Kura Raumati, a Māori summer research programme and Fatu Malosi, a Pacific summer research programme, provide opportunities for Māori and Pasifika students studying health at a tertiary level and with a passion for improving Māori and Pacific heart health outcomes to participate in a research programme over the summer holidays.

Overview

Kura Raumati and Fatu Malosi begin with a noho marae wānanga or fonotaga where students and supervisors come together to explore kaupapa Māori and Pasifika heart health approaches, respectively.

Students then spend time undertaking their research projects with their supervisors and support from Pūtahi Manawa staff, as needed.

The programmes conclude with the presentation of students’ findings, experiences, and insights. The final presentation is an opportunity for students to invite key stakeholders to the dissemination of their findings. This is also a time to celebrate the hard work and reconnect with new colleagues and friends.

Where can a summer with Pūtahi Manawa take me?

Graduates of Kura Raumati and Fatu Malosi have gone on to do these:

• Presented their project at conferences nationally and internationally.
• Made long-lasting relationships.
• Built on their project through postgraduate study.
• Do a PhD!
• Made their CV look better when applying for future opportunities (like funding or job roles).
• Become a Pūtahi Manawa member and all the benefits that go with that.
• Join Te Whare Tukutuku, a network of Māori and Pacific heart health professionals.
• Join large-scale community outreach events with Pūtahi Manawa, such as Polyfest and Waitangi Day.

Whakapapa of the Pūtahi Manawa summer research programmes

• 2021 Pūtahi Manawa Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence was founded.
• 2022 Te Ara Poutama Integrated Research Module led by Erina Korohina, hosted by The Centre for Health and co-funded by Pūtahi Manawa and the Heart Foundation was established.
• 2023 Pūtahi Manawa initiated a summer research programme, offering a total of six places to three heart research centres: Manaaki Manawa at the University of Auckland, Heart Otago and the Christchurch Heart Institute at the University of Otago, stipulating that at least one awarded student from each research centre must be either Māori or Pacific.
• 2023 Te Ara Poutama initiated a Māori summer research programme, Kura Raumati, and funded ten Māori students through the Integrated Research Module.
• Pūtahi Manawa and Pūhoro STEMM partnership saw Pūtahi Manawa provide seven Pūhoro STEMM students funding and support for a summer research project. These students became part of the Te Ara Poutama Kura Raumati inaugural cohort.
• Summer 2023/24 Twenty-one Māori students experienced the inaugural Māori Summer Research Programme with Pūtahi Manawa, put together by Erina Korohina, and Pūtahi Manawa Outreach and Education Lead, Dr Anuj Bhargava. One Pacific student and two other students also graduated from this inaugural Pūtahi Manawa summer cohort.
• 2024 Inaugural Pūtahi Manawa Pacific Summer Research Programme, Fatu Malosi is initiated. Spearheaded by Pūtahi Manawa Co-Director Pacific, Ms Soteria Ieremia, and supported by the Pacific Leadership Team, Fatu Malosi was led by Dr Julie Winter-Smith and Nuseta Hope. The programme ran alongside the second cohort of Kura Raumati.

• Summer 2024/25 A total of forty-one students, fifteen Pacific and twenty-six Māori, participated in Fatu Malosi and Kura Raumati, respectively, with seven students returning from the previous summer.

  2024 / 25 Summer Research Scholarship recipients.

• 2025 The kaitiakitanga of Kura Raumati was placed with Pūtahi Manawa.
• Summer 2025/26 Kura Raumati and Fatu Malosi run side by side with a new cohort of students....this could be you.