scholarly journals Co-designing an mHealth tool in the New Zealand Māori community with a “Kaupapa Māori” approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Te Morenga ◽  
Crystal Pekepo ◽  
Callie Corrigan ◽  
Leonie Matoe ◽  
Rangimarie Mules ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Behaviour Change Techniques ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

Obesity rates in Aotearoa/New Zealand continue to rise, and there is an urgent need for effective interventions. However, interventions designed for the general population tend to be less effective for Māori communities and may contribute to increased health inequities. We describe the integration of co-design and kaupapa Māori research approaches to design a mobile-phone delivered (mHealth) healthy lifestyle app that supports the health aspirations of Māori communities. The co-design approach empowered our communities to take an active role in the research. They described a holistic vision of health centred on family well-being and maintaining connections to people and place. Our resultant prototype app, OL@-OR@, includes content that would not have been readily envisaged by academic researchers used to adapting international research on behaviour change techniques to develop health interventions. We argue that this research approach should be considered best practice for developing health interventions targeting Māori communities in future.

scholarly journals Co-designing an mHealth tool in the New Zealand Māori community with a “Kaupapa Māori” approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Te Morenga ◽  
C Pekepo ◽  
C Corrigan ◽  
L Matoe ◽  
R Mules ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Behaviour Change Techniques ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. Obesity rates in Aotearoa/New Zealand continue to rise, and there is an urgent need for effective interventions. However, interventions designed for the general population tend to be less effective for Māori communities and may contribute to increased health inequities. We describe the integration of co-design and kaupapa Māori research approaches to design a mobile-phone delivered (mHealth) healthy lifestyle app that supports the health aspirations of Māori communities. The co-design approach empowered our communities to take an active role in the research. They described a holistic vision of health centred on family well-being and maintaining connections to people and place. Our resultant prototype app, OL@-OR@, includes content that would not have been readily envisaged by academic researchers used to adapting international research on behaviour change techniques to develop health interventions. We argue that this research approach should be considered best practice for developing health interventions targeting Māori communities in future.

scholarly journals Co-designing an mHealth tool in the New Zealand Māori community with a “Kaupapa Māori” approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Te Morenga ◽  
C Pekepo ◽  
C Corrigan ◽  
L Matoe ◽  
R Mules ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Behaviour Change Techniques ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

© 2018, © The Author(s) 2018. Obesity rates in Aotearoa/New Zealand continue to rise, and there is an urgent need for effective interventions. However, interventions designed for the general population tend to be less effective for Māori communities and may contribute to increased health inequities. We describe the integration of co-design and kaupapa Māori research approaches to design a mobile-phone delivered (mHealth) healthy lifestyle app that supports the health aspirations of Māori communities. The co-design approach empowered our communities to take an active role in the research. They described a holistic vision of health centred on family well-being and maintaining connections to people and place. Our resultant prototype app, OL@-OR@, includes content that would not have been readily envisaged by academic researchers used to adapting international research on behaviour change techniques to develop health interventions. We argue that this research approach should be considered best practice for developing health interventions targeting Māori communities in future.

scholarly journals Tu Kaha: Nga Mana Wahine Exploring the Role of Mana Wahine in the Development of Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women's Refuge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tairawhiti Veronique Turner
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

<p>Whanau are the building blocks of society and their well-being is critical to strong,vibrant and connected communities. When a women or child is beaten, abused, or worse killed as a result of family violence, individuals are adversely affected, whanau suffer and wider communities in New Zealand are impoverished. From the margins of New Zealand society, Maori women are leading development campaigns that seek to end violence against women and children, uphold their human rights and freedoms and challenge oppressive colonial ideologies which are hegemonic and masculinist. Their work is part of local, national and global agendas to end violence and bring about long-term, positive change. They are a part of the decolonisation agenda within which many Maori actively campaign. This thesis brings together theory and practice to explore such a campaign. The overall goal is to explore the role of Mana Wahine in the development of Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women's Refuge. Mana Wahine is a theory and ideological framework which is centred on Maori world views and ways of knowing. It is also a tool for analysing situations and events and has been adopted to create space for Maori women to tell their stories and develop ideas. This thesis seeks to achieve the following aims: explore the meaning of Maori development in a Refuge environment; investigate the expression of Mana Wahine by Maori women Refuge advocates; and identify the extent to which Mana Wahine has influenced decolonisation. The research framework which informs the overall approach comprises a: Kaupapa Maori epistemology, Mana Wahine and Qualitative methodologies and interviews. This thesis joins the Refuge in its pursuit for Tino Rangatiratanga (sovereignty) and contributes to the growing body of Mana Wahine knowledge. The conclusions of this thesis assert development within the Refuge means women and children leading lives free from violence and abuse. A Mana Wahine perspective is critical to the development of the Refuge and achieving positive, long-term change. At a fundamental level, the means through which development and change is achieved is Maori culture, Tikanga and Te Reo. The women of Te Whare Rokiroki are unsung heroines whose stories of commitment, sacrifice, learning, determination, anger, resistance and generosity has to be told.</p>

scholarly journals End-User Awareness of and Adherence to Crisis Preparedness of the Information Systems in New Zealand Organisations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dennis Buberwa Ishumi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Crisis Preparedness ◽  
End User ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
User Awareness

<p>A crisis is a specific, unanticipated, and non-routine event that generates high levels of uncertainty and jeopardizes high value priorities such as life, economic well-being, or physical infrastructures. Some scholars observe that our computing environment has dramatically changed and is now defined by greater use and dependence on technology, while simultaneously it is hampered by technological failures and security vulnerability, which have perhaps led to an increase in the incidence of organisational crises. Because of the high occurrence of crises and the increased dependence on information systems (IS) in organisations, one would assume that most firms would have established measures to counteract these events, however the literature indicated otherwise. The purpose of this research was to explore and understand the factors that contribute to crisis preparedness of the information systems.  A comprehensive review of the literature indicated that the IS field has a large volume of publications on information systems disaster recovery, business continuity, information systems risk management and information systems security but little on crisis preparedness of the information systems. This study comprehensively reviewed relevant literature on the nature of crises, crisis preparedness and information systems. The literature review established groundwork necessary for the development of the research hypotheses which were tested during this investigation.  A quantitative positivist research approach was proposed. The study utilized a web-based survey to collect quantifiable information on the subject matter from study participants. The survey instrument was developed based on seven research dimensions. From these dimensions descriptive questions were created which formed part of the survey instrument. The collected data was analysed using three different approaches: descriptive statistics, correlation and percentage responses. From the data, facts about crisis preparedness of the information systems in New Zealand organisations were revealed.   In total 90 responses were received, 72 of which were eligible for data analyses. The study findings indicate some degree of end-user awareness of and adherence to crisis preparedness of the information systems in New Zealand organisations. However, more emphasis is needed in the understanding of the processes that bring about successful CPIS strategies across varying organisation structures.  The academic value of this research is the review of discourse in the fields of crisis preparedness and Information Systems, and the application of some of the theoretical concepts from those fields. These were necessary to test the research hypotheses and their findings can be used to explain the crisis-preparedness phenomenon in future studies. The practical value of this research is the development of a tool that can be used by managers and senior executives to undertake informed decisions with regard to the status or progress of the crisis preparedness of the information systems initiatives in their respective organisations from the end-user perspective.</p>

scholarly journals End-User Awareness of and Adherence to Crisis Preparedness of the Information Systems in New Zealand Organisations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dennis Buberwa Ishumi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Crisis Preparedness ◽  
End User ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
User Awareness

<p>A crisis is a specific, unanticipated, and non-routine event that generates high levels of uncertainty and jeopardizes high value priorities such as life, economic well-being, or physical infrastructures. Some scholars observe that our computing environment has dramatically changed and is now defined by greater use and dependence on technology, while simultaneously it is hampered by technological failures and security vulnerability, which have perhaps led to an increase in the incidence of organisational crises. Because of the high occurrence of crises and the increased dependence on information systems (IS) in organisations, one would assume that most firms would have established measures to counteract these events, however the literature indicated otherwise. The purpose of this research was to explore and understand the factors that contribute to crisis preparedness of the information systems.  A comprehensive review of the literature indicated that the IS field has a large volume of publications on information systems disaster recovery, business continuity, information systems risk management and information systems security but little on crisis preparedness of the information systems. This study comprehensively reviewed relevant literature on the nature of crises, crisis preparedness and information systems. The literature review established groundwork necessary for the development of the research hypotheses which were tested during this investigation.  A quantitative positivist research approach was proposed. The study utilized a web-based survey to collect quantifiable information on the subject matter from study participants. The survey instrument was developed based on seven research dimensions. From these dimensions descriptive questions were created which formed part of the survey instrument. The collected data was analysed using three different approaches: descriptive statistics, correlation and percentage responses. From the data, facts about crisis preparedness of the information systems in New Zealand organisations were revealed.   In total 90 responses were received, 72 of which were eligible for data analyses. The study findings indicate some degree of end-user awareness of and adherence to crisis preparedness of the information systems in New Zealand organisations. However, more emphasis is needed in the understanding of the processes that bring about successful CPIS strategies across varying organisation structures.  The academic value of this research is the review of discourse in the fields of crisis preparedness and Information Systems, and the application of some of the theoretical concepts from those fields. These were necessary to test the research hypotheses and their findings can be used to explain the crisis-preparedness phenomenon in future studies. The practical value of this research is the development of a tool that can be used by managers and senior executives to undertake informed decisions with regard to the status or progress of the crisis preparedness of the information systems initiatives in their respective organisations from the end-user perspective.</p>

scholarly journals Te Taumata -te Timata: the Pinnacle - the First Step

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Margaret A Wilkie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Institutes Of Technology ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

<p>Maori with Bachelors degrees in Information Technologies (IT) have specialist knowledge and skills far in advance of the general population of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Problematically, this point is lost in dominant higher education discourses that marginalise and position Maori negatively. The 'silence of the archives' with regard to Maori narratives of higher education is a compounding factor. While the largest proportions of Maori pursue tertiary education in the New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITP), very little is known about them. Kaupapa Maori theorising and research practices enabled a new approach in an 'insurrection of suppressed knowledges' to identify and inform issues that are problematic for Maori in particular. A traditional Maori metaphor of poutama is used as a heuristic to illuminate core values and foundations of a Maori worldview and philosophy, to generate a 'reversal discourse' that gives a Maori perspective of the problems. Computer Graphic technologies portray the spirals of learning implied by the multi-levelled, multi stepped poutama; two heuristically separated worlds of Te Ao Maori and Te Ao Pakeha and their integration into Te Ao Hou, The New World. Re-interpreting a traditional role of Pae Arahi (Guides) as a Kaupapa Maori research approach, respected members of tangata whenua, the indigenous people of the land the ITPs are built on, facilitated appropriate entry into fieldwork. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews conducted in 2006-2007 with 17 tauira Maori (students and graduates), 7 IT staff and 12 Maori staff from three ITPs are the basis of narratives that 'positively image' Maori who gained IT qualifications in the ITPs. A re-presentation of poutama as whakapapa or genealogy explains the significance of foundational Maori values of wairuatanga (spirituality), whenua (land), tangata (people) and whanau (family), in academic success. A Maori worldview offers new perspectives of what success is and challenges of being Maori in the tertiary academy that are not commonly understood or acknowledged by non-Maori. Five steps on a learning poutama follow the tauira Maori in their first introductions to IT and prior education; enlightenment to the value of higher education for whanau and openness to new understandings in the IT field; increasing confidence in their abilities to learn, to apply and share IT knowledges; mastering the requirements of degrees in the academy and the challenges of the virtually mono-cultural IT field and ITP environments; their achievement of a pinnacle of IT degrees and other qualifications, and their first steps into work. Te Taumata, Te Timata expresses potentials for 'Maori Ways' to be combined with 'IT Ways' and for more Maori voices to be heard in the higher education discourse. Centrally it celebrates 17 unique individuals who are role models, and inspirations for other Maori to follow to their own successes.</p>

scholarly journals WAI 1909 – The Waitangi Tribunal Gambling Claim

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-150
Author(s):  
Ruth Ann Herd
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Problem Gambling ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Extended Families ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Waitangi Tribunal ◽  
Warrior Women

In 2008, I lodged a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal in regard to problem gambling and its negative impacts on Māori people. The Tribunal is tasked with hearing grievances related to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) signed in 1840 between Māori and the British Crown.  It is a historical claim focused on the lack of adequate protection of taiohi Māori (young people of Māori descent) and the intergenerational harm caused by problem gambling among their whānau, hapū, iwi (extended families and relatives) and urban Māori communities. However, this begs the question how can a Treaty claim improve the health outcomes of a generation of taiohi Māori who have been exposed to commercial gambling and its aggressive and targeted expansion and marketing?  This paper frames the WAI-1909 claim as a Kaupapa Māori (Māori research approach) derived from the research of three wahine toa (warrior women) supporting the claim; and refers to epistemological standpoints of Māori women working in the gambling research space. I demonstrate how the gambling claim challenges the New Zealand government to honour the promises in the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and to protect the rights of its citizens, especially taiohi Māori. The WAI-1909 gambling claim concludes that whilst the New Zealand Gambling Act (2003) includes a public health approach to problem gambling, it has not adequately addressed the rights of tangata whenua (Māori, the first people of Aotearoa/New Zealand) under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

scholarly journals Te Taumata -te Timata: the Pinnacle - the First Step

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Margaret A Wilkie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Institutes Of Technology ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

<p>Maori with Bachelors degrees in Information Technologies (IT) have specialist knowledge and skills far in advance of the general population of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Problematically, this point is lost in dominant higher education discourses that marginalise and position Maori negatively. The 'silence of the archives' with regard to Maori narratives of higher education is a compounding factor. While the largest proportions of Maori pursue tertiary education in the New Zealand Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITP), very little is known about them. Kaupapa Maori theorising and research practices enabled a new approach in an 'insurrection of suppressed knowledges' to identify and inform issues that are problematic for Maori in particular. A traditional Maori metaphor of poutama is used as a heuristic to illuminate core values and foundations of a Maori worldview and philosophy, to generate a 'reversal discourse' that gives a Maori perspective of the problems. Computer Graphic technologies portray the spirals of learning implied by the multi-levelled, multi stepped poutama; two heuristically separated worlds of Te Ao Maori and Te Ao Pakeha and their integration into Te Ao Hou, The New World. Re-interpreting a traditional role of Pae Arahi (Guides) as a Kaupapa Maori research approach, respected members of tangata whenua, the indigenous people of the land the ITPs are built on, facilitated appropriate entry into fieldwork. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews conducted in 2006-2007 with 17 tauira Maori (students and graduates), 7 IT staff and 12 Maori staff from three ITPs are the basis of narratives that 'positively image' Maori who gained IT qualifications in the ITPs. A re-presentation of poutama as whakapapa or genealogy explains the significance of foundational Maori values of wairuatanga (spirituality), whenua (land), tangata (people) and whanau (family), in academic success. A Maori worldview offers new perspectives of what success is and challenges of being Maori in the tertiary academy that are not commonly understood or acknowledged by non-Maori. Five steps on a learning poutama follow the tauira Maori in their first introductions to IT and prior education; enlightenment to the value of higher education for whanau and openness to new understandings in the IT field; increasing confidence in their abilities to learn, to apply and share IT knowledges; mastering the requirements of degrees in the academy and the challenges of the virtually mono-cultural IT field and ITP environments; their achievement of a pinnacle of IT degrees and other qualifications, and their first steps into work. Te Taumata, Te Timata expresses potentials for 'Maori Ways' to be combined with 'IT Ways' and for more Maori voices to be heard in the higher education discourse. Centrally it celebrates 17 unique individuals who are role models, and inspirations for other Maori to follow to their own successes.</p>

scholarly journals Tu Kaha: Nga Mana Wahine Exploring the Role of Mana Wahine in the Development of Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women's Refuge

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tairawhiti Veronique Turner
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

<p>Whanau are the building blocks of society and their well-being is critical to strong,vibrant and connected communities. When a women or child is beaten, abused, or worse killed as a result of family violence, individuals are adversely affected, whanau suffer and wider communities in New Zealand are impoverished. From the margins of New Zealand society, Maori women are leading development campaigns that seek to end violence against women and children, uphold their human rights and freedoms and challenge oppressive colonial ideologies which are hegemonic and masculinist. Their work is part of local, national and global agendas to end violence and bring about long-term, positive change. They are a part of the decolonisation agenda within which many Maori actively campaign. This thesis brings together theory and practice to explore such a campaign. The overall goal is to explore the role of Mana Wahine in the development of Te Whare Rokiroki Maori Women's Refuge. Mana Wahine is a theory and ideological framework which is centred on Maori world views and ways of knowing. It is also a tool for analysing situations and events and has been adopted to create space for Maori women to tell their stories and develop ideas. This thesis seeks to achieve the following aims: explore the meaning of Maori development in a Refuge environment; investigate the expression of Mana Wahine by Maori women Refuge advocates; and identify the extent to which Mana Wahine has influenced decolonisation. The research framework which informs the overall approach comprises a: Kaupapa Maori epistemology, Mana Wahine and Qualitative methodologies and interviews. This thesis joins the Refuge in its pursuit for Tino Rangatiratanga (sovereignty) and contributes to the growing body of Mana Wahine knowledge. The conclusions of this thesis assert development within the Refuge means women and children leading lives free from violence and abuse. A Mana Wahine perspective is critical to the development of the Refuge and achieving positive, long-term change. At a fundamental level, the means through which development and change is achieved is Maori culture, Tikanga and Te Reo. The women of Te Whare Rokiroki are unsung heroines whose stories of commitment, sacrifice, learning, determination, anger, resistance and generosity has to be told.</p>

scholarly journals Speaking the Unspoken: Racism, Sport and Maori

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Raima Hippolite ◽  
Toni Bruce
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Institutional Racism ◽  
Racial Equality ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
History Of

In this paper, we argue that the intersection of two key ideologies – New Zealand’s purported history of good race relations, and the positive contribution sport is believed to make to racial equality – has created an environment in which it is difficult to talk about, let alone discuss constructively, Māori experiences of racism in the sport context. Our aim is to put the issue on the agenda by engaging with 10 experienced Māori sport participants, coaches and administrators whose experiences demonstrate the existence of, and pain caused by, cultural and institutional racism in New Zealand sport. In this aim, we do not seek to hide behind a veil of neutrality or objectivity. Rather, following a kaupapa Māori research approach, our interest is in bringing to light the voices, frustrations and concerns of Māori in order to contribute to a much-needed conversation.

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