Joint Research Committee Request For Tender: Wai 2700 Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry

He tau pai te tau

He tau ora te tau

He tau ngehe te tau

He tau mo te wahine

Rapua he purapura e ora ai te tangata

The year is good, the year is peaceful, a year full of promise, a year for women, (to) bring forward the seeds that will sow the greatest good for all people. 

– Rapua te Purapura e Ora ai te iwi, Kahurangi Mira Szaszy, Te Whakapotaetanga o Ngā Tauira Māori, Te 27 o ngā rā o Paenga-Whāwhā 1993, Te Whare Wānanga o Wikitoria me Huia Publishers, Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

E mihi whānui ana ki a koutou - ngā Kairangahau kua tukua atu to tono atu ki te Wai 2700 Joint Research Committee e pa ana ki to tātou kaupapa, Wai 2700 Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry – ngā mihi! 

Greetings to you all - to the researchers who submitted proposals to the Joint Research Committee regarding the Wai 2700 Mana Wāhine Kaupapa Inquiry – thank you! 

The two RFT processes have concluded. The first RFT closed on 2 December 2022, and the second closed on 17 March 2023.  Applicants will be informed of the outcome shortly. If you have any pātai about this RFT process, email TESCO@women.govt.nz.

Background

In 2020, a Joint Research Committee (JRC), comprised of representatives from the claimant community, claimant counsel, Crown counsel, Manatū Wāhine and Tribunal research staff, was formed to progress important areas of research on behalf of the claimants. 

The JRC has planned projects in six research areas:

  • Mana Wāhine definitional report: standalone definitional report on Mana Wāhine which will set out a ‘te ao Māori’ view of Mana Wāhine and provide definitions for concepts essential to Mana Wāhine.
  • A Remedies report: to scope the range of remedies being sought within the Inquiry.
  • Ngā Pou Hine reports:
    • Rangatiratanga: focuses on the mana rangatiratanga of Wāhine Māori and their leadership, exercise and denial of their authority and status in decision-making roles.
    • Whenua and Te Ao Tūroa: focus on how Wāhine Māori have been treated in relation to the land and their physical and metaphysical connectedness.
    • Whakapapa and whānau: focuses on the oranga and intergenerational well-being of Māori women and their whānau.
    • Whai rawa: focus on the theme of ohanga and the economy and Wāhine Māori, enterprise and collective potential.

The Tendering and Evaluation Sub-Committee (TESCo) of the JRC invited research consortia/collaborations to apply to form research teams around one or more of the JRC’s Pou Hine Briefs through a Request for Tender (RFT) process.  

The two RFT processes have concluded. The first RFT closed on 2 December 2022, and the second closed on 17 March 2023.  Applicants will be informed of the outcome shortly.    

If you have any pātai for the JRC-and/or TESCo, email TESCO@women.govt.nz.   

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