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Hospital transfers: Whānau involvement in the healing equation

Mauri Ora - Human Flourishing
Health
Dr Bridgette Masters-Awatere
Donna Cormack
University of Waikato

While all hospitalisations can be stressful for patients and their whānau, hospitalisations involving transfers away from home can be even more so and can present unique issues in terms of how whānau negotiate distance, unfamiliarity, active engagement and help-seeking. In this study, we are interested in better understanding how whānau facilitate support and remain actively engaged in the ‘care equation’ when a whānau member is transferred or hospitalised away from their home location.    

Identifying Frameworks for Effective Iwi and Hapū Development

Whai Rawa - Māori Economies
Economic Development
Professor Merata Kawharu
Dr John Reid
University of Canterbury

What do alternative models to tribal corporations look like for iwi and hapū development?

A wealth of historical narratives provide alternative examples of successful tribal economic development and management practices that have existed in the past. However, the last two decades have seen the emergence of a commercially successful corporate-beneficiary model in which the majority of Treaty of Waitangi settlement assets have become centralised within corporate structures.

Challenges and continuities: Unintended impacts of Te Reo Māori language revitalisation efforts

Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori
Te Reo
Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki
Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora
Emeritus Professor Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
University of Waikato

We are now 30+ years on from when our children first had the opportunity to attend Kōhanga. They are a part of a fortunate generation, like those who will follow them. And so too are those that are following. But what of those older Māori, their parents and grandparents, some of who do speak te reo but many who do not? What challenges to tikanga, age related roles and relationships do these demographics present? Status, mana, roles, responsibilities, ritual duties and leadership are all age related concepts that, in the Māori world, assume a foundation of learning that leads to experience, competence and accumulated wisdom over time. 

Te Reo o te Pa Harakeke

Te Reo me Ngā Tikanga Māori
Te Reo
Professor Tania Ka'ai
Auckland University of Technology (AUT)

What strategies and resources are effective in establishing te reo Māori in the home to raise first language Māori-speaking children?

Te Awaroa – 1000 Rivers in a State of Ora by 2050

Te Tai Ao - Natural Environment
Dr Daniel Hikuroa
The University of Auckland

Across New Zealand, many rivers are unsafe parts of the ecosystem, with Kiwis seriously concerned about declining river health.

The ‘bottom line’ regulatory approach of the government's freshwater reforms requires coordinated commitment across river stakeholders. Despite the talent and commitment of existing groups, the current fragmented approaches are not achieving the scale and rapidity of change needed; it is not enough to rely on government.

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