POU HERENGA WAKA/AUT RESEARCH NETWORK
Tukutuku

Te Ranga Tukutuku

Ko Te Ranga Tukutuku te whatunga rangahau Māori o Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau. He whānau rangahau Māori e tipu ake ana, he rōpū ngātahi e whakakotahi ana i ngā kairangahau Māori puta noa i ngā marau ako katoa, e ū ana ki te whakaaro Māori hei tūāpapa, hei aronga mō ā mātou mahi rangahau.

Ko tō mātou ingoa, Te Ranga Tukutuku, e tohu ana ki te raranga ngātahi o te mātauranga me te tangata. Mā te mahi tahi ka whakarangatirahia te rangahau Māori, ka whakapiki i te kitea o ngā kairangahau me ā rātou mahi, ā, ka hua mai ngā painga whai tikanga ki te whare wānanga me ngā hapori Māori, āianei, āpōpō hoki.

Te Ranga Tukutuku is the Māori Research Network at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). It is an emerging Māori research whānau and collective rōpū that brings together Māori researchers across all disciplines. The network is grounded in whakaaro Māori as the foundation and guiding framework for research practice.

Our name, Te Ranga Tukutuku, refers to the collective weaving of knowledge and people. Through working together, Māori research is uplifted, the visibility of researchers and their work is strengthened, and meaningful benefits are created for the University and for Māori communities now and into the future.

Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata,
ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tīna.

Seek out distant horizons and cherish those that have been attained holding them close.

This proverb encourages people to have vision, and to strive to bring that vision closer to a realisation by strengthening and nurturing what has already been achieved. It speaks to the notion that a person must be determined to find ways of creating benefits for other people.

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We support Māori researchers across all disciplines by creating a space to connect, share, and grow.

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We build research capability at every stage, from emerging scholars to senior leaders, through mentoring and collective support.

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We champion research that meets Māori aspirations and benefits communities now and in the future.

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We promote and protect Māori research practices and rights, providing leadership on issues like data sovereignty and Indigenous knowledge.

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We build and maintain strong, lasting relationships with iwi and Māori communities.

Our progress

AUT’s Rautaki Rangahau (Research Plan) launched and AUT’s Research Entities Framework developed, proposing five Tier 4 AUT Research Networks.

AUT’s first Māori Research Network initiated by a rōpū of Māori Professors including PVC Māori Advancement Professor Pare Keiha and Interim-Lead Professor Tania Ka’ai, gifted the name Te Ranga Tukutuku by Associate Professor Dean Mahuta.

Professor Tania Ka’ai presents an abstract on the establishment of Te Ranga Tukutuku at Ngā hua a Tāne-te-wānanga Māori Research Symposium.

Faculty-wide elections held to appoint representatives to the Whakaruruhau (Governance Group) including a representative from Te Kāhui Poipoi Rangahau (AUT Research Office)

Associate Professor Rachael Ka’ai Mahuta (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu) appointed Inaugural Chair by the Whakaruruhau.

Matangireia Yates-Francis commissioned and developed a portfolio of designs for Te Ranga Tukutuku, including our logo, inspired by kōrero in collaboration with weavers Dr Gloria Taituha and Adrienne Spratt.

Te Ranga Tukutuku Māori Research Network officially launched and co-hosts Ngā hua a Tāne-te-wānanga Māori Research Symposium with Te Ipukarea Research Institute.

Te Warena Taua MNZM, rangatira, historian, and Chairman of Te Kawerau ā Maki, begins his role as Te Pou Herenga (Community Representative) to the Whakaruruhau.