For instance, the average life expectancy for pākeha men in Aotearoa is about 81 years, while for Māori men, it’s 73 years.

“Dad, when are you going to die?” Jesse Whitehead slowly opens his groggy eyes. He’s not ready for this.

Image: Erana Walker with Te Pūnaha Matatini Co-Director Cilla Wehi. 2 December 2024 Kua takahia kua tākina e Erana Walker te ara ki te whakarauora taiao ki te tāonenui. Ki tōna wā kāinga ake, ki roto ...

As a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence comprised of members from diverse backgrounds, organisations, and lived experiences, we are committed to the open exchange of ideas, freedom of thought ...

Our core research projects for 2021–24 are organised into four interrelated impact areas, which relate to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Projects ranging from evaluating the ...

We build community across disciplines to solve complex problems. Te Pūnaha Matatini – the meeting place of many faces – is the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems.

Covid-19 poses an enduring threat to public health. Te Pūnaha Matatini has a simple policy in place at our events to keep participants safe from Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases: In combination ...

Complexity arises in many domains, but is often characterised by the emergence of qualities that are unable to be reduce to simpler characteristics. Environmental scientist Donella Meadows described a ...

Collating, analysing and transforming data on te reo Māori into an assessment of the current and future trajectory of the language. There have been numerous interventions proposed and implemented over ...

Despite its claims to universality, science has a hostile culture that has marginalised many groups, including Indigenous Peoples. While this problem has been acknowledged by many scientific ...

As a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence comprised of members from diverse backgrounds, organisations, and lived experiences, we are committed to the open exchange of ideas, freedom of thought ...

Social inequality and humanity’s relationship with the Earth have both reached a point of crisis. Compelling and robust evidence accumulates to document these worsening trends globally. Policy and ...