Capturing the true spirit of mahi kotahitanga, 2021 marks the second research symposium hosted jointly by Unitec and MIT, this time convened by Associate Professor Marcus Williams and Dr Daud Ahmed. This year the symposium was gifted the title Rangahau Horonuku Hou – New Research Landscapes by Matua Hare, signalling the changes in the sector (Te Pūkenga) and in research nationally around increased diversity, including better representation of Māori and Pacific researchers.
For the first time, it is to be held entirely online on December 6 and 7 with key-note speakers, a panel discussion, posters, excellence awards and 107 presentations from ITP researchers across the motu.
Rangahau Horonuku Hou aims to:
- Connect researchers from across the sector;
- Foster research collaboration between ITPs, industry and community;
- Disseminate quality, industry and community partnered research.
Dr Sereana Naepi
Rangahau Horonuku Hou is also offering the opportunity for publication via Unitec ePress for the full papers developed from presentations and posters featured at the symposium. https://www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/
This year’s key note speakers are:
Key Note Speaker One
Dr Sereana Naepi
Lecturer, University of Auckland
Co-chair, Early Career Researcher Forum, Royal Society Apārangi
With a PhD from the University of British Columbia, Sereana was founding Associate Director of All My Relations, an Indigenous research centre at Thompson Rivers University (Canada) and co-founded the Indigenous research development programme Knowledge Makers in Canada. Sereana is dedicated to addressing and challenging systemic inequalities within academia through storytelling.
Pania Newton
Keynote Co-speakers
Pania Newton and Hineamaru Ropati
Pania Newton (Ngāpuhi, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Maniapoto) is an Aotearoa lawyer and activist for Māori land rights. Pania is a kaitiaki and project co-ordinator for her marae and iwi. She is currently a co-researcher for Makaurau Marae on the research project Marae Ora, Kāinga Ora: Marae-led Housing Interventions that Develop Kāinga (MOKO).
Hineamaru Ropati
Hineamaru Ropati (Ngāti Hine) has worked in all sectors of our community, locally, nationally and internationally, specialising in building capacity, programme development and delivery. She is a game changer in many sectors, who assists in revitalising te reo Māori and enhancing tikanga through a Māori lens.
This year’s symposium promises to be one like no other for a time like no other.
For more information about Rangahau Horonuku Hou, the key note speakers and panelists or to register to attend, please click here.