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Te Aho a Māui | EIT Hawke’s Bay – 9–11 July 2025 The third symposium of EIT’s Te Kura I Awarua Rangahau Māori Research Centre,…
The third symposium of EIT’s Te Kura I Awarua Rangahau Māori Research Centre Hawke’s Bay brought together an impressive array of Ngāti Kahungunu academic research…
Professor David Tipene-Leach Wins Mātauranga Award at Ngāti Kahungunu Mātauranga Awards Last Thursday night, Professor David Tipene-Leach was honoured with the Mātauranga Award at the…
EIT’s Te Kura i Awarua Rangahau Māori Research Centre has scooped top awards at this year’s 2024 Hawke’s Bay Heritage Awards, winning both the Māori…
Developing the potential of Rangahau Māori (Māori research) and moving it away from the constraints of western research methodology was the focus of a research…
EIT’s new Professor Rangahau Māori, Dr Annemarie Gillies, has returned to the institution from where she sourced her introduction to academia many years ago at…
Te Ara Takapau, an inspirational photobook documenting the experience of hapū māmā at the Flaxmere Te Whare Pora, was launched at a Camberley School function…
Moving from food security to food sovereignty requires mātauranga Māori and a renewal of relationships with indigenous food systems, EIT | Te Pūkenga Māori and…
Te Kura i Awarua, a new EIT Rangahau Māori Centre was opened at the Hawke’s Bay Campus of EIT | Te Pūkenga last year. The…
Dr Rachael Glassey (Te Atihaunui-a-Papārangi) spent 10 years studying and researching in Australia, but it has been a privilege for her to return to Hawke’s…
Professor Boyd Swinburn, a nutrition and global health expert, has joined Te Kura i Awarua, the EIT | Te Pūkenga Rangahau Māori Centre, to continue…
Researchers are calling for the government to increase its support for free school lunches. EIT Te Pukenga Māori and indigenous research Professor David Tipene Leach…
The Government’s free school lunch programme Ka Ora, Ka Ako has high potential to benefit students, their whānau, and communities, but needs continued investment, a…
A 20-week social media campaign, driven by rangatahi Māori aims to spread crucial messages about nutrition and well-being across New Zealand. The Manaora Rangatahi Guidelines…
Rangatahi Māori in Hawke’s Bay have launched a health and wellbeing kaupapa that aims to reflect what resonates with today’s youth. Manaora Rangatahi Guidelines, which…
Ashleigh Kearns-Steed, who will be graduating with a Bachelor of Business Studies (Management) on Friday, says she was overcome with emotion when she was asked…
Researchers at EIT and the University of Auckland (UoA) are calling for input from Hawke’s Bay schools to help assess the value of the Government’s…
David Tipene-Leach is a respected figure in Māori public health, known for his dedication to improving health outcomes within Māori communities. His journey from general…
Layla Christison was one of four speakers at the final of four Treaty & Me lecture nights in Hastings, titled ‘Living a Treaty-based Future –…
While it is a relief the Government has committed to two more years of funding for the Ka Ora Ka Ako school lunch programme, the…