Lived Experiences at the Intersection of Sediment(ation) Pollution, Gender, Ethnicity and Ecosystem Restoration from the Kaipara Moana, Aotearoa New Zealand

GeoHumanities ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Leane Makey ◽  
Karen Fisher ◽  
Meg Parsons ◽  
Aleesha Bennett ◽  
Vicky Miru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Ecosystem Restoration ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

scholarly journals Manalagi Talanoa A Community-Centred Approach to Research on the Health and Wellbeing of Pacific Rainbow LGBTIQA+ MVPFAFF Communities in Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 474-480
Author(s):  
Patrick Thomsen ◽  
Phylesha Brown-Acton
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Community Consultation ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Health Research Council ◽  
Community Practitioner

The talanoa reported in this paper explores the way the Manalagi Project – recently funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand – has been designed to empower the health and wellbeing of our Pacific Rainbow LGBTIQA+ MVPFAFF communities. Community-driven, co-designed and embedded, the Manalagi Project adopts a Pacific-centred holistic approach to wellbeing and research. Positioned at the beginning of its community consultation phase, this talanoa between the two lead researchers, one who is an academic and the other a community practitioner, documents the genealogy of the project embedded in lived experiences and relationality through talanoa. It speaks to the importance and timeliness of the project; the suitability of the research team; and intervenes in conversations around how we can activate Pacific research methodologies and praxis to empower our communities to achieve their health and wellbeing aspirations. The findings from this talanoa demonstrate the criticality in adopting intersectional approaches to understanding the differentiated and contextualised health and wellbeing needs of diverse Pacific communities.

Cultural Competence in New Zealand and Canada: Occupational Therapy Students' Reflections on Class and Fieldwork Curriculum

2001 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Forwell ◽  
Gail Whiteford ◽  
Isabel Dyck
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Twin Study ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Demographic Profiles ◽  
Occupational Therapy Students ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

The first year of a twin study undertaken between two occupational therapy programs in Canada and New Zealand is described. The primary aims of the study were to illuminate the lived experiences of students as they learn about cultural difference and had contact with clients of differing cultural backgrounds to themselves during fieldwork placements. While there are similarities between educational programs and the demographic profiles of the two cohorts of students, there are curricular differences primarily based on the described socio-political content of the two countries; Aotearoa/New Zealand as a bicultural society and Canada as multicultural. The paper discusses how these cultural differences interweave with other aspects of the students' educational program, as perceived and experienced by the students. Narrative data was thematically analyzed to reflect the experiences and the attendant thoughts and feelings of the participants.

scholarly journals Mitigating barriers to addiction recovery in Aotearoa New Zealand: A lived experience perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Victoria Jowett ◽  
Michael Dale ◽  
Lareen Cooper
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Health Surveys ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Addiction Recovery ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Current Experience

INTRODUCTION: The New Zealand government’s health surveys consistently identify that alcohol and other drug (AOD) addiction is an issue for New Zealanders. However, there is a lack of qualitative research on the lived experiences of health and social service professionals who have previous or current experience of AOD addiction in Aotearoa New Zealand.METHODS: A constructivist approach was utilised, semi-structured interviews were conducted, and subsequent thematic analysis identified themes highlighting what contributed, and created barriers to, participants’ successful AOD addiction recovery.FINDINGS: Identification of nine themes illustrated that the barriers to AOD addiction recovery in Aotearoa New Zealand experienced by the research participants were systemic and preventable.CONCLUSIONS: The recommendation of this research is that the lived experience of people who have experienced AOD addiction in Aotearoa New Zealand is better utilised in order to mitigate, and enhance, identified barriers, and contributors to, successful AOD addiction recovery.

Book Review: Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 413
Author(s):  
Suzanne Robertson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand

Book review of Elisabeth McDonald, Rhonda Powell, Māmari Stephens and Rosemary Hunter (eds) Feminist Judgments of Aotearoa New Zealand – Te Rino: A Two-Stranded Rope (Hart Publishing, Portland, 2017).

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