Doctoral thesis

Cain Kerehoma (Raukawa, Muaupoko, Porourangi), Massey University This research will explore this new conceptual framework underpinned by matauranga Maori, which is characterised as generous, regenerative and generational. The 'Aroha Economy' is a system underpinned by the connectedness and interdependence of all living things. It locates economy, people and…

Morgan Jones (Ngāi Tahu), The University of Otago The heterogenic nature of cancer and the ability for cancers to undergo metastasis has presented researchers with a major hurdle towards finding a cure or preventive measures for cancer development. Although cancer metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related deaths, the underlying mechanisms or mutational…

Joanna Hikaka (Ngāruahine), University of Auckland The aim of my research was to develop a pharmacist-facilitated medicines review intervention for Māori older adults in Waitematā DHB. Literature reviews undertaken as part of the thesis showed that older Māori do not have the same opportunity to access or to benefit from medicines and pharmacist services as…

Benjamin Hanara (Ngāti Kahungunu), University of OtagoMy research is to investigate and explore the on-going growth and popularity of ruku kai (diving). As Māori, our beliefs, values and history contributes an extremely large knowledge base in regards to engaging with the realm of Tangaroa. Therefore, my research seeks to amplify the importance of…

Meri Haami (Iwi affiliation Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngā Rauru Kītahi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Victoria University of WellingtonHe Whiringa Muka is a doctoral study that examines the relationship between the Whanganui river, Rānana Marae (meeting place) and waiata (songs). This project uses ecomusicological methods, Kaupapa Māori methodologies and…

Ashlea Gillon (Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi), The University of Auckland Fat Indigenous wāhine and our bodies are subject to multiple forms of discrimination and intersecting oppressions. The ways in which fat Māori wāhine are re-presented as un(deserving), (un)well, (dis)eased, and (un)(re)liable perpetuate how (in)access is enabled for some groups and not others…

Luke Fitzmaurice (Te Aupōuri), Otago University My research examines Māori perspectives on child protection, children's rights, and children's voices, including the perceived tension between the voices of children and the voices of whānau in the child protection context. The research addresses how appropriate the recent emphasis on children's voices within…

Christine Elers (Ngāti Kauwhata), Massey University The broad aim of this research is to utilise the culture-centered approach (CCA) to foreground the voices of Whānau Māori, whose lived experiences reflect socio-economic disadvantage and voice erasure from mainstream and Māori discursive spaces. The CCA is an approach to social change communication that…

Chelsea Cunningham (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Kai Tahu), Univeristy of Otago The whakapapa that defines my geographical and cultural centre is captured concisely in our pepeha; it represents how we position ourselves within this world, for myself, a descendant of Ngāti Kahungunu. The aim of this research is to reconnect to our pepeha by engaging…

Alison Anitawaru, Cole (Ngāti ;Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Taranaki Whānui), Victoria University of Wellington This research is examines Māori approaches to climate in order to propose an Indigenous foundation for sovereignty over our means of survival. The structure of our neo-colonial world systems is deeply enmeshed in the causes of the climate crisis, and it is…

Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Tania Cliffe-Tautari), The University of Auckland The purpose of this scoping exercise is to explore the research potential of a key issue emerging from my PhD thesis which was titled ‘Cultural identity as a resilience factor to reduce Māori youth offending’. One research area highlighted in my PhD is that there is a need to explore…

Roma Simmons-Donaldson (Ngāti Porou, Taranaki, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Kauwhata), University of Otago The aim of this research is to investigate the re-establishment of intergenerational language transmission in Wellington whānau who have experienced language loss, by analysing the intersection between second language-speaking parents and their first…