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Current Projects
The Health and Populations Research Institute is currently working on a number of health-related projects.
STAY – Condensed Summary Report
In April 2025, Te Puna Ora o Mataatua held STAY, a community action-based wānanga that brought whānau from tamariki to kaumātua together at Te Hau o Te Rangi Tutua Reserve to share experiences, explore solutions, and strengthen community responses to suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and postvention support.
Publications
Maanu Paul Scholarship
An inaugural scholarship in memory of Mr Maanu Paul
Maanu Paul was a proponent and practitioner of kai practices, kai sovereignty, and kai security according to tikanga Māori.
As a past board member of Te Puna Ora o Mataatua, the organisation acknowledges Maanu for his wisdom, mātauranga and guidance provided to the board, staff and clients and his everlasting dedication to the health and wellbeing of the people and the communities for which he served.
Funding, eligibility and application
Maanu Paul Scholarship Kaiwhiwhi
Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro nōna te ngahere, ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga nōnā te ao.
E mihi nui ana ki a Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate nō Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Rarotonga (Aitutaki/Mangaia). Te Kaiwhiwhi i te Karahipi o Maanu Paul
Te Amohaere is a PhD Student at Victoria University of Wellington, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from the University of Auckland and a Master’s in Molecular Microbiology from Victoria University of Wellington, where she graduated with A+ distinction and qualified for the Wellington Doctoral Scholarship.
She is now in the final year of her PhD in Māori Philosophy, where she combines her diverse skill set to research kina (sea urchin) sovereignty for whānau, hapū, and iwi on the East Coast.
Beyond her passion for science (putaiao) and the environment (Taiao), Te Amohaere enjoys kapa haka, ura, art, music and is actively involved in sports, including rugby union and league.