The 2024 ITP Rangahau and Research Symposium hosted this year by Otago Polytechnic and was held the week of December 2-6 as four events in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland; Ōtautahi | Christchurch; and Wānanga Ipurnagi | Online. The purpose of the symposium is to showcase the diversity of research undertaken by staff and postgraduate students across the vocational sector, and to build new connections across the network. 

Te Kura Matatiniki Otago (Otago Polytechnic) bi-annual Māori Research Symposium provides a valuable opportunity for kairakahauMāori (Māori researchers) and scholars to present research and connect with each other.

The objectives of the OP Māori Symposium are to:
• Nurture research conducted by kaimahiMāori (Māori staff) and tauira(students) from around Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Provide opportunities to share Māori research fields and expertise.
• Showcase the depth and breadth of Māori-led and Māori partnered research.
• Explore the range of research being conducted to empower our communities.

This is the fourth Māori symposium hosted by Te Kura Matatiniki Otago, following TāMokoin 2014, Mauri Ora 2018, and Kaitiakitaka 2020.

This year’s Māori Research Symposium will be held on October 17, exploring the theme of tinorakatirataka. Researchers were encouraged to submit abstracts that considered the theme and how it is practised across a broad range of contexts, including but not limited to empowering Māori communities, mātaurakaMāori and Te Tiritio Waitangi.