Hei Matapihi Ki Te Ao: Toi te moana, Toi te whenua, Toitū te mokopuna!

Project Overview

Hei Matapihi ki te Ao is a Māori-led research project to empower the  Matapihi community to navigate the challenges of climate change.  

Our research project will be grounded in mātauranga, cultural practices, Te Reo Māori and its revitalisation. This enables us to celebrate indigenous ways of knowing and being about our whenua, our way and our moana.  

We will tap into three sources of mātauranga to reignite the natural strengths and capability of the Matapihi community. This will equip our community with a range of tools to understand, prepare for and thrive in a changing climate.  

We will take an intergenerational approach to develop and empower ahi kā leaders to coordinate and guide action to the growing climate change threats facing our moana, our whenua and our people. This will enable the Matapihi Community to proactively plan, and be resilient to, a changing climate.