We promote excellence and collaboration in research. All our projects are grounded in and informed by Indigenous Psychologies, and currently focussed in the broad yet overlapping areas of:
· Environmental care and sustainability
· Spirituality
· Well-Being
We also offer the opportunity for students to be involved in research through an annual summer research scholarship program.
Read more about some of our research projects below.
He taonga kē te ngahere
Funded by the Ngā Rākau Taketake, Mobilising for Action theme
July 2020 - June 2023
He taura here ki te taiao: A binding cord to the environment
Funded by National Science Challenge
July 2021 - June 2023
Mobilising for action
Funded by the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge
March 2020 – June 2023
Sleep and dreaming after a near-death experience. An exploratory study using wrist actigraphy.
Funded by The Bial Foundation
November 2021 - November 2024
The moon as dream weaver. Exploring the spiritual interplay between Indigenous Māori lunar phases, sleep and dreaming.
Funded by The Bial Foundation
August 2023-August 2025
Mapping the characteristics and impacts of Terminal Lucidity in children
Funded by The Bial Foundation
November 2023-November 2025
Interpretations of anomalous experiences: implications for wāhine Māori
Funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand
June 2019 -2021
Māra Tautāne. Revitalisation of traditional hapū practices
Funded by the National Science Challenge
June 2020 – 2022
Understanding why peri-urban residents do/do not engage in forest health protection: an audience segmentation approach
Funded by the National Science Challenge
June 2020 – 2022
Improving Effectiveness and Equity in the Operation of COVID-19 ‘self-isolation’
Funded by the Health Research Council
May 2020 – November 2020
