Research Goals

Mobilising for Action was established as a theme in late 2019.  From January to June 2020, it undertook a broad scoping investigation that engaged over 170 people in kōrero and hui to inform the development of the research strategy.  This kōrero revealed key themes that shaped the development of the three critical research goals:

• Whakamārama – Understanding

• Whakapiri - Engaging

• Whakamana – Empowering

Research Framework

Together these research goals were guided by a research framework informed by:

• Mātauranga

• Whanauangatanga

• Kotahitanga

• Wairuatanga

Our research framework gave full effect to the meaning and significance of the waka hourua research model ensuring that all the research provided opportunity, in both the short or long-term, for authentic engagement by Māori and incorporation of mātauranga and kaupapa Māori processes into Mobilising for Action’s research strategy.

Guided by the analogy of the waka hourua, Mobilising for Action also provided a place for mātauranga Māori and Western science to exist side-by side, respecting the relative strengths of each other and drawing on the potential of each to create new knowledge.