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The Ngāi Tahu Research Centre was established in August 2011 as a joint initiative between Ngāi Tahu and the ���Ҷ�ֱ��.

The Ngāi Tahu Research Centre is best defined by reference to its dual mission statements, which are:

• To create intellectual capital and leadership able to lead and support tribal development.
• To establish the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre as the foremost indigenous Research Centre in New ���Ҷ�ֱ�� and the Pacific with strong links to the principal institutions that lead indigenous scholarship and development.

The centre's priorities are supporting postgraduate students and producing high-quality research in indigenous studies. The NTRC has two key areas of research focus: historical, specifically the social, cultural, political, legal and economic factors of colonial and modern Ngāi Tahu and Māori experience; and contemporary, focusing on socio-economic development and environmental sustainability for Ngāi Tahu, Māori and the global indigenous community.