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How much research funding, if any, was committed to Wānanga or kaupapa Māori research in 2024?

Answered Question 40555 (2026)
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Francisco Hernandez

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • How much research funding, if any, was committed to Wānanga or kaupapa Māori research in 2024?

Answered by

Hon Penny Simmonds

Member for Invercargill · National Party · Minister for Tertiary Education

Answer

I am advised by the Tertiary Education Commission that $1,837,353 was committed to Wānanga or kaupapa Māori research in 2024, allocated through the Performance Based Research Fund. From 2023, the Wānanga Research Capability fund was replaced with the Nga Whare Wananga fund that provides up to $24 million ($8 million per Wānanga) to be committed towards research capability, operational needs and aspirations of Wānanga.