MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.10
Nikita Kirkcaldy
{"title":"Adjustment to chronic illness as informed by Māori. A qualitative synthesis of studies and best practice guidelines","authors":"Nikita Kirkcaldy","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.10","url":null,"abstract":"Supporting equitable healthcare outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand requires urgent attention. Several models of Māori health and wellbeing introduce elements and strategies that may be central to adjustment to chronic illness. This article conducts a literature review of Māori health and wellbeing models and best practice guidelines to identify what Māori see as central to illness adjustment and determine practical strategies to inform better practice in the context of chronic illness. Two overarching themes were identified as central to the adjustment process: dimensions of health and wellbeing, and whanaungatanga. In addition, five strategies to support adjustment to chronic illness were identified: developing culturally safe practices, involving a patient in their care, involving whānau in care, developing trusting relationships and collective responsibility. By acknowledging elements that Māori see as important to illness adjustment and committing to aligned strategies, healthcare practitioners can better support Māori in the context of chronic illness.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135298263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.9
Rawiri Waretini-Karena, Julia Wikeepa
{"title":"Creating a hā habit: Utilising Māori innovations in breathwork","authors":"Rawiri Waretini-Karena, Julia Wikeepa","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.9","url":null,"abstract":"This article begins by identifying and defining a range of debilitating disorders— trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and generalised anxiety—and their symptoms before presenting a statistical analysis to give scope to the impact of the disorders. The article then explores the science behind breathing and breathwork as a valuable antidote to these disorders. The whakapapa of the concept of Hā, and how the Hā tool was developed, is then described. The article then describes how the creation of a Hā habit through intention, purpose, mindfulness and presence alleviates traumatic experiences and acts as both an intervention strategy and a preventative strategy to build resilience against poor mental wellbeing. Finally, the development of a new wellbeing measuring tool called Tū and Rongo is described, and positive feedback from users of the Hā tool is presented.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135298259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.11
Jo Mane, Jenny Lee-Morgan, Ruia Aperahama, Jo Gallagher
{"title":"Reviewing flexible learning spaces for Māori-medium education","authors":"Jo Mane, Jenny Lee-Morgan, Ruia Aperahama, Jo Gallagher","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.11","url":null,"abstract":"In Aotearoa New Zealand, schooling is experiencing a “spatial turn” (Benade, 2019), as more large and open classroom spaces, often called flexible learning spaces (FLSs), are built by the Ministry of Education. At the same time, there has been a momentous “right-shift” (Higgins et al., 2014) towards learning Māori language and culture. The second official acknowledgement and celebration of Matariki this year, including a public holiday, is indicative of the groundswell of interest in the Māori world. These two important educational shifts are being explored in the research project entitled “A Māori Modern Learning Environment.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135298262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.3
Katie Jane Tollan, Mike Ross, O. Ripeka Mercier, Bianca Elkington, Rebecca Kiddle, Amanda Thomas, Jennie Smeaton
{"title":"Public Aspirations for a decolonised city. Food security and \"re-storytelling\"","authors":"Katie Jane Tollan, Mike Ross, O. Ripeka Mercier, Bianca Elkington, Rebecca Kiddle, Amanda Thomas, Jennie Smeaton","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"In 2017, the Imagining Decolonised Cities (IDC) competition sought submissions for the public’s visions of a decolonised Porirua. The IDC competition was an opportunity for Ngāti Toa Rangatira to solicit utopic ideas for their city post-settlement. This article presents an analysis of the 40 entries, exploring how participants understand decolonisation enacted in an urban setting. We identified two overarching themes from the submissions that can be linked to wider theories of decolonisation, particularly Corntassel’s (2008) theory of sustainable self-determination. The first theme identified was food security, demonstrated through participant designs of community gardens, seafood harvesting stations, and larger food transportation systems. The second theme identified was “re-storytelling”, a centring of Māori identities and stories. While these efforts alone will not result in the decolonisation of Porirua, they represent tangible initiatives at the flax roots level that provide space for Māori to be Māori, and a point from which communities can drive larger decolonising initiatives.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135298268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.6
Terina Raureti, A. Jackson, Chelsea Cunningham
{"title":"Mukukai: Kaitiaki o te kauhoe: The influence of swimming on whānau engagement with the water","authors":"Terina Raureti, A. Jackson, Chelsea Cunningham","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"Māori consider water to be the foundation of all life; it is a valued taonga gifted by our ancestors that provides sustenance and nourishment to communities and enhances hauora Māori (Royal, 2010). For generations, Māori have participated in water-related activities such as fishing, gathering kai, diving, waka and swimming (Karapu et al., 2007). It is through these activities in and around the water that hauora Māori can be enhanced. Despite this positive relationship with water, Water Safety New Zealand (2022) statistics demonstrate high drowning rates for Māori, with the 2021 drowning toll being the highest since 2001. In that year, Māori accounted for 31% of all drownings despite only comprising 17.4% of the population (Stats NZ, 2022; Water Safety New Zealand, 2022). Most of these drownings of Māori occurred while swimming (Water Safety New Zealand, 2022). With this in mind, this article will examine the significance of swimming on Māori engagement with water and therefore hauora Māori. This examination will be done using a whānau case study that was undertaken for the purpose of the lead author’s master’s research. In bringing together the key findings, a framework named Mukukai: Kaitiaki o Te Ao Kauhoe draws on five main values to describe how swimming can enhance hauora Māori. These values include kaitiakitanga, ūkaipōtanga, whakatinanatanga, whanaungatanga and whakapapa. The values are symbolised by elements of pepeha in the model to demonstrate the significance for Māori of swimming for connection to whakapapa and therefore its influence on hauora Māori.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84545255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.5
Darcy Karaka, A. Jackson, Hauiti Hakopa
{"title":"TOWARDS A KAUPAPA MĀORI FITNESS GYM. A Bourdieusian analysis","authors":"Darcy Karaka, A. Jackson, Hauiti Hakopa","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"The fitness gym is an avenue where people pursue their health and well-being aspirations. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori have similar rates of physical activity to non-Māori; however, it is unclear how many Māori access the fitness gym. At the time of undertaking the research reported in this article, the lead author was a health advisor at a fitness gym within a Māori health provider whilst completing his Master of Physical Education. He was interested in examining whether a Kaupapa Māori gym was possible. This gave rise to a research project framed by a Kaupapa Māori theory that utilised Bourdieu’s (1986/2011) theory of capital to examine the relationship between Māori health, capital accumulation and the fitness gym. There is little known about the value of fitness gyms for Māori, and whether Māori values and principles can be integrated within the fitness gym. The research methods utilised were individual interviews, an individualised personal training session and a questionnaire. There were 23 Māori participants, who were recruited within Dunedin during August 2015. The main finding of this part of the research was that capital accumulation through all Bourdieu’s types of capital (economic, social, symbolic, bodily and cultural) was identified and enhanced through interpreting the participants’ feedback and experiences, with Kaupapa Māori theory providing the foundational methodological support for enhancing Māori voices and aspirations for individual and collective hauora throughout the research process.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"74 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77172053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.2
Chelsea Cunningham, A. Jackson, Hauiti Hakopa
{"title":"Walking our pepeha: The influence of whakapapa on health and well-being","authors":"Chelsea Cunningham, A. Jackson, Hauiti Hakopa","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Whakapapa is the essence of health and well-being. Whakapapa is a tool, created by our tūpuna to frame our existence as Māori. By identifying the names of places and people, we create a timeline of locators of who we are, where we come from and where we exist today. The opportunity to “walk our pepeha” enables us to not only identify these places but also to engage with them, making the connection stronger. It is through whakapapa that we can identify who and where we come from; this is vital to identity and therefore to health and well-being. In this article we examine the experiences of rangatahi engaging with and learning about their whakapapa. Interviews with kaumātua contributed to developing a culturally safe and engaging case study titled “Walking Our Pepeha”. The article discusses two key emerging themes from this case study—whakapapa and identity—and explores why these two concepts are pivotal for Māori health and well-being. The lead author then explains how this case study influenced her future and how this research continues to be applied today","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80023344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.7
Ngahuia Mita
{"title":"Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki: Connecting to te ao Takaroa","authors":"Ngahuia Mita","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"This article draws on the lead author’s 2016 master’s thesis focusing on how Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki, a hapū waka club based in Karitāne, 40 kilometres northeast of Dunedin, is connecting people to the ocean using waka. As a result of the club’s activities, hauora is flourishing within this community. Māori connections to the ocean are complex and diverse, and in this article the authors highlight that waka are a way in which to establish and maintain these connections. In the context of Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki, the research found that connection to the ocean was synonymous with identity. Furthermore, the elements that constitute connection to the ocean for the club members are directly connected to maintaining and enhancing the health of people and the ocean. Hauteruruku ki Puketeraki provides both a site and a vehicle for others to discover this connection, which is positive for hauora and for the community","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"287 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80303480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.9
Lisa van Halderen
{"title":"Reflections and lessons of a non-Māori student working in a Kaupapa Māori research space","authors":"Lisa van Halderen","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"I am part of the research group Te Koronga, a Māori Postgraduate Research Excellence rōpū at the University of Otago. Te Koronga conducts research with a vision of mauri ora and is underpinned by a Kaupapa Māori philosophy. For the past six years, under the supervision of Associate Professor Anne-Marie Jackson and Professor Chris Hepburn, I have worked alongside Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki of Kāi Tahu and Te Aitanga a Mate of Ngāti Porou primarily in the context of customary fisheries management. For me, as a non-Māori student and researcher, Te Koronga has been a safe space to engage in te ao Māori and Kaupapa Māori research. This paper describes my reflections and explains the lessons I have learned as a non-Māori researcher working in a Kaupapa Māori space","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85148405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
MAI JournalPub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.8
Ben Hanara, †. Anne-MarieJackson, ‡. HauitiHakopa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Koronga Candidate, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Kahu, Ngā Whangaroa, Te Puhi, Roroa, Ngāti Wai. Associate Professor
{"title":"Te Āheinga pū reretahi: A foundational Māori perspective of the wairoro","authors":"Ben Hanara, †. Anne-MarieJackson, ‡. HauitiHakopa, Ngāti Kahungunu, Te Koronga Candidate, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Kahu, Ngā Whangaroa, Te Puhi, Roroa, Ngāti Wai. Associate Professor","doi":"10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2023.12.1.8","url":null,"abstract":"Wairoro is a te reo Māori term for the brain, and it is a concept grounded in Māori origins (Hīroa, n.d.). This paper is based on the lead author’s master’s research, in which he created Te Āheinga Pū Reretahi—a model developed to provide a structural and functional foundation of understanding the wairoro. Māori life expectancy is increasing (Ministry of Health, 2019), and Māori are now also experiencing the complications of wairoro illnesses that are associated with an ageing population (Dudley et al., 2014, 2019). This research builds upon Dr Margaret Dudley et al.’s (2014, 2019) and Dr Hinemoa Elder’s (2015, 2017) research pertaining to literature that focuses on Māori perspectives of wairoro. The aim of this paper is to identify and introduce Te Āheinga Pū Reretahi as a Māori health model to symbolise an Indigenous understanding of the wairoro. Kaupapa Māori theory and atuatanga were the methodological approaches. The main contribution of this paper is the introduction of Te Āheinga Pū Reretahi, and this will provide additional understandings of Māori perspectives of wairoro.","PeriodicalId":36901,"journal":{"name":"MAI Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88767238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}