Dr. Anna Adcock
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Senior Research Fellow
Anna Adcock (Ngāti Mutunga) is a social researcher with a Master’s degree in sociology from Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington. With this background in sociology, she brings experience in qualitative methods and social theory to the team.
Anna does Kaupapa Māori (by Māori, for Māori) sexual/reproductive and family health research that centres the lived experiences and perspectives of whānau Māori (Māori family collectives). She is passionate about health equity, data sovereignty, research ethics, and whānau.
Anna’s doctoral thesis was a qualitative longitudinal research study exploring whānau Māori experiences of preterm birth. Other maternal/infant health research Anna is involved in is looking at post-natal support for whānau and infant neurodevelopmental support for whānau impacted by methamphetamine. She is also currently working on a body of research, He Tapu Te Whare Tangata (the sacred house of humanity), to inform the National Cervical Screening Programme.
Rangahau · Related projects
Awardee: Anna Adcock (Ngati Mutunga), Victoria University of Wellington The Awardee will undertake the Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant titled Te Rito o te Harakeke: Collective Resilience and Relational Research with Whānau Māori. This project supports the dissemination of doctoral research through presentation at the Indigenous Futures Unbound…
View projectTe Rito o te Harakeke: Collective Resilience and Relational Research with Whānau Māori.
Awardee: Anna Adcock (Ngati Mutunga), Victoria University of Wellington
The Awardee will undertake the Whakaaweawe Impact and Transformation Grant titled Te Rito o te Harakeke: Collective Resilience and Relational Research with Whānau Māori.
This project supports the dissemination of doctoral research through presentation at the Indigenous Futures Unbound: Indigenous knowledges leading transformative futures conference, held on Kabi Kabi Country, Sunshine Coast, Australia, in November 2025. He Tamariki Kokoti Tau was a longitudinal Kaupapa Māori study with whānau Māori whose pēpi were born preterm. The PhD research, Te Rito o te Harakeke, followed whānau through birth, neonatal intensive care, hospitalisation, and transitions home. It illuminated whānau experiences of resilience and aroha, showing that preterm birth is not only a medical event but a collective journey of connection, cultural continuity, and Indigenous thrivance.
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