Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 10, 2023 4:04:30 GMT 12
$80,000 SCHOLARSHIP A BOOST FOR MĀORI FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE RESEARCH
An $80,000 scholarship will make a world of difference to Rachael Evans, a busy academic and mum, who is pursuing a PhD in Law at Canterbury University, focused on improving the financial independence of Māori.
The Canterbury law lecturer received the scholarship last month and will use it to look at how iwi can exercise rangatiratanga (sovereignty) through the development of fiscal authority.
“Before colonisation, iwi and hapū with tino rangatiratanga were active political and economic entities making their own decisions according to their tikanga [customs] and kawa [protocol],” Evans (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Pamoana, Pākehā) said.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/131328193/80000-scholarship-a-boost-for-mori-financial-independence-research
An $80,000 scholarship will make a world of difference to Rachael Evans, a busy academic and mum, who is pursuing a PhD in Law at Canterbury University, focused on improving the financial independence of Māori.
The Canterbury law lecturer received the scholarship last month and will use it to look at how iwi can exercise rangatiratanga (sovereignty) through the development of fiscal authority.
“Before colonisation, iwi and hapū with tino rangatiratanga were active political and economic entities making their own decisions according to their tikanga [customs] and kawa [protocol],” Evans (Ngāti Tama, Ngāti Pamoana, Pākehā) said.....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/131328193/80000-scholarship-a-boost-for-mori-financial-independence-research