Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBWelcome to Te Pūnaha Matatini. able to take down the greatest tree. however great or small. Complexity is at our heart. We build community across disciplines to solve complex problems.
About Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBTe Pūnaha Matatini – the meeting place of many faces – is the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems. We are funded by the Tertiary Education Commission and hosted by the University of Auckland. We bring together researchers from tertiary institutions, government institutes, private sector organisations and ...
Our People - Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBSelect Page. About us. Our People. Kaumātua; Executive Team; Strategic Leadership Group; Principal Investigators
Our Research - Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBOur research A pioneering transdisciplinary approach that brings the application of complexity science to the critical issues of our time. Complexity arises in many domains, but is often characterised by the emergence of qualities that are unable to be reduce to simpler characteristics. Environmental scientist Donella Meadows described a complex system as something that is more than the sum of ...
Media - Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBAug 19, 2024 · A particularly nasty bloom in the early 2000s killed 1,000 eels on the lake. Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator Dr Matiu Prebble (Ngāti Irakehu, Ngāi Tahu) is a tangata tiaki, one of the caretakers of the lake who issue permits locally to whānau members of Ngāi Tahu who harvest eels from January to April.
Our projects - tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
WEBHuman activity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Rescue, knowledge and understanding our role as a vector of change. Accessing, rescuing, and analysing the vast range of (mostly hidden) historical information about human activities in this geographically and scientifically distinctive region. Our core research projects for 2021–24 are organised ...
Our stories - tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
WEBJun 5, 2024 | Foundations of complex systems, Our stories. In the 21st century, as human societies are growing, becoming more interconnected, and having an increasing influence on planetary systems, it’s complexity that we need to understand.
Our stories - Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Helping the lungs of an ancestor to breathe freely once again. 19 Aug 2024 | Our stories. 19 August 2024 The sun is setting at Te Mata Hāpuku. The eelers of Ngāi Tahu have been hard at work digging kōawa, drains that stretch across the cobble flats between Te Roto o Wairewa and the ocean. Beside these drains sit pārua, pits dug into the ...
Introducing Tom Roa, inaugural kaumātua for Te Pūnaha Matatini
WEBJun 23, 2020 · A hui held at the University of Auckland on 2 July 2019 marked a special moment in the history of Te Pūnaha Matatini – the inauguration of our first ever kaumātua Dr Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato).. Dr Tom Roa, a Tainui leader and Manukura / Associate Professor in the University of Waikato’s Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies, is a familiar figure on marae throughout Tainui ...
Te Pūnaha Matatini secures future with CoRE funding to 2028
WEBOct 15, 2020 · Te Pūnaha Matatini has been successful in its bid to be refunded by the New Zealand Government’s Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) in the recent CoRE round. From 1 July 2021, the Centre’s funding will rise from $2.1 million per annum to $4 million per annum through to the end of 2028. In its announcement, the TEC singled out Te …