Mō tētahi tamaiti kura Hāmoa e noho ana i roto i tētahi akomanga werawera, mō tētahi wahine hī ika Whītī rānei e whakatere ana i ngā moana e piki haere ana, ehara te huringa āhuarangi i te tūmomo riri ā-roto; he riri tonu, he riri whaiaro hoki. Heoi, he maha rawa ngā wā, kua warewarehia e te pūtaiao i hangaia hei whakautu i ēnei āhuatanga tūturu ngā wheako o ēnei hapori o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Kei te tīmata tēnei ki te huri.
I panuitia i tēnei rā, e ono ngā hononga rangahau hou e hono ana i ngā kaiwhiwhi tuatahi o te Tahua Rangahau o Tupu Pacific, e whakanoho ana i te kaiārahi, te mātauranga, me ngā kaupapa matua o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te ngākau o ngā mahi āhuarangi i te rohe.
I tautokona e te International Science Council Regional Focal Point for Asia and the Pacific (ISC RFP-AP) me te tautoko mai i te Tari Ahumahi, Pūtaiao me ngā Rauemi a te Kāwanatanga o Ahitereiria, e kapi ana ngā tahua tautoko i te aroturukitanga o ngā toka korara, te mahi pakihi a ngā wāhine, te hauora wera o ngā tamariki, te pūngao ma, ngā ōhanga porowhita, me te haumarutanga wai. Ko te Pacific Islands Universities Regional Network (PIURN) tētahi o ngā hoa mahi matua i roto i te kaupapa.
"Kei te rārangi mua o te huringa āhuarangi te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ā, mā tēnei kaupapa ka ārahihia te pūtaiao e whakautu ana ki taua raruraru e ngā kairangahau o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me tō rātou māramatanga hohonu ki ngā wero e pā ana ki a tātou,"
te kī a Ronit Prawer, te Kaiwhakahaere o te ISC Regional Focal Point mō Āhia me te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.
"E whakaatu ana hoki i te mana o ngā hononga ā-rohe. Mā te mahi tahi puta noa i ngā whenua, ngā umanga me ngā marautanga, ka taea e tātou te tautoko i ngā rangahau e whakahaerehia ana e te rohe me te ao whānui. Ko ēnei kaiwhiwhi tuatahi o te tahua Tupu e tohu ana i ngā mahi auaha, e whakahaerehia ana e te hapori e aro ana ki te whakatau i ēnei wero mai i te whenua ki runga. Kāore e taea e mātou te whakahīhī ake ki te tautoko i ēnei tīma."
I kī a Catherine Ris, te Perehitini o Te Whare Wānanga o New Caledonia me te Heamana o te Komiti Kōwhiri, he mahi uaua kei mua i te Komiti, engari ko ngā kaupapa i whiriwhiria i te mutunga he kaha te hononga mahi tahi e aro ana ki ngā kaupapa matua ā-rohe.
"Nā te ISC, kua taea e te kaupapa Tupu Pacific Research Grants te puta ake o te maha o ngā kaupapa maha-mātauranga e puta mai ana i ngā mahi tahi whai rawa e whakaoho ana i ngā pūkenga kanorau o ngā mema PIURN," tana kī.
Ko ngā kaiwhiwhi e ono ko:
| Ingoa kaupapa | Kaiwhiwhi Tohu/Hoa Matua | Hoa o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | Hoa Ahitereiria | Hoa o waho |
| Te tautoko i ngā kaipakihi wahine i Whītī me Tonga: He tirohanga ōhanga kikorangi | Tākuta Shalini Singh – Te Whare Wānanga o Whītī | Tākuta Tangikina Moimoi Steen – Te Whare Wānanga o Tonga | Dr Jane Menzies, A/ Prof Saskia de Klerk & Dr Melissa Innes – Te Whare Wananga o te Tai Rawhiti | Kaimahi Matua Matevz Raskovic – Te Whare Wānanga Hangarau o Tāmaki Makaurau |
| Te wera, te haumākū me te hauora o ngā tamariki: Te kohikohi raraunga taketake mō ngā pānga o te wera, te haumākū me te huringa āhuarangi ki ngā tamariki kura o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | Assoc Pr Roannie Ng Shiu – National University of Samoa | Ms Filomena Ah Kuoi – Te Whare Wānanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga (Te Papa o Hāmoa) | Tākuta James Smallcombe me te Tākuta Ollie Jay – Te Whare Wānanga o Poihākena | |
| Te hurihanga koiora kore-pokapū o ngā para waro o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki ngā Waikawa Ngako Mekameka-Waenga (MCFA) me ngā wahie koiora matatau | Tākuta Prasanna Kumar Yekula – Te Whare Wānanga Hangarau o Papua Niu Kini | Dr Savitha De Britto – Te Whare Wananga o Goroka | Tākuta Jing Zhao -Te Whare Wānanga o New South Wales | Tākuta Krishna Kumar Kotra – Te Whare Wānanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga, Papa o Emalus, Vanuatu |
| Ngā wāhine e whakakaha ana i te porowhita i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa: Te whakapakari i te kaha ā-rohe mō ngā hapori e ātete ana ki te āhuarangi | Tākuta Laisa Ro'I – Te Whare Wānanga o Niu Karetōnia | Tākuta Jérémy Yune – Te Whare Wānanga o Pōrinīhia Wīwī | Tākuta Dorothea Bowyer me te Hoa Mahi a Maria Varua – Te Whare Wānanga o Te Tai Hauāuru o Poihākena | Whaea Susana Telakau – Te Hekeretari o te Kaupapa Taiao ā-Rohe o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (SPREP) |
| He pūnaha drone raro-wai-a-aharangi whakauru mō te aroturuki i te toka korara me te manawanui ki te āhuarangi | Tākuta Utkal Mehta – Te Whare Wānanga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga (kāpuni o Laucala), Ngā Moutere Horomona | Mr Alvin Prasad – Te Whare Wānanga o Whītī | Pr Ashad Kabir – Te Whare Wananga o Charles Sturt (CSU) | Āpiha Anil Gavade -KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Īnia |
| Ngā otinga taiao mō te haumarutanga wai i roto i ngā motu iti whai rawa i te bauxite: He rangahau whakamātautau i te rohe arotahi o te Moutere o Wagina | Tākuta Timothy Girry Kale – Te Whare Wānanga o Ngā Moutere o Horomona | Dr Meseret Dawit Teweldebrihan – Te Whare Wananga Hangarau o Papua New Guinea | Te Ekenga a te Ahorangi Anouk – Te Whare Wānanga o Ahitereiria (ANU) | Mr Cyril Bernard Rachman – Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) |
Ahakoa ko ngā wāhine te pūtake o te oranga o ngā takutai moana o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, he iti tonu ngā reiti mahi pakihi a ngā wāhine. Ko Tākuta Shalini Singh o Te Whare Wānanga o Fiji te kaiārahi o tētahi tīma e whakamahi ana i ngā tikanga ahurea, tae atu ki te tukanga kōrero tuku iho a Talanoa, hei hanga i tētahi anga mō te mahi pakihi whakauru i roto i ngā ahumahi moana.
"He honore nui, he whakakorikori kaha hoki te whiwhinga i te Tahua Tupu tuatahi," te kī a Tākuta Singh. "Mā tēnei tahua mātou e āwhina ki te whakawhānui ake i ā mātou kaupapa, ki te whakaara ake i te kaiārahi o ngā wāhine, me te akiaki i te tipu pumau e whakapakari ana i ō mātou hapori me ngā ahumahi moana."
I tāpiri atu a Tākuta Jane Menzies, he kairangahau tahi nō Te Whare Wānanga o te Takutai o Sunshine: "Ko te whakawhanake i ngā whanaungatanga tata ake i waenga i te tīma rangahau mō Whītī, Tonga, Ahitereiria, me Aotearoa he tauira mō te hanga hononga mahi tahi hei whakatutuki i te nama rima o te UN SDG, arā, ko te Ōritetanga Ira Tangata."
I te Moutere o Wagina, ka whakararuhia te wai whenua i te urunga mai o te wai tote me te poke o te bauxite. Kei te whakamātautau a Tākuta Timothy Girry Kale o te Whare Wānanga o Ngā Moutere Horomona i tētahi otinga iti te utu, e ahu mai ana i te taiao, hei whakaora i te haumarutanga wai mō ngā hapori e pāngia ana.
"Ka tino āwhina tēnei pūtea i a mātou ki te whakatairanga i te kohikohi raraunga, te whakauru i ngā hapori o te rohe, me te whakawhanake i ngā rautaki mahi hei whakaiti i ngā mōrearea ā-pāwera me te whanaketanga pumau i roto i tō mātou rohe," te kī a Tākuta Kale.
te Te Tahua Rangahau a Tupu Moana-nui-a-Kiwa e whakahaerehia ana e te ISC Regional Focal Point mō Āhia me te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ā, e utua ana e te Tari Ahumahi, Pūtaiao me ngā Rauemi a te Kāwanatanga o Ahitereiria, me te mahi tahi me te Whatunga Rohe o ngā Whare Wānanga o ngā Moutere o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.. Ka tautokohia e te kaupapa ngā tīma rangahau maha-mātauranga, e arahina ana e te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, e titoa ana mai i te iti rawa e rua ngā whare wānanga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me te kotahi te whare wānanga o Ahitereiria e mahi tahi ana i ngā kaupapa e hangai ana ki te Rautaki Kikorangi o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa 2050.