Te Pūnaha Matatini is the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems and is hosted by the University of Auckland. Each year we produce an annual report for our funder the ...

It is important for the wellbeing of Māori that their language and culture are preserved. And it benefits all New Zealanders ...

Written by Te Pūnaha Matatini PhD candidate Michael Miller. Just four years ago, experts warned te reo Māori was on a “pathway towards extinction” unless resources were put into teaching young Māori.

Time scales encompass moments, seasons, years, and geological epochs, reflecting the dynamic nature of ecological processes ...

TPM Whānau is a network for Te Pūnaha Matatini’s emerging scientists. We are an active transdisciplinary community, with a shared interest in complex systems and networks, comprising postgraduate ...

As a New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence comprised of members from diverse backgrounds, organisations, and lived experiences, we are committed to the open exchange of ideas, freedom of thought ...

Our core research projects for 2021–24 are organised into four interrelated impact areas, which relate to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Projects ranging from evaluating the ...

We build community across disciplines to solve complex problems. Te Pūnaha Matatini – the meeting place of many faces – is the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems.

In complex systems, the concept of scale refers to the different levels at which a system can be observed or analysed.

The sun is setting at Te Mata Hāpuku. The eelers of Ngāi Tahu have been hard at work digging kōawa, drains that stretch across the cobble flats between Te Roto o Wairewa and the ocean. Beside these ...