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Māori Participation in KAREN

IRL created a project to promote KAREN to enhance collaboration between Māori communities, within Māori customary settings (e.g. marae, wānanga, rūnanga), and with IRL to increase Māori RS&T capability. After the project leader became ill it was decided to revise the project scope and proceed with Te Rūnanga o Ngati Awa (TRoNA).

One of the initial challenges was the replacement project manager had no experience with KAREN. This was overcome through discussions with REANNZ, IRL staff, reading relevant website material and using KAREN for video conferencing.

The project was carried out with TRoNA. Their access to KAREN is through Te Whare Wānanga oAwanuiarangi. However during the course of this project, the Wānanga’s access to KAREN was being implemented and was not available for use by this project. Instead access for video conferencing was provided via the KAREN bridge. Although a relatively simple technical process, there were operational issues as access to the Wānanga network is also via a bridge.

Going forward IRL remains committed to advancing research opportunities with Māori and using KAREN where appropriate.