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An A-Wh Grammar and Usage of The Māori Language

Expertise: 
Education, Linguistics / Language, Te Reo Māori
Region: 
Waikato

A linguistic approach to describe the Māori language very often involves an analysis of phonology, morphology, and syntactic structures at the sentence level. However, a semantic approach, specific to this project, attempts to describe te reo beyond this level by taking into consideration meaning, context, and social and cultural communicative competencies as partially informed by Kaupapa Māori theory (KMt).

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Michael William Taiapa

Development of an Indigenous Cultural Impact Assessment Tool in Post-Secondary Settings in BC

Expertise: 
Education, Indigenous Development
Region: 
North America
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Paul Whitinui

Ecce Wahine: Towards a Māori translation of Western texts

Expertise: 
Creative & Performing Arts, Education, Indigenous Development, Kaupapa Māori Research
Region: 
Auckland
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Moata McNamara

Generations: How identity, equality and participation impact the realization of indigenous education rights

Expertise: 
Education, Indigenous Development, Law / Justice

The main aim of my doctoral research is to show that specifically indigenous education rights are crucial to the realization of equality in education and other fundamental rights and freedoms for indigenous people. In contrast to prevailing American jurisprudence on discrimination and the kind of rhetoric present in the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed saga which relies on an anonymous model of the liberal individual, I will argue that recognizing and protecting specifically indigenous education rights actually combats discrimination and enhances substantial equality.

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Keakaokawai Varner Hemi