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Dr Lynne Russell

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Senior Research Fellow

Dr Lynne Russell works as a Senior Research Fellow - Maori Health with the Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) at Victoria University of Wellington. Much of her professional and academic work has centred around the Indigenous knowledge and healing practices used in recovery from trauma associated with mental distress, suicide loss and self-harm. She describes herself as an writer, activist and public speaker stirred by cultural resilience, social justice, Indigenous and LGBTI rights, and the amplification of voices more readily silenced in society.

Rangahau · Related projects

Matakitenga project

24MR15Investigating the influence of socio-cultural-political pressures on Māori suicide: A comparison of known Māori suicides from 1840-1939 with those from 1940-2019
Kaiārahi · Project lead Dr Lynne Russell
Whare wānanga · Host Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Matakitenga · Framework
Wā rangahau · Timeline Commenced 2024 · Completed 2025

This project uses Kaupapa Māori theory to challenge the current dominant Western explanations for suicide, which fail to consider socio-cultural-political pressures and historical processes such as colonisation as core to Indigenous suicide.

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COVID project

21COV11The Koha of COVID
Whare wānanga · Host Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Wā rangahau · Timeline Commenced 2020 · Completed 2021

Research on the impact of COVID-19 on Māori tends to highlight its negative outcomes. This strengths-based research project examines improvements in Māori wellbeing that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic The Koha of COVID strengths-based research project examines improvements in Māori wellbeing that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic…

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