Indigenous Experts arrive in Auckland

Press Release
24th November, 2014

Indigenous Experts arrive in Auckland

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM), New Zealand's Māori Centre of Research Excellence, is this week (25th – 28th November) holding its 6th Biennial International Indigenous Development Research Conference in Auckland at the Business School and Waipapa Marae, the University of Auckland.

With ten world renowned keynote speakers, as well as more than 150 other presenters from throughout New Zealand and around the world, the conference will address themes which are central to the realisation of indigenous development. These national and international experts will share their knowledge, experiences and insights into how indigenous communities can and do optimise their economic wellbeing, enhance their distinctiveness and ensure that their families are healthy and thriving.

Conference attendees from more than 100 different tribal nations once again bring their collective voice to NPM's biennial conference and demonstrate the ever increasing focus of indigenous peoples on educational and economic security, as well as on the survival and growth of their languages and customs, and the application of their unique traditional knowledge systems into a modern day framework.

Over the four days of the multidisciplinary conference, leading edge international research projects will be presented by experts from across the sciences, economic development, language, education and health sectors.

On Tuesday 25th November Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga will hold a special event to celebrate 10 years of indigenous scholarship and the publishing of the international journal AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. The next evening, Wednesday 26th November, NPM will showcase some of its latest research projects and most recent work with an event at Waipapa Marae.

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) is a Centre of Research Excellence comprising 16 research partners (participating research entities) hosted at the University of Auckland and conducting research of relevance to Māori communities. Our goal is unleash the creative and economic potential of Māori, transform communities and conduct research of relevance that will bring about positive change. Visit

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