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The School of Māori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, alongside the Māori Association of Social Scientists Interim Steering Group and BRCSS, is delighted to announce the inaugural national academic conference of Māori social scientists. This three-day gathering will combine keynote speakers, workshops and papers tailored to inspire and catalyse a network of Māori social scientists. The conference aims to contribute to Māori development and to wider social change through the advancement of equity and wellbeing in all social domains.

The overall theme of the conference is Building Critical Mass. The double play on ‘critical’ and ‘mass’ signals that the network is about interrogating structured and institutionalised injustice and moving to the point where there is sufficient Māori social science capability to serve the needs of positive Māori development.

Victoria University Organising Committee

Peter  Adds, School of Māori Studies
Te Ripowai Higgins, Te Herenga Waka
Rawiri Toia, Te Kura Māori
Dr Lynne Pere, Health Services Research Centre
Tai Walker, Health Services Research Centre
Mamari Stephens, School of Law
Tonga Karena, School of Māori Studies
Paul Meredith, Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori
Dee O'Carroll, School of Māori Studies