Kanapu focuses on four pou when striving to ignite research, science, innovation and technology talent and leadership across te ao Māori.
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 research, science, innovation and technology system.
Haruru ana te Ao
Develop and implement Kanapu to connect, retain and accelerate Māori by building capability to empower Māori people, knowledge and 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 research, science, innovation and technology system.
Reverberation
Haruru ana te Ao
Develop and implement Kanapu to connect, retain and accelerate Māori by building capability to empower Māori people, knowledge and resources.
Kanapu forms part of a traditional pihe (requiem) gifted by the rūānuku (patrons) of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga: Emeritus Professor Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku, Tā Mason Durie, Tā Pita Sharples and Tā Tīpene O’Regan.
Ka rarapa i te rangi, he uira, he kanapu, te tohu o te ariki e
Tohu
This tohu encapsulates te ao Māori creation narratives ‘mai i te kore, te po … ki te ao mārama’, and balances the fluid spaces of male (mataora) and female (moko kauae) elements.
Metaphoric interface
Metaphorical references are used 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 – meaning lightning or instantaneous glow – seeks to bring about system transformation by striking at the obstacles that make it challenging for Māori to connect within the research, science, innovation and technology sector.
Tohu
This tohu encapsulates te ao Māori creation narratives ‘mai i te kore, te po … ki te ao mārama’, and balances the fluid spaces of male (mataora) and female (moko kauae) elements.
Metaphoric interface
Metaphorical references are used 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 – meaning lightning or instantaneous glow – seeks to bring about system transformation by striking at the obstacles that make it challenging for Māori to connect within the research, science, innovation and technology sector.