Ko te kaupapa o Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, e ai ki te Ture, he whakaniko i te oranga ā-ahurea, ā-ōhanga hoki o Aotearoa me āna whakawhitiwhitinga ki iwi kē; tika tūturu, mā te:
- kohi, tiaki, me te manaaki pepamana, otirā ki ērā e pā ana ki Aotearoa, kia wātea mai ki ngā iwi katoa o Aotearoa, e ai ki ō rātou tapu hei pepamana ā-taonga pūmau, ā-taonga tuku iho;
- tāpiri me te whakaahu whakamua i ngā mahi a ngā wharepukapuka o Aotearoa; me te
- mahi ngātahi me ngā rōpū take ōrite, tae atu ana ki ērā e whaiwāhi ana ki te hapori wharepukapuka o te ao.
Tīkina te Ture Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Act (2003)
Kaupapa o Te Puna Mātauranga
- Hei whakawhanake, hei tiaki hoki i ngā kohikohinga taonga pepamana a Te Karauna, otirā te Whare pukapuka o Alexander Turnbull, kei reira te kohikohinga whānui o te pepamana mō Aotearoa me ōna iwi;
- Hei whakawātea i ngā kohikohinga o Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa kia whaihua ai te whakamahinga o aua kohikohinga, rauemi hoki;
- Hei tuku whakaratonga tae noa ki te wātea o ngā pārongo, ratonga ā-rārangi pukapuka, ā-kura hoki;
- Hei toko i te mahi ngātahitanga me ētahi atu ki ngā take whare pukapuka ki Aotearoa nei, ki tāwāhi hoki; ā,
- Hei tohutohu, hei āwhina i te Minita nāna ngā kawenga o Te Puna Mātauranga o Aoteroa ki ngā take whare pukapuka, parongo hoki.
