ABSTRACT
At the University of Auckland in the 1990s, the Education Department had numerous Mori students who gravitated to the teachings of Graham and Linda Smith. They were key theorists and analysts of kaupapa Mori education. The author works at a Maori research institute that a close friend and academic colleague and the author started in 2004. A friend who also has tribal links to the area moved to Whanganui, and they decided to set up a research institute. Recently, they developed a collaborative five-year health research project investigating Mori intergenerational trauma and healing pathways. A strong component of the research will be building Mori research capacity. Kaupapa Mori research is often more complex than other forms of research because they dare to try to consider both the structural and cultural issues. The author began to read the works of other Mori writers: Patricia Grace, Tuakana Nepe, Rangi Walker, and Donna Awatere.
