Matike Mai te Hiaroa Serial injustices, systemic flaws and relational problems produced the conflict at Ihumaatao in 2014. #ProtectIhumaatao

About this project

Matike Mai te Hiaroa seeks to retrace and critically examine how Ahi Kaa resistance in the campaign nourished whānau relationships, supported Indigenous-tauiwi ally collaborations and wide-ranging public support to form a political resolution.

A Marsden funded grant from Te Āparangi, The Royal Society of New Zealand, Dr Jenny Lee-Morgan collaborates with the University of Auckland. This research will seek to increase public understanding of what happened at Ihumaatao and why it matters.

Research Aim

The aim of this project is to trace the serial injustices, systemic flaws and relational problematics that produced the conflict at Ihumātao, to rethink how Aotearoa’s Treaty Settlement Policy and constitutional relationships/frameworks are conceptualised and to explore Western and Māori heritage world views and propose alternatives to legislative/policy impediments to Māori heritage protection.

Our Research Team

This hapū-led kaupapa Māori research team is led by Co-Principal Investigators Prof Jenny Lee-Morgan, Dr Frances Hancock and Dr Carwyn Jones, in partnership with Te Ahiwaru whānau and supported by Associate Investigators Pania Newton, Qiane Matata-Sipu and Moana Waa, and doctoral researcher Dr. Nicola Short.

Prof. Jenny Lee-Morgan

Waikato, Te Ahiwaru, Ngāti Mahuta

Dr. Frances Hancock

Irish Pākehā

Dr. Carwyn Jones

Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki

Pania Newton

Te Ahiwaru, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta

Qiane Matata-Sipu

Te Waiohua, Te Ahiwaru, Te Ākitai, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao, Rarotonga, Mangaia

Moana Waa

Te Ahiwaru, Waiohua, Ngati Whatua

Dr. Nicola Short

Mapping Advisor, Contractor

Waikato, Te Ahiwaru, Ngāti Mahuta

Prof. Jenny Lee-Morgan

Prof. Jenny Lee-Morgan has a distinguished background in teaching and kaupapa Māori research. Jenny has led and contributed to several large community projects, including the Endeavour MBIE-funded ‘Generation Kāinga: Rangatahi Building a Resilient and Regenerative Aotearoa’, the Marsden-funded ‘Matike Mai Te Hiaroa #Protect Ihumātao’, and ‘Marae Ora Kāinga Ora’, among others. In 2016, she received the Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award from the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, recognising her high-quality research and significant contribution to Māori education. Jenny co-edited the award-winning book Decolonizing Research Indigenous Storywork as Methodology (2019) with Prof. Jo-Ann Archibald and Dr Jason De Santolo. Her most recent book, Tiakina te Pā Harakeke: Ancestral Knowledge and Tamariki Wellbeing (2022), was co-edited with Prof. Leonie Pihama.

Irish Pākehā

Dr. Frances Hancock

Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki

Dr. Carwyn Jones

Te Ahiwaru, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta

Pania Newton

holds a Conjoint Degree in Law and Health Sciences and is currently completing her Master’s degree as part of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, The University of Melbourne. Well-known and highly respected for her leadership in the campaign to protect tribal whenua at Ihumatao, Pania is also a valued researcher with the MOKO and Rangatahi ki te Kainga projects.

Te Waiohua, Te Ahiwaru, Te Ākitai, Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao, Rarotonga, Mangaia

Qiane Matata-Sipu

Te Ahiwaru, Waiohua, Ngati Whatua

Moana Waa

Mapping Advisor, Contractor

Dr. Nicola Short

Advisory Group

Distinguished Prof. Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou

Prof. Tim McCreanor

David Veart

Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou

Distinguished Prof. Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Linda is a Distinguished Professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne, New Zealand. She is known internationally for her work on decolonising research methodologies, Indigenous education and kaupapa Māori (Māori causes). She was founding Co-Director of Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga the Māori Centre of Research Excellence and has held several senior academic roles at The University of Auckland and The University of Waikato. Linda has served on the Health Research Council, the Marsden Fund Council, the Royal Society of New Zealand Council and is currently Deputy Chair of Council of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. She is a Fellow of the American Education Research Association, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and an Honorary International Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2023 she was elected to the US National Academy of Science as an International member. Linda is a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Her publications include Decolonising Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples and coediting the International Handbook of Indigenous Education and A Civilising Mission? The Making of New Zealand’s Native School System 1867-1969. She has recently published five children’s picture books inspired by her research on Māori strategies for healing from trauma.

Prof. Tim McCreanor

David Veart

Our Kaupapa

  • 35+ presentations to wide-ranging audiences.
  • Archival research on Ihumātao.
  • 28 interviews with subject matter experts and SOUL whānau.
  • 330+ campaign documents and a large collection of photographs and video content securely stored and ready for review.
  • Resources, publications and media interviews.
  • Planning for whānau interviews beginning in August 2023.
  • A work-in-progress PhD on heritage law and planning.

Our Partners and Collaborators

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Our Funders

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