The Māori and Indigenous Governance Centre

Te Mata Hautu Taketake offers research, consultancy and capacity building services. We collaborate with researchers from other universities, Crown Research Institutes, Whare Wananga, Māori organisations and iwi providers to undertake projects on a “best team” basis to provide cutting edge research on Māori and Indigenous governance, research design advice, mentoring and training and project management.

We will also work to meet the governance research and development aspirations of Māori communities through: 

  • project management support
  • Masters, Doctoral and researcher career development and support
  • tailored courses and workshops
  • public seminars
  • identifying and defining intellectual property
  • brokering relationships to facilitate knowledge transfer and uptake
  • matching university expertise
  • advisory services concerning Māori and Indigenous people' governance