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Dr Peter Meihana
PhD, MA
Lecturer in Maori History
School of Humanities Media and Creative Comm
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: 06 6 3504231 ext 81914
Location: 5.06, Colombo Village
Campus: Turitea
Qualifications
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Doctor of Philosophy
- Massey University
(2016)
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Master of Arts
- Massey University
(2007)
Prizes and Awards
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Strategic Investment Fund: 'From the past to the future: finding an Aotearoa history for schools' - Massey University (2020)
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MURF-Massey University Research Fund - Massey University (2017)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
My research interests include: Maori history; tribal history; and colonisation.
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Historical Studies (210300):
History And Archaeology (210000):
Maori History (210309)
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
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Current Projects
Project Title: He Tatai Whenua: A Te Ao Maori landscape classification
Our research will synthesize a Te Ao Maori landscape classification that can be directly integrated with existing geographical information systems (GIS).
We will produce the first indigenous peoples, or Maori metric based Landscape Classification for New Zealand. Despite Maori expert elicitation, or interpretation, of landscape features being well recognised, coherent representation and display of this knowledge is significantly underdeveloped. Data of this kind is still treated as anecdotal or qualitative and, as a result, lacks impact in environmental management and decision-making. In stark contrast, the underlying descriptors and datasets used to classify NZ's environment for decision-making are all displayed in advanced GIS systems utilising cutting edge technology (e.g. geology (Qmap), soils (SMap), bio-diversity (Landcover Database/LENZ), and land use/capability (NZ Land Resource Inventory)). Many of the fundamental methods used to create these datasets are based on frameworks and criteria created through quasi-quantitative methods with no inclusion or recognition of matauranga Maori.
This will be achieved through three components:
1. Development of Maori landscape classification criteria based on matauranga Maori, tikanga, kaitiakitanga and tohu taiao from leading Maori academics and Iwi partners
2. Generation of the first Maori Landscape Classification GIS (MLC-GIS) and database using new IT, GIS, remote sensing techniques and mathematical methods to visualise landscapes based on the developed criteria
3. Application of the MLC-GIS alongside existing environmental databases in new catchment management strategies
Our research will use the Manawatu catchment to develop the protocols required to extend the proposed Maori Landscape Classification GIS to the whole of NZ. Globally this will be the first time such a dataset will be created. Additionally, new geospatial visualisation methods will be developed that will have significant impact.
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Date Range: 2017 - 2021
Funding Body:
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
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Research Outputs
Journal
Meihana, P., & Bradley, R. (2018). Repatriation, Reconciliation and the Inversion of Patriarchy.
The journal of the Polynesian Society. Polynesian Society (N.Z.). 127(3), 307-324
[Journal article]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
King, DN., Shaw, WS., & Goff, JR. (2018). Maori oral histories and the impact of tsunamis in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 18(3), 907-919
[Journal article]Contributed to by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN. (2016). Manifest Destiny.
Journal of Urgent Writing. 1, 170-179 Retrieved from http://www.masseypress.ac.nz/books/all/all/the-journal-of-urgent-writing-2016
[Journal article]Authored by: Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2012). Colonising by Privilege, 1840 to 1847.
Te Pouhere Korero. 6, 35-53
[Journal article]Authored by: Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2010). The 'idea' of Maori Privilege.
Te Pouhere Korero. 4, 41-50
[Journal article]Authored by: Meihana, P.
Book
Meihana, PN. (2017). Once were muttonbirders: Ngati Kuia's fight to retain its Titi Harvesting rights. In R. Bell (Ed.)
New Zealand Between the Wars. (pp. 132 - 153). Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN., Bradley, R., Macdonald, J., & Moses, M. (2017). New grounds, old battles: The Kurahaupo settlement. In R. Bell, M. Kawharu, K. Taylor, M. Belgrave, & P. Meihana (Eds.)
The Treaty on the Ground-Where we are headed and why it matters. (pp. 151 - 168). Auckland: Massey University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Meihana, P.Edited by: Belgrave, M., Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2017). Political Utility: ‘Privilege’ Without End. In R. Bell, M. Kawharu, K. Taylor, M. Belgrave, & P. Meihana (Eds.)
The Treaty on the Ground-Where we are going and why it matters. (pp. 91 - 108). Auckland: Massey University Press
[Chapter]Authored by: Meihana, P.Edited by: Belgrave, M., Meihana, P.Bell, R., Kawharu, M., Taylor, K., Belgrave, M., & Meihana, PN. (Eds.) (2017).
The Treaty on the ground - where we are headed and why it matters. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press
[Edited Book]Authored by: Taylor, K.Edited by: Belgrave, M., Bell, R., Meihana, P., Taylor, K.Read Abstract:
Creative Work
Meihana, P. (2018, August 1).
Remembering the Kurahaupo Settlement - Nga Pakiaka Morehu o Te Whenua. [Photographic Images]. Millenium Gallery, Blenheim.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Thesis
Meihana, PN. (2015).
The paradox of Maori privilege: Historical constructions of Maori privilege circa 1769 to 1940. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University, New Zealand)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN. (2006).
The Genesis of the Foreshore and Seabed Claim and the Marginalisation of Ngati Kuia. (Master's Thesis, Massey University)
[Masters Thesis]Authored by: Meihana, P.
Report
Meihana, PN., & Pinker, HJ. (2013).
Riding the Wai. Te Runanga o Ngati Kuia.
[Commissioned Report]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Conference
Meihana, P. (2017, March). Repatriation, Reconcilation, and the Inversion of Patriarchy. Presented at
Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu. Blenheim.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN.
Public history: The Wairau Bar. . Adelaide, Australia
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN.
'Oral Tradition and Science: An Unholy Alliance?'. . University of Toronto
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN. (2016, September). From PhD to the Boulder Bank: The post-doctoral life of a Maori academic. Presented at
Te Mata o te Tau Doctoral Symposium. Palmerston North, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Hawke, S., & Meihana, PN. (2015, July). Response: Case studies and discussion. Presented at
The Treaty on the Ground. Auckland, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
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Meihana, PN.
Privilege: Native policy and politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. . Massey University
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2013, November). Anti-Treatyism, the Truth & Maori Privilege. Presented at
New Zealand Historical Association. University of Otago.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2012, December). Crown responsibility and the Treaty of Waitangi. Presented at
Limits of Responsibility. Massey University Palmerston North.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2011, June). Colonising by Privilege: 1840 to 1847. Presented at
Locating the Past-Where is Maori History. University of Auckland.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Meihana, PN. (2009, June). The 'Privilege Hypothesis': Colonisation and Maori History. Presented at
This is Maori History. Victoria University.
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Other
Meihana, P. (2020).
My Ancestors Met Cook in Aotearoa 250 years. For us it's time to reinterpret a painful history. : The Conversation
[Internet publication]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read article at Massey Research Online:
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Meihana, P., & Moses, M. (2019).
It's a Maui's World. : Tuia 2050 ki Totaranui
[Internet publication]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, P., & Moses, M. (2019).
The Ascendancy of the Kurahaupō. : Tuia 250 ki Totaranui
[Internet publication]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, P., & Moses, M. (2019).
Before there was Cook there was Kupe. : Tuia 250 ki Totaranui
[Internet publication]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Meihana, PN. (2013, May). One Hundred Years of Maori Privilege. : School of Health and Social Services.
[Oral Presentation]Authored by: Meihana, P.Read Abstract:
Teaching and Supervision
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
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Current Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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Hona Black
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Doctor of Philosophy
TE REO MĀORI ACROSS GENERATIONS:
Narratives, expressions, attitudes and agency of fluent speakers.
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Samuel Carpenter
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Reshaping of Political Communities in New Zealand: a Study of Intellectual and Imperial Texts in Context, c. 1814-1863.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2020
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Fiona McKergow
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Doctor of Philosophy
Colonial Textile Culture in Mid-Nineteenth Century Aotearoa New Zealand
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