About the Project

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Welcome to the Whakataukī Research Project. You will find here information about this research project, the research team, publications, relevant links and feedback and contact information.

We welcome enquires from interested scholars, practitioners, potential participants, iwi and students

Overall aims
This project aims to uncover the past relationships that Māori have with the environment through an interdisciplinary study of traditional Māori ecological knowledge as expressed through whakataukī or proverbs.