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:
- David Jefferson – Beyond Kaitiakitanga
- William Grant (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou), Adrienne Paul (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa ki Kawerau, Tūhoe, Te Arawa ki Makatu), Rachael Evans (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Pamoana) – 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
- Matthew Hughes (Ngāpuhi) - Iwi and Infrastructure – Enhancing Indigenous inputs to Infrastructure System Development: A case study of Whirinaki, Hokianga, Te Tai Tokerau
- Christopher Hann - Education programme and Te Reo development in rocketry and aerospace
- Rebecca Peer - Māori perspectives in the sustainable energy future of Aotearoa
- Tammy Steeves - Gene flow to the rescue?
- Anna Mitchell - Developing neuroscience research links with Māori
- Catherine Theys, 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
- Christoph Teschers, Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke (Te Arawa & Ngāi Tahu) – Exploring Māori perspectives towards an art of living in relation to other cultural approaches
- Cara Swit, Aaron Hāpuka (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Tahinga), Jen Smith (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi) – Supporting Rangatahi Māori to thrive in a media saturated world
- Chris North, Toni Torepe (Ngāi Tahu), Te Hurinui Karaka-Clarke (Te Arawa & Ngāi Tahu), Don Hine – Ki uta ki tai: Arowhenua and mountaineers