2 x Articles 20/6/21 - Ancestral wisdom, Te ao Maori perspec

[Kiwi Frontline]

MĀORI FUTURES SYMPOSIUM AIMS TO HARNESS ANCESTRAL WISDOM

A Māori Futures Symposium exploring how knowledge from the past can be harnessed to transform the future for Māori is underway at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch this weekend.

The conference which aims to share knowledge and models of Māori social transformation to inspire current generations to create an ambitious road map for the future started Saturday and runs through until Sunday afternoon.

“Across the motu, Māori are pioneering transformative work, using innovative kaupapa Māori methods. We want to celebrate, promote and build our collective understanding of how to build the future, by Māori, for Māori, as Māori," Symposium co-convenor Sacha McMeeking (Ngāi Tahu) said in a statement.......

www.teaomaori.news/maori-futures-symposium-aims-harness-ancestral-wisdom

[Kiwi Frontline]

UNDERSTANDING NEW ZEALAND’S SCIENCE SECTOR FROM A TE AO MĀORI PERSPECTIVE

This is an exciting opportunity to explore how New Zealand’s science and technology sector can work better for Māori. This is a very broad theme and can be addressed in different ways and from different disciplinary perspectives.

The research is part of an ongoing study into building New Zealand’s capacity for effective and equitable use of science and technology for social and commercial benefit. This Masters or PhD scholarship of $30,000 per annum plus fees for three years is funded by the Science for Technology and Innovation Challenge and the successful applicant will be supervised by Vision Mātauranga researchers from the Building New Zealand’s Capacity project.......

www.otago.ac.nz/postgraduate/research-opportunities/otago829740.html