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Te Ao Māori
Te Ao Māori
The AERU has completed recent research related to te Tiriti o Waitangi, the principles of the treaty and implications of the Tiriti partnership for research at New Zealand’s specialist land-based university.
Knowledge, mātauranga and science: reflective learning from the interface
This essay offers reflective learning on how researchers in the Western science tradition connect to bodies of knowledge created and held outside that tradition. It begins with endogenous growth theory, which explains the unique role of knowledge as an input into economic production. The essay describes how Western science addresses the problem of validating and accessing knowledge, by hosting an expanding corpus of peer-reviewed publications.
The Crown’s Annual Budget Process and the Principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi - An Issues Paper
The Issues Paper was prepared for Kā Waimaero Ngāi Tahu Centre at the University of Canterbury, with generous financial support from Partners for a New Economy (P4NE). The Issues Paper begins to address an obvious question: Are the strict requirements for secrecy in its annual Budget process limiting the Crown’s commitment to Treaty principles or restricting its ability to access mātauranga Māori for mutual benefit?
The final paper in the project funded by Partners for a New Economy (P4NE) was published by the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury in April 2025. It focuses on 16 principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi drawn from publications of the Waitangi Tribunal. They are organised into four categories based on their connections to the treaty’s preamble and three Articles.