Tara McAllister
2025: Ka tūhuratia e Tākuta Tara McAllister o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa te āhua o te tautoko a te mātauranga Māori i ngā rangahau, te pūtaiao, me te auahatanga i Aotearoa
I roto i tana Whakawhiwhinga Tūranga Kaihautū Anamata o Mana Tūāpapa, ka whakamahia e Tākuta Tara McAllister (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki) ngā patapatai, ngā uiui, me ngā rangahau whakapūaho matawhānui, hei tātari i te pānga me te whakatinanatanga o te kaupapahere Matakitenga Mātauranga a te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa. Tata ki te rua tekau tau, e arahina ana ngā kairangahau i Aotearoa e tēnei kaupapahere. He mea hanga tēnei kaupapahere hei "whakaputa i te auaha nohopuku o ngā mōhio, ngā rawa, me te iwi Māori". Engari, kāore anō kia tino inea tōna pānga me tōna pūmanawa nohopuku.
Ka tūhuratia e Tākuta McAllister ngā āhuatanga e whakararu ana me te hāpai i te whakatinanatanga o te pitomata o te kaupapahere Matakitenga Mātauranga. Mā te whakawhānui i tō tātou mārama me pēhea te whakamahi tōtika i te mātauranga Māori i te taha o te pūtaiao, e whāi ana a Tākuta McAllister ki te whakaatu mā te whakamahi i ngā pūnaha mātauranga e rua ka hāpai i a tātou ki te kimi i ngā otinga auaha mō ngā raruraru pāpori, taiao me te ōhanga.
Dr McAllister. Supplied.