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Other projects completed in2011 included:What is the cost? Estimating the economiccosts of Māori–non-Māori child healthinequities in AotearoaThe results of this project contribute to theevidence base for action and policy developmentin Aotearoa on child health inequities.Principal InvestigatorAssociate Professor Pāpārangi ReidAu e Ihu! Ngā Mōrehu Taua: Those that are leftbehind must endeavour to complete the workThis project completed the research originallyinitiated by veterans of D Company, 28 MāoriBattalion and their whānau, into the socio-cultural,tribal, and political history of the Company.Principal InvestigatorsTed (Edward) Waaka and Associate ProfessorHuia Tomlins-JahnkeKaumātua Taonga ArohaPart of a larger national longitudinal researchprogramme, Ngā Pae o te Māramatangaco-funded the cohort study of older Māorito determine the importance of whānaugenerational issues, health, cultural, socialand economic factors in predicting qualityof life, successful ageing and survival.Principal InvestigatorDr Lorna DyallAituā: Death in a changing Māori worldThis study considered tangi practice, whakapapa,changing environments, community values,sharing knowledge, transforming ritual and whatit means to be Māori.Principal InvestigatorProfessor Ngahuia Te AwekotukuNgā Tikanga Mate: Māori Death and BurialCustoms Comparing Tikanga Māori and the LawThis project looked at how tikanga and the lawregulate death and burial, especially around areasof conflict.Principal InvestigatorAssociate Professor Nin Tomas12Restoring the Mauri to Rotoitipaku (anIndustrial Waste Site): ImplementingMātauranga Māori in a Scientific ParadigmThis project provided the local iwi with a pathwayfor restoring the mauri to this area, using amethodology that adhered to kaitiakitanga.Principal InvestigatorDr Dan HikuroaNgā Pae o te māramatanga
Ngā Pae o te Māramatangaprojects initiated in 2011Dietary intake and its effect on early lifecourse, with particular focus on Māoricommunities.The prevalence of obesity is significantly higherin the most deprived and an unpredictable foodsupply is likely to be more prevalent in Māori.While low meal frequency has been found to bea potential risk factor for childhood obesity, thereis less information on the effect of erratic eatingpatterns, in which the amount and timing ofnutrient intake is unpredictable from day to day.This project, funded by the National ResearchCentre for Growth and Development, willexamine whether food insecurity is associatedwith specific health outcomes.Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga ResearcherDr Te Kani KingiDevolution, Autonomy, Responsibility –Exploring the Outcomes of IndigenousEnvironmental GovernanceThis project, co-funded with Te Whare Kuraof The University of Auckland, will explore theoutcomes of Māori environmental governance byevaluating case studies where natural resourceadministration has been transferred to iwi orhapū under Treaty of Waitangi settlements.Because such acts of devolution are often toorecent to be evaluated appropriately, the researchwill also consider longer-term cases where Māoriperform relatively autonomous governance,either through devolution negotiated outsideof the Treaty settlement process, or where hapūnever relinquished control or administration ofresources. The project team will consider thechallenges to Māori environmental decisionmaking, the conditions for long-term successand the nature of the relationship betweenself-determined governance and environmentalresponsibility.Principal InvestigatorDr Dan HikuroaThe Wānanga ProjectThe Māori term most closely associated withthe creation of new knowledge is wānangaand historically whare wānanga were thecentres of higher learning. This project will(i) define and analyse wānanga both historicallyand in the contemporary setting, and identifyits contribution to the realisation of creativepotential in Māori communities; (ii) analysewānanga as an approach to indigenous2011 ANNUAL REPORT 13
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