Ko te kaupapa o tēnei tuhituhi he whai atu i te

hohonutanga o te pūtaiao me ōna hua ki te

whakapakari i te taha hapori, oha pūtea ki tā te iwi

Māori titiro. Me te titiro he aha i kore ai te momo

pūtaiao i noho pai ki ngā whakarite o te ao Māori.

He wāhi nui tonu te pūtaiao hei whakarite mātauranga

hou ki roto i te ao tangata e pakari ai te taha hapori,

ohaoha pūtea hoki. Kua takoto noa atu te kōrero ko

ngā momo pūtaiao o tera rau tau i noho hei taka hi i te

iwi Māori, tae atu hoki i te waiho i te iwi Māori ki

waho o ngā whakahāere me ngā hua. Ki te aro atu te

iwi Māori ki te pūtaiao a tauiwi me huri ōna nei

tikanga ki te taha whakatakoto kōrero mō ngā tono

me whakangungu anō hoki ngā Māori ki ngā wāhi

katoa o te mahi pūtaiao.

The purposes of this paper are to advance

understanding of science and its potential role in Māori

social and economic development and to identify

reasons why science has not responded well in the past

to Māori needs. Science is the major source of new

knowledge in society and can make tremendous

contributions to social and economic development. It

is argued, however, that science has participated in

the colonial process that has seen Māori excluded from

many areas of activity, including participation in

science and the benefits that science brings to society.

Bringing about change in the way science interacts

with Māori will require structural adjustments in the

funding of science and a significant increase in the

numbers of Māori being trained in all fields of science.