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Kanapu is a six-year programme designed and led by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Aotearoa New Zealand’s only Māori Centre of Research Excellence. We are funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Read their public media statement here.

We work with Māori researchers, scientists, innovators, and knowledge-holders to design unique initiatives to meet Māori aspirations and build a vibrant RRSIT system.

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Te Ingoa o Kanapu

‘Kanapu’ is the name gifted by Emeritus Professor and Ruānuku o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku. 

Te Arawa,
Tūhoe,
Waikato

“Ka rarapi e te rangi
He uira
He kanapu
Te tohu o te ariki e”

Te Ingoa o Kanapu

‘Kanapu’ is the name gifted by Emeritus Professor and Ruānuku o Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku. 

Te Arawa,
Tūhoe,
Waikato

“Ka rarapi e te rangi
He uira
He kanapu
Te tohu o te ariki e”

Kanapu takes its inspiration from this well known whakatauki and we have aligned the four pou of Kanapu to this, in our quest for system transformation.

Connection

Retention

Acceleration

Reverberation

Hikohiko te uira

Strengthen connections between Māori researchers, scientists, innovators and knowledge holders.

Papā te whatitiri

Support Māori researchers, scientists, innovators, and knowledge holders to thrive as Māori by providing opportunities to access the right resources at the right time.

I kanapu ki te rangi

Support Māori to lead on their own terms within and across the RRSIT system.

Haruru ana te ao

Develop and implement Kanapu to connect, retain and accelerate Māori by building capability to empower Māori people, Māori knowledge and Māori resources.

Connection

Hikohiko te uira

Strengthen connections between Māori researchers, scientists, innovators and knowledge holders.

Retention

Papā te whatitiri

Support Māori researchers, scientists, innovators, and knowledge holders to thrive as Māori by providing opportunities to access the right resources at the right time.

Acceleration

I kanapu ki te rangi

Support Māori to lead on their own terms within and across the RRSIT system.

Reverberation

Haruru ana te ao

Develop and implement Kanapu to connect, retain and accelerate Māori by building capability to empower Māori people, Māori knowledge and Māori resources.

Our Kanapu tohu and related imagery is informed by our Māori worldview starting with the cosmos or Māoriology.

Tohu

The Kanapu tohu encapsulates te ao Māori creation narratives ‘mai te kore, te po … ki te ao mārama’, and balances the fluidity spaces of male (mataora) and female (moko kauae) elements in the tohu.

Metaphoric interface

Kanapu uses metaphorical references across the four pou of the programme in ‘hikohiko te uira, papā te whatitiri, i kanapu ki te rangi, haruru ana te ao’ – the lightning flashes, the thunder crashes, flashes in the heavens, the world reverberates.

Lightning

A lightning bolt is represented in the stylised ‘K’ representing disruption and transformation.

Kanapu means lightning or instantaneous glow – and seeks to bring about system transformation to strike at the obstacles that block Māori pathways into the RRSIT system.

Uematarau

Uematarau is the overarching inspiration for our grassroots Māori initiatives focused on building capability and capacity. The ingoa ‘Uematarau’ was gifted by Kākahurimu Paekau.

Ue

It is about an awakening in oneself or a group, shifting, being urged to make a move, an energy, physical, spiritually. 

Mata

It is about te kanohi or faces. It talks about the land, its surface and the landscape that connects people.

Rau

It is about being long-standing. It talks about the past, present and the future, and also the multiples of people.

Tohu

The Kanapu tohu encapsulates te ao Māori creation narratives ‘mai te kore, te po … ki te ao mārama’, and balances the fluidity spaces of male (mataora) and female (moko kauae) elements in the tohu.

Metaphoric interface

Kanapu uses metaphorical references across the four pou of the programme in ‘hikohiko te uira, papā te whatitiri, i kanapu ki te rangi, haruru ana te ao’ – the lightning flashes, the thunder crashes, flashes in the heavens, the world reverberates.

Lightning

A lightning bolt is represented in the stylised ‘K’ representing disruption and transformation.

Kanapu means lightning or instantaneous glow – and seeks to bring about system transformation to strike at the obstacles that block Māori pathways into the RRSIT system.

Uematarau

Uematarau is the overarching inspiration for our grassroots Māori initiatives focused on building capability and capacity. The ingoa ‘Uematarau’ was gifted by Kākahurimu Paekau.

Ue

It is about an awakening in oneself or a group, shifting, being urged to make a move, an energy, physical, spiritually. 

Mata

It is about te kanohi or faces. It talks about the land, its surface and the landscape that connects people.

Rau

It is about being long-standing. It talks about the past, present and the future, and also the multiples of people.