LibGuides: Māori Studies: Research

Search Tips

Try these subject heading searches to find good sources for Māori Research through the Library:

Library staff have put together these tips for searching the Web.

Recommended Resources for Māori Research

Decolonizing Methodologies : research and indigenous peoples
Researching Pacific and indigenous peoples : issues and perspectives
Te putanga i te wheiao ki te ao mārama : how do we find out : research methodology, ethics and methods
Kei Tua o Te Pae hui proceedings : changing worlds, changing tikanga educating history and the future, Te Wāhanga o Raukawa, Ōtaki, 4-5 September, 2012
Mātauranga taketake = Traditional knowledge : indigenous indicators of well-being : perspectives, practices, solutions, 2006

In the record for each eBook, click on Available Online, and then the link next to Full text.

This one is a direct link to the PDF:

Mātauranga taketake = Traditional knowledge : indigenous indicators of well-being : perspectives, practices, solutions, 2006

SAGE Research Methods
A research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. The database links SAGE’s book, journal and reference content with search and discovery tools. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings.

Rangahau
Resource for Kaupapa Māori research inspired by Dr. Leonie Pihama's work.

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Part of a larger project called kaupapamaori.com, a collaborative development between Te Whare Wānanga o Awānuirangi, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga and Māori and Indigenous Research Institute (IRI) The University of Auckland.
Māori Health Data and Statistics
Ministry of Health publications and data sets on Māori health.
Education Counts
Ministry of Education Māori education data and statistics.
Kaupapa Māori
Website dedicated to the discussion of issues related to Kaupapa Māori.
NZ Electronic Text Collection
Significant New Zealand and Pacific Island texts and materials held and digitized by Victoria University of Wellington Library.
Ngā Pae Media Centre
A selection of videos of short documentary style videos of research, conference presentations and seminars.

Theses and Dissertations

Search for Pacific theses and dissertations in the following databases:

Find our print copies of theses via Library Search | Ketu.

For theses and dissertations not held at Otago, nor available online, request via Interloan.

Te Hononga Mātauranga: Postgraduate Resource Portal

This Resource Portal provides support and information for Māori Postgraduate students. It's hosted by Massey University, but open to all Māori students. It contains audiovisual information on Māori research, ethics, administration, writing, and effective use of support technology.

Some recommended presentations are:

An Approach to Cataloguing Research Literature
Discusses an approach to adopt when conducting a literature review, how literature might be reviewed, organised, stored, and later accessed (16.54 min)

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By Dr Te Kani Kingi, Director of Te Mata o te Tau; The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship, Massey University
Māori research ethics
What constitutes ethical research and its importance, various Māori ethical considerations, research ethics within the university context (23.46 min)

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By Dr Nathan Matthews, Massey University
Too much information, not enough time
Using Library resources & databases to find literature on your research topic, crafting and applying the search strategy, alert functions and other shortcuts to keep up with the play, identifying journals to publish in (47.24 min)

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By Spencer Lilley, Kaihautū Māori, Massey University Library
Show me the money
Tips on how to improve your grant writing skills and increase your chances of funding (42.03 min)

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By Dr Te Kani Kingi, Director of Te Mata o te Tau; The Academy for Māori Research and Scholarship, Massey University

Māori Studies: Research

Search Tips

Recommended Resources for Māori Research

Theses and Dissertations

Te Hononga Mātauranga: Postgraduate Resource Portal

Recent Te Tumu Research