Māori and Social Issues

Published in collaboration with Huia Publishers at the end of 2011 is the first volume of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Edited Collections Series, Māori and Social Issues co-edited by Dr Tracey McIntosh and Malcolm Mulholland. This book is the first in a series of edited collections that will look at Māori research in areas that are critical for Māori and for broader society.

Māori and Social Issues canvases a range of social issues that are significant for a better understanding of the experience and social environment of Māori, and important in that they highlight the need to ensure research-based solutions to these issues. The majority of the chapters deal with social problems. However, this book is not a call to a return of deficit research. Rather it is an opportunity to collectively provide power-centred, Māori-centred perspectives and solutions. The second volume in the series is expected later this year. To buy, click here

Table of contents

Preface - Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal       

Introduction  - Tracey McIntosh

Contemporary Issues in Māori Demography - Tahu Kukutai   

Māori Education and Achievement - Elizabeth McKinley and Te Kawehau Hoskins

Māori Perspectives on Parenting in Aotearoa New Zealand - Averil M. L. Herbert

Māori Mental Health: Past, Present and Future - Te Kani R. Kingi

Obesity - Issac Warbrick

Māori Smoking: An Epic Saga of Love and Abuse - Marewa Glover

Poverty - Fiona Cram 

Healing: Towards an Understanding of Māori Child Maltreatment - Erana Cooper and Julie Wharewera-Mika

Māori Women and Gambling: A Social Issue for Māori Communities and Whānau Ora - Laurie Morrison

Māori Gangs - Rawiri Taonui and Greg Newbold

Māori and Homelessness - Shiloh Groot, Darrin Hodgetts, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Mohi Rua  

Incarceration - Robert Webb

Marginalisation: A Case Study: Confinement - Tracey McIntosh

Resilience as a Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Māori Experience: Positions, Challenges and Risks - Amohia Boulton and Heather Gifford