Our people
Project Co-Leaders: Anthony Hoete (UA), Tūmanako Fa'aui (UA), Christine Kenney (MU)
Project Investigators: Matthew Hughes (UC),
Industry advisors:
Students: Kaea Kirkin (UA), Sam Julian (UA), Anna-Marei Kurei (UA), Sonny Vercoe (UA), Haukapuanui Vercoe (UA), Lucy Kaiser (GNS/MU), Kristie Lee Thomas (UC), Sally Owen (VUW), Laura Tilley (UC), Kākati Royal (UC), Dylan Taute (UA)
Programme Description
Abstract:
The Mātauranga Māori research programme will undertake community-oriented and co-designed research to create and innovate Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) that will support the earthquake resilience aspirations of tangata whenua. Research strands will be underpinned by a Te Ao Māori perspective, and co-created with Māori partners to ensure the design and conduct of research projects remain culturally relevant and appropriate. Earthquake hazard management tools and new knowledges that enhance Māori earthquake resilience will be created through bridging cultural and high spec technologies. Knowledge translation/dissemination will encourage understanding within QuakeCoRE of iwi, hapū and whānau perspectives on earthquakes Five foundation projects will:
- Build Maori seismic research workforce capability and engagement between emerging Māori researchers and Māori communities through seismic research wānanga
- Develop trans-colonising seismic education in the tertiary curriculum to facilitate increased engagement from Māori
- Apply Māori engineering research to enhance wharenui resilience
- Create a comprehensive Ngāti Awa / Te Arawa marae database
- Capture coastal Māori perceptions of and responses to seismic risk communication to inform emergency management policy and practices including tsunami risk mitigation planning.
The research programme strategy prioritises
- Establishing connections and points of engagement with iwi;
- Documenting community resilience needs
- Mapping Māori earthquake resilience aspirations;
- Creating mechanisms for up-skilling iwi/Māori community research capability, including youth development and conduits into tertiary education
Longer term objectives: Māori community-led research projects that are relevant to QuakeCoRE and selecting appropriate research teams with input from iwi stakeholders to conduct the research
Key Objectives:
Project 1 Objectives: (i) Support emerging Māori researcher capability development (ii) Develop a culture-based forum where Māori researchers can connect with peers and build collaborative professional relationships. (iii) Create Māori seismic resilience researcher network.
Project 2 Objectives: Explore and document (i) what indigenous knowledges are being taught in built infrastructure disciplines in tertiary institutions; and (ii) what principles are needed to provide a template for indigenous pedagogy that will trans-colonise seismic education in the tertiary built environment curriculum.
Project 3 Objectives: (i) undertake a stocktake of existing marae; (ii) analyse for infrastructural resilience; (iii) propose potential adaptations to marae such that they can provide support following a natural hazard and subsequent loss of infrastructure service. This database will ultimately build an Atlas of marae infrastructural resilience across Aotearoa NZ.
Project 4 Objectives: (i) Enhanced Ngāti Ira community wellbeing and understanding of mīmiro, seismic engineering in relation to reconstruction of the carved house Tānewhirinaki (ii) Increased engagement between emerging Māori researchers and Ngāti Ira
Project 5 Objectives: (i) Develop Māori-centred understandings of seismic communication and earthquake early warnings in contemporary contexts; (ii) Document Māori understandings of and responses to seismic risk communications employed in the past; (iii) Create and implement culturally responsive seismic risk communication practices.