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In this general issue, MAI Journal Volume 14, Issue 2 presents a rich and diverse collection of Indigenous scholarship that speaks to the lived realities, aspirations, and innovations of Māori and Pacific communities. This issue features 12 articles and two commentaries that explore themes of wellbeing, education, housing, health, and systemic transformation—from whatu pedagogy and teenage māmā Māori experiences, to rangatahi-led insights on racial bias and Indigenous governance of freshwater.

In this special issue, 'Caring for Earth Mother: Indigenous-Led Pathways to Climate Adaptation', there are 12 articles and one commentary. Indigenous knowledge is critical in addressing the climate crisis. In this special issue on climate change, Indigenous scholars have identified pathways for world leaders and policymakers to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into climate decision-making, advocating for the preservation and sharing of traditional wisdom.

The first 2024 issue for MAI Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1 contains 12 articles of different subjects and 1 Commentary.  This reflects the multi-disciplinary approach for NPM research in Aotearoa.  From Traditional Knowledges to a Framework for Vision Matauranga and Safer travel options for tamariki to Reinvigorating homeplaces for our whanau and communities, we see the different areas of research undertaken by our researchers and authors in this issue for 2024.

This issue of MAI Journal, Volume 12, Issue 2 contains 14 articles across a range of research areas that are representative of the breadth and vitality of Indigenous research in Aotearoa New Zealand. This issue reflects the multidisciplinary nature of MAI Journal articles, covering Post Settlement Governance Entities (PSGE), Transformation through Education, One Health Approach, Māori Women’s Knowledge, Learning Environments, Pacific Peoples Housing Crisis, Understanding the Environment and more.

Tēnei Tātou Te Koronga Māori Research Excellence, Tēnei au te koronga He hiringa nōu e Ruatau ki ēnei tauira, ki ēnei pia, Tō ake nei au i te tatau o taku whare Ko Te Rangikaupapa, tatau o Tāwhirirangi, i te pūmotomoto o te kauwhanga o te Toi o ngā rangi E Pawa, tutakina i tauru nui, i tauru atamai o wharekura, Kapikapi tō aro, kapi te ngātata, te ngātoro, te piere, te tatau o tēnei whare E tū iho nei, Nā tō aro, nā tō pia E Rehua, mā Ruatau e.

This issue of MAI Journal, Volume 11, Issue 2 (2022), contains 7 articles across a range of research areas that are representative of the breadth and vitality of Indigenous research in Aotearoa New Zealand.

MAI Journal, Volume 11, Issue 1 (Spring, 2022), contains six articles, a commentary and a book review, covering a diverse range of research areas that reflect the multi-disciplinary nature of MAI Journal.

This issue of MAI Journal, Volume 10, Issue 2 (2021), contains 12 articles and two situation reports across a range of research areas that are representative of the breadth and vitality of Indigenous research in Aotearoa. This issue reflects the multidisciplinary nature of MAI Journal articles, covering racism, gender and well-being across education, health, history, entrepreneurship and psychology, with a strong focus on kaupapa Māori theory and methodological principles.