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HRC Research Repository

This library contains details of HRC-funded studies over the past 10 years, including study title, lay summary, lead investigator, host organisation, the sum awarded, year of study commencement, and contract duration.
  • The Baby heAd Elevation Device (BEAD) Feasibility study

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $24,971.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Charlotte Oyston
    ,
    Dr Jordon Wimsett
    ,
    Dr Lynn Sadler
    ,
    Professor Jane Alsweiler
    ,
    Dr Meghan Hill
    ,
    Professor John Thompson
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Health Delivery Research Activation Grant
  • MRI-informed computational model for non-invasive detection of brain pressure

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $1,191,990.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Samantha Holdsworth
    ,
    Dr Gonzalo Maso Talou
    ,
    Dr Sarah-Jane Guild
    ,
    Dr Soroush Safaei
    ,
    Associate Professor Miriam Scadeng
    ,
    Dr Matthew McDonald
    ,
    Professor Sir Helen Danesh-Meyer
    ,
    Dr David Dubowitz
    ,
    Associate Professor Graham Wilson
    ,
    Dr Eryn Kwon
    ,
    Mrs Leigh Potter
    Host:
    Mātai Medical Research Institute
    Proposal type
    Project
  • Taurākautia

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $100,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Marise Stuart
    Host:
    Te Ao Mauri Ora
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • Koeke -ā kō ake nei

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $94,800.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Waitiahoaho Emery
    ,
    Mr Rehua Mihaka
    ,
    Miss Auroa Rikiti
    ,
    Teina Mear
    ,
    Mrs Hiria Mihaka
    ,
    Mr Raimona Inia
    Host:
    Ngati Pikiao Iwi Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • He Aha Taku Oranga Hauora Mo Apopo

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $93,860.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Te Kani Kingi
    ,
    Mr Hemana Waaka
    Host:
    Te Whare Wananga O Awanuiarangi
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Knowledge Mobilisation Grant
  • Ko Hine Ko Rua

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $99,620.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Tepora Emery
    ,
    Ms Cheyenne Kohere
    Host:
    Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen's Association of New Zealand
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Integrating oral health into the funding and management of diabetic patients

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $99,947.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Jarden Lacey
    ,
    Dr Margaret-Rae Clark
    ,
    Assistant Professor Esther Willing
    Host:
    Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Hauora Strategy development

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $100,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Amanda Scobie
    ,
    Mrs Rachel Adams
    ,
    Reuben Garrett-Walker
    ,
    Miss Melissa Brown
    ,
    Associate Professor Byron Rangiwai
    Host:
    Pou Tāngata Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Community Development
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Restoring the mauri of Lake Omapere

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $100,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Marise Stuart
    Host:
    Lake Omapere Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Nga Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa indigenous matauranga development

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $14,500.00
    Researchers:
    Janet Taiatini
    Host:
    Ngā Maia Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Reconnecting Ngā Hapū o Te Ahuahu: reindigenising health and wellbeing

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $99,999.27
    Researchers:
    Dr Marie Jardine
    ,
    Dr Angelique Reweti
    ,
    Associate Professor Deborah Heke
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Māori experience of the criminal justice system in Pare Hauraki

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $100,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Stephanie Palmer
    ,
    Hamuera Maika
    Host:
    Tumana Research Services
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Development Grant
  • Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Health Research Project

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $219,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Amanda Scobie
    ,
    Mrs Rachel Adams
    ,
    Miss Melissa Brown
    ,
    Reuben Garrett-Walker
    Host:
    Pou Tāngata Ngāi Tai Ki Tāmaki Community Development
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Hauraki Māori weathering Cyclone Gabrielle

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $300,000.00
    Researchers:
    Denise Messiter
    ,
    Mx Paora Moyle
    ,
    Mrs Lesley Kelly
    Host:
    Te Whariki Manawahine o Hauraki
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Waikarā kai sovereignty

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $77,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Taria Tane
    Host:
    Waikarā Marae & Whakarongotai Urupa Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Weraroa taonga species

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $300,000.00
    Researchers:
    Tia Huia Haira
    ,
    Dr Bevan Weir
    ,
    Professor Suresh Muthukumaraswamy
    Host:
    Rangiwaho Marae
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Marginalism, racism and tokenism: The experiences of Māori dietitians

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $75,800.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hannah Rapata
    ,
    Associate Professor Donna Cormack
    ,
    Professor Lisa Te Morenga
    ,
    Dr Nikki Renall
    ,
    Miss Rhiannon Jones
    ,
    Dr Tara McAllister
    Host:
    Te Kāhui Manukura o Kai Ora
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Biomedical Matauranga Hub

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $300,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Tracy Macfarlane
    ,
    Mr Conor Watene-O'Sullivan
    Host:
    The Moko Foundation
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Ngā marama o te tau

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $293,000.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Heeni Hoterene
    ,
    Associate Professor Isaac Warbrick
    Host:
    He Puna Marama Charitable Trust
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Tohe-ora Wānanga-whenua

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $299,658.00
    Researchers:
    Professor Dr Te Kahautu Maxwell
    ,
    Mrs Dickie Farrar
    ,
    Dr Shannon Davis
    ,
    Mr Richard Morris
    ,
    Professor Dr Pablo Gregorini
    ,
    Mr Danny Paruru
    Host:
    Whakatōhea Māori Trust Board
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Project Grant
  • Te Hiku Rangahau

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $150,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Maria Baker
    Host:
    Te Hiku Hauora
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Training Grant
  • Research manager for Te Whāriki Manawāhine O Hauraki

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $119,990.00
    Researchers:
    Denise Messiter
    ,
    Ms Irene Kereama-Royal
    Host:
    Te Whariki Manawahine o Hauraki
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Training Grant
  • Gang whānau healing from intergenerational trauma

    Year:
    2023
    Approved budget:
    $136,000.00
    Researchers:
    Denise Messiter
    ,
    Mx Paora Moyle
    Host:
    Te Whariki Manawahine o Hauraki
    Proposal type
    Ngā Kanohi Kitea Training Grant
  • Tino rangatiratanga through Kaupapa Māori pregnancy and parenting solutions

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $391,877.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Nikki Barrett
    Host:
    University of Waikato
    Proposal type
    Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Fellowship
  • Taimaha rukiruki: A kaupapa Māori approach to pēpi loss

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $259,984.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Samantha Jackson
    ,
    Dr Kendall Stevenson
    ,
    Associate Professor Justine Camp
    ,
    Professor Rosalina Richards
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Nitrate in drinking water and congenital anomalies: a retrospective cohort study

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $185,000.00
    Researchers:
    Dr Hana Royal
    ,
    Associate Professor Tim Chambers
    ,
    Professor Simon Hales
    ,
    Associate Professor Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Improving outcomes for Māori accessing in-patient mental health services

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $265,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Carly Pohatu
    ,
    Professor Julia Slark
    ,
    Professor Merryn Gott
    ,
    Professor Terryann Clark
    ,
    Dr Tai Kake
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Karu Ora - An Indigenous approach to eye health to achieve equitable outcomes

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $265,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mrs Renata Watene
    ,
    Associate Professor Jacqueline Ramke
    ,
    Associate Professor Matire Harwood
    ,
    Dr Braden Te Ao
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Adaptation of Dialectic behaviour therapy (DBT) for Māori

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $265,000.00
    Researchers:
    Mr Meihana Douglas
    ,
    Associate Professor Liesje Donkin
    ,
    Dr Amy Kercher
    ,
    Mr Jake Meads
    ,
    Dr Dianne Wepa
    ,
    Associate Professor Anneka Anderson
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Māori Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • A Sāmoan perspective on the generational shift of violence in the home

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $26,548.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Maria Satele
    Host:
    University of Otago
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • Samoan students' mental wellbeing and belonging at Waipapa Taumata Rau

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $29,625.60
    Researchers:
    Miss Cecile Vine
    ,
    Dr Sarah Kapeli
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • Exploring the cultural needs of Pacific service users in forensic mental health

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $24,937.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Folole Fangupo
    ,
    Professor Brian McKenna
    ,
    Associate Professor Daniel Sutton
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • Access to mental health services among Pacific young adults in New Zealand

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $30,383.00
    Researchers:
    Ms Lavinia Topeni
    ,
    Professor El-Shadan Tautolo
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Masters Scholarship
  • Visual impairment in Aotearoa: Inequity in access for Pasifika to eye care

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $260,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Esmeralda Lo Tam
    ,
    Professor Charles McGhee ONZM
    ,
    Dr Akilesh Gokul
    ,
    Associate Professor Jie Zhang
    ,
    Dr Rachael Niederer
    ,
    Associate Professor Stuti Misra
    ,
    Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Pacific Health Clinical Training Fellowship
  • Qualitative research training support

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $7,135.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Marie-Claire Bidois-Putt
    ,
    Associate Professor Liesje Donkin
    ,
    Associate Professor Amy Chan
    ,
    Professor Ella Henry
    Host:
    Auckland University of Technology
    Proposal type
    Rangahau Hauora Training Grant
  • Aging and Care for Kaumātua in Kahungunu

    Year:
    2024
    Approved budget:
    $12,000.00
    Researchers:
    Miss Tuakana August
    ,
    Dr Joanna Hikaka
    ,
    Professor Ngaire Kerse MNZM
    Host:
    The University of Auckland
    Proposal type
    Rangahau Hauora Training Grant