Te Ao Māori
These are co-developed Māori-led or partnered projects which seek to deepen partnerships with Māori enterprises and collectives through focused science and innovation activities.
Te Ao Māori projects build Māori science capability while identifying and addressing the additional competencies needed amongst our science community to participate.
Vision Mātauranga aims to unlock the potential of Māori knowledge, people and resources for the benefit of New Zealand. It has four themes: Indigenous Innovation (Contributing to economic growth); Taiao (Achieving environmental sustainability); Hauora/Oranga (Improving health and social wellbeing) Mātauranga (Exploring indigenous knowledge).
Flagship Projects
Main Tranche Projects
Republic of Korea Joint Research Projects
The Catalyst Strategic NZ–Korea Joint Research Partnerships programme has funded three joint projects in 2025, each for up to NZ$450,000 over three years. They focus on quantum communication - a rapidly advancing field with transformative potential for secure data and future technologies.
Startup Tranche Projects
The Dodd-Walls Centre research focus is photonics, the generation, transmission, and manipulation of light, and the study of matter and energy at the quantum level.