Wānanga is a traditional method of Māori knowledge transmission, and has been described as a place, a school, an act, and a form of governance, practice, and pedagogy. Much of the writing on wānanga focuses on the ancient “lore” of Whare Wānanga (Houses of Learning), but more recent work has explored how that pedagogical tradition is relevant to Māori education today, particularly at tertiary level. There is, however, a growing body of writing on wānanga as a research methodology relevant to Māori and iwi (tribal) communities. This paper discusses the increasingly popular use of wānanga in Māori research practice, examining the definitions, roots, and evolution of wānanga as a concept, place, and indigenous method of knowledge construction and transmission. Drawing on wānanga experiences in two different tribal contexts, this paper explores how wānanga works as a practice embedded in, and shaped by, local knowledge, language, place, people and tikanga.

Wānanga是传授毛利人知识的传统方法，被描述为场所，学校，行为以及治理，实践和教学法的一种形式。关于wānanga的许多著作都集中在WhareWānanga（学习之家）的古老“知识”上，但是最近的工作探索了这种教学传统与当今毛利人教育的关系，特别是在高等教育方面。但是，关于wānanga的文章越来越多，这是一种与毛利人和iwi（部落）社区有关的研究方法。本文讨论了wānanga在毛利人的研究实践中越来越流行的用途，并探讨了wānanga的定义，根源和演变，将其作为概念，地方和知识构建与传播的本土方法。借鉴万纳加在两个不同部落背景下的经验，