaka Richardson Area Networks in Medical Information and CommunicationTechnology for Ubiquitous Medical Monitoring$67,500THE KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME2008 Conference AttendanceGrant Recipient– Wendy HenwoodWendy Henwood of Te Rarawa wasone of the successful recipients ofour 2008 Conference AttendanceGrant. The grant allowed Wendy toparticipate in two research-related forain Canada. Both fora were valuable waysof sharing and advancing knowledgeand enabled international connectionsto be developed with other indigenousresearchers.The first forum was a one-day Ecohealthsymposium hosted by the University ofBritish Columbia entitled, ‘Health of thePeople, Health of the Land’. It was held 9June 2008 in Vancouver. The symposiumprovided an opportunity for Wendy to shareexperiences and perspectives with otherleading academics in the field, pertinentto her research interests about indigenousconnections between well-being andenvironments.The second forum was ‘The Oral, TheWritten, and Other Verbal Media: Interfacesand Audiences’ Conference held from 19–21June 2008, at Saskatoon and hosted bythe University of Saskatchewan. Wendypresented as part of an interactive panelsession entitled ‘Iwi (Tribes) and Academics,Mixing Methods and Sharing Goals’, alongwith three New Zealand collaboratorsinvolved in an iwi-based research project,‘Te Mauri o te U-kai-pö’. They highlightedseveral key innovative approaches to theresearch, which relied on strong communityWendy Henwood. Photo provided by Wendy Henwoodrelationships, community involvement andthe valuing of local knowledge – thingswhich are often taken for granted withinindigenous communities.6