We’re pleased to announce that MAI Journal has launched its Online First model. This means peer-reviewed and fully citable articles are now available ahead of their inclusion in a specific journal issue — increasing both the visibility and timeliness of important research.
The first five Online First articles, published in August 2025, explore diverse and timely themes, ranging from pedagogy and health to youth and identity:
Nau mai, haere mai – MAI Journal welcomes submissions all year round.
We invite contributions of original scholarly work focused on Indigenous knowledge and development in the context of Aotearoa New Zealand. MAI Journal primarily accepts substantive research articles (up to 7,000 words) that explore Indigenous topics or themes. We also welcome shorter commentaries (up to 3,000 words) that respond to current issues or offer critical reflections relevant to Indigenous communities.
I tēnei tau 2019 kua tukua mai e Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, he taumata o MAI Pitopito Kōrero (MAI Journal) kia whakaaratia mai e ngā kaituhi reo a rātou pūkenga rangahau tuhituhi ki roto i tō tātou reo rangatira. He taumata hohonu, ātaahua tēnei kia whakaaratia te kounga o te reo rangahau haepapa matatau. Ko te kōmata taketake mō āu nei kaupapa rangahau kia tuhia mai ki roto i te reo. Ko ō whakaaro, tikanga, tūmanako, nawe, hītoria, korero tuku iho, kaupapa rangahau mātauranga taketake, mātauranga hou rānei, whakawhiti kōrero pono tuhia mai.
MAI Journal primarily accepts substantive articles (up to 7000 words) that address a particular Indigenous topic or theme. We also publish short, timely commentaries which address a particular Indigenous topic, theme, or contemporary issue affecting Indigenous societies (up to 3000 words long). To submit a paper, please visit our submission portal.
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) announces the appointment of two new editors of MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship.
NPM Co-Directors are thrilled to have appointed two outstanding researchers Associate Professor Melinda Webber and Dr Ocean Mercier as new Joint Editors of MAI Journal and thank the outgoing editors for their critical leadership in building the journal into the renown and highly esteemed journal that it is today.
I tēnei tau 2017 kua tukua mai e Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, he taumata o MAI Pitopito Kōrero (Journal) kia whakaaratia mai e ngā kaituhi reo a tātau pukenga rangahau tuhituhi ki roto i tō tātau reo rangatira. He taumata hohonu, ātaahua tēnei te kounga o te reo-rangahau haepapa matatau. Ko te kōmata taketake mo āu nei kaupapa reo-rangahau kia tuhia mai ki roto i te reo. Ō whakaaro, tikanga, tūmanako, nawe, hītōria, kōrero tuku iho, kaupapa rangahau mātauranga taketake, mātauranga hou rānei.
MAI Journal has extended its call for papers for the second issue of Volume 5 until Monday 18th July 2016. This is a general issue that will be published in November 2016. Please visit the author information page for our author guidelines and our online submission portal. We recommend early submission.
The first issue of MAI Journal for 2016 - Volume 5, Issue 1 - is now available online. This is a general issue which contains six articles that cover themes including ethnic-specific equity programmes in New Zealand universities, Māori values in the workplace, mental health support for Māori following the Christchurch earthquakes, digital media with Māori-language interfaces, representations of Māori and smoking in media, and discourses around mahinga kai, Māori food-gathering sites and practices.
MAI Journal is now calling for papers to be considered for the second issue of Volume 5 (November 2016). We welcome submissions all year round, however, for consideration for this issue, articles should reach us no later than Monday 25th April 2016. Please visit the author information page for our author guidelines and our online submission portal. We recommend early submission.