Pūkōrero – a collection of presentations from Te Koronga staff and students about their research.
Chelsea Cunningham
In this pūkōrero, PhD student, Miss Chelsea Cunningham shared her research journey to understanding and engaging with whakapapa and how this can enhance well-being. Chelsea shared some of her personal experiences and insights that have helped shape the kaupapa (purpose) of her research looking at the importance of whakapapa for well-being; specifically the importance of reconnecting to maunga (mountain), awa (river), whenua (land) and marae.
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https://www.facebook.com/tekoronga/videos/374379573009089/
Dr Chanel Phillips
In this pūkorero session we heard from our Co-director Chanel Phillips who had this to say:
E kau ki te tai e is the opening line of an ancient incantation linked to Nukutawhiti captain of my ancestral waka (canoe) Ngātokimatawhaorua that brought my ancestors to the shores of Aotearoa several generations ago. While this karakia was used in my doctoral research to examine a Ngāpuhi connection to water and water safety, the kōrero (story) surrounding this waka lies at the heart of my teaching philosophy also. As a new lecturer at the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, I was tasked with designing the course for a new paper SPEX 306: Te Pou o Te Koronga – Advanced Māori Physical Education and Health, which I am teaching this semester. In this pūkōrero I described my teaching philosophy based on the construction of my ancestral canoe as well as share three key ideas from my PhD research and how I drew on these to design the new paper and thus ensure research-led teaching.
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https://www.facebook.com/tekoronga/videos/699048763854124/
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
In this pūkōrero we heard from our co-director Dr Anne-Marie Jackson. Fresh off academic study leave in Hawai'i, Anne-Marie brought back access and knowledge of some of Te Rangi Hiroa's personal notes and observations during his time as Director of the Bishop Museum in Hawai'i, our Universities first Māori medical graduate who later became an anthropologist. Te Koronga acknowledge that we are here because of the efforts of great Māori scholars such as Te Rangi Hiroa. In this pūkōrero we heard from someone who inspires and influences our students talking about someone whose work inspires and influences her.
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https://www.facebook.com/tekoronga/videos/2131634596934927/
Te Koronga Summer Studentships presentations
In this pūkōrero we heard from four of our Māori and Pacific Island undergraduate students who underwent their studentships with Te Koronga last summer:
- Royal Hepi's project was on The benefits of Te Ao Māori Classes for Youth in Primary Education
- Mark Alexander's project was on Exploring Māori Concussion Recovery
- Jerry Guelfa's project was on Pacific Pedagogies
- Hamiora Ngatoro's project was on Pūrākau and Whakapapa o Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
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https://www.facebook.com/tekoronga/videos/637630033326777/