Do the Mahi, Reap the Rewards:Working Towards the Integration of Indigenous Knowledge within Design Education

“Māori knowledge has come out of hiding and is now in the bright light of day.” New Zealand Māori are the indigenous peoples of New Zealand and, alongside many others from the Pacific nations, contribute to New Zealand being a bicultural nation and a multicultural society. A particular focus of this paper is the motivations, opportunities, challenges, and outcomes of efforts made to facilitate the recognition and integration of indigenous knowledge into design education within Te Kura Hoahoa, the School of Design Innovation (SODI), Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) in Aotearoa New Zealand.