About this research
Intern: Kendrex Kereopa-Woon
Supervisor: Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki
University of Waikato
This research explores how traditions are interwoven into the state of living, thinking and being, and how these are inseparable in the context of Māori psychology. This research analyses seven disciplines—te reo (language), mahi harakeke (survival), whakapapa (connections), tangi (emotions), whakataukī and whakatauākī (ethics/values), whakairo (aesthetics), and mahi-a-rehia (performing arts)—and their connection to Mātauranga Māori (Māori Knowledge relevant to Māori psychology). The purpose of this research is to seek and uncover the ways that mātauranga Māori can be sustainably incorporated into the psychology curriculum, taught at the University of Waikato.
What does a uniquely Māori psychology look like? This research explored how mātauranga Māori—rooted in language, art, emotion, ethics, and connection—could shape a psychology curriculum grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being.
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Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
Ngāti Hako, Ngāti Māhanga
University of Waikato
Waikaremoana is a Professor and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the…
Professor Waikaremoana Waitoki
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