Dr Anne-Marie Jackson
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Senior Lecturer
Anne-Marie Jackson is a lecturer in Māori physical education and health at the University of Otago, and joined the School of Physical Education as an academic staff member in 2011.
After obtaining a Bachelor of Physical Education Honours degree majoring in Exercise Sport Science and a Master of Physical Education focusing on education policy at the School of Physical Education, she completed a doctorate in Māori studies and physical education examining rangatiratanga and Māori health and well-being within a customary fisheries context.
Her research focuses on the examination of Māori conceptualisations of physical education and health, rangatiratanga and the right to self-determination, the role of the Tiriti o Waitangi for Māori health and Māori approaches to research.
Anne-Marie is a member of the leadership group for the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge and an associate investigator for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. She is an advisor to the East Otago Taiāpure Management Committee, a member of Hauteruruku Waka ki Puketeraki (Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki), a member of Te Houhanga-a-Rongo Marae Centenary Committee (Ngāti Whātua), a mentor and Futures Group member at Te Taitimu Trust (Ngāti Kahungunu) and a beginner crew member of Haunui Waka.
Rangahau · Related projects
We have identified a set of questions relating to Māori restorative justice in the Aotearoa Justice system and its effectiveness for Māori: What are the barriers Māori face when they participate in restorative justice as it stands? What can we learn from the traditional ways of resolving conflict that could minimise these barriers? The over-representation…
What we were and what we could be: Restorative Justice and its impact on Māori
This research report has been titled Rākau-nui as an acknowledgement to the full moon phase in the Maramataka (Māori lunar calendar). Rākau-nui also represents the collected journey to which this full report has been constructed from. The Maramataka is a repository of ancient and traditional knowledge orally handed down throughout the generations by our…
Tangaroa Ara Rau: Tangaroa the Atua of Human Movement
This report has been prepared for Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga as part of the summer internship programme 2018-2019. This project is titled Tangaroa Ara Rau: Whānau connections and Water Safety with a purpose to understand unique whānau connections to water and its benefit for water safety. Throughout the summer of 2018 Terina Raureti (Ngāti Raukawa) was given…
Tangaroa Ara Rau: Whānau connections & Water Safety
This platform project explores how Māori-led taiao initiatives reconnect whānau and hapū with place, identity, and whakapapa. Through case studies, wānanga, and digital tools, the project examines the aspirations, processes, and outcomes of environmental mahi that strengthen connections between people and te taiao.
Community Connections to Place
This platform project explores how Māori-led taiao initiatives reconnect whānau and hapū with place, identity, and whakapapa.
Through case studies, wānanga, and digital tools, the project examines the aspirations, processes, and outcomes of environmental mahi that strengthen connections between people and te taiao.
Kia ū ki tau kawai whakapapa, kia matau ai, ko wai koe, e anga atu koe ki hea – Take ahold of your ancestral stem, so that you might know, who you are, and what direction you're going in. Can virtual reality technology promote engagement with the taiao and can we create research methods to assess the impact of virtual reality engagement with the taiao on…
"Kia Ū"; Kia ū tōu kawai whakapapa, kia mātau ai, ko wai koe, e anga atu koe ki hea
The purpose of this summer internship project is to explore the potential to develop hauora and pūtaiao solutions for Te Toki Voyaging trust in their kaupapa of kaitiakitanga and mauri ora of the marine environment through traditional navigation and sailing. The project involves wānanga with Te Toki Voyaging Trust, sailing and supporting ngā kaupapa waka…
Hauora and Pūtaiao Solutions for Te Toki Voyaging Trust
The purpose of this summer intern project is to source information (cultural and spatial) that describes the student’s relationship to their marae in preparation for learning how to use spatial information technology to create maps of their ancestral landscapes. This project will develop skillsets of blending modern ICT with oral narratives (mōteatea, lore…