Towards ethical curriculum development: Perspectives from the interface of mātauranga Māori and Western science

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriparna Saha
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Virtual Field ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Partnership Approach

Towards ethical curriculum development: Perspectives from the interface of mātauranga Māori and Western science In 2019, the Earthquake Commission (EQC) New Zealand with a stake to raise awareness of natural disasters and their impacts, commissioned the LEARNZ1 Our Supervolcanoes virtual field trip (VFT) to teach about volcanoes around Lake Taupō in Aotearoa New Zealand. The involvement of kaupapa Māori researchers in the project facilitated an authentic opportunity to develop bicultural educational resources. We share insights from this collaboration that can inform the engagement process with local iwi. The key findings from this study can support teachers, researchers, and scientists willing to collaborate in culturally appropriate ways when engaging with local iwi leaders for the development of bicultural educational resources through an authentic partnership approach. These findings can serve as good practices when engaging with the local iwi for development of bicultural educational resources.

scholarly journals A Collaborative Indigenous–non-Indigenous Partnership Approach to Understanding Participant Experiences of a Community-Based Healthy Lifestyles Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232199864
Author(s):  
Cervantée E. K. Wild ◽  
Ngauru T. Rawiri ◽  
Donna M. Cormack ◽  
Esther J. Willing ◽  
Paul L. Hofman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Research Partnership ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Partnership Approach

We describe the approach of an Indigenous–non-Indigenous research partnership in the context of a qualitative study which aimed to understand barriers and facilitators to engagement in a community-based healthy lifestyles program in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Informed by Kaupapa Māori research principles and by “Community-Up” research values, this collaborative approach between the mixed Māori–non-Māori research team effectively engaged with Māori and non-Māori families for in-depth interviews on participant experience, including with non-service users. “Community-Up” research principles allowed for a respectful process which upheld the mana (status, dignity) of the interview participants and the research team. Challenges included maintaining flexibility in our conceptions of ethnicity to reflect the complexity of modern family life in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We were committed to ongoing communication, awareness, and attention to the relationships that formed the basis of our research partnership, which allowed effective navigation of challenges and was critical to the study’s success.

Collaboration in research: weaving Kaupapa Māori and computer science

2021 ◽  
pp. 117718012110431
Author(s):  
Anna K Rolleston ◽  
Judy Bowen ◽  
Annika Hinze ◽  
Erina Korohina ◽  
Rangi Matamua
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Software Design ◽  
Integrated Process ◽  
Engineering Project ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Treaty Of Waitangi ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

We describe a collaboration between Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand) and Tauiwi (non-Māori) researchers on a software engineering project. Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) provides the basis for Māori to lead research that involves Māori as participants or intends to impact Māori outcomes. Through collaboration, an extension of the traditional four-step software design process was created, culminating in a nine-step integrated process that included Kaupapa Māori (Māori ideology) principles. The collaboration experience for both Māori and Tauiwi highlighted areas of misunderstanding within the research context based on differing worldviews and our ability to navigate and work through this. This article provides context, guiding principles, and recommended research processes where Māori and Tauiwi aim to collaborate.

The Changing Boundaries of Knowledge Between Māori Awareness and Western Science

Leonardo ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-514
Author(s):  
Ian Clothier
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Contemporary Life

Conventionally, indigenous knowledge such as that held by Māori (the indigenous culture of Aotearoa New Zealand) is seen as in total contrast to Western scientific knowledge. In this paper the author puts forward instances where ideology is held in common across cultural borders. A general awareness of facets of shared ideology has been refined, extended and given substance through three curatorial projects involving Dr. Te Huirangi Waikerepuru, a highly respected kaumatua (elder). These took place in Istanbul, Albuquerque and Aotearoa New Zealand. Ethically, acceptance of these commonalities leads to considering the shifting boundary of knowledge in contemporary life.

scholarly journals "Te kōwhiringa pōti Māori: Me rārangi Māori, me rārangi auraki rānei?" Exploring rangatahi Māori experiences of the Māori electoral option process: A mixed-method approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruben Kearney-Parata
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Electoral Roll ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Elected Representatives ◽  
Method Approach

<p><b>In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori voters have the option to sign up for one of two electoral rolls: the Māori roll or the general roll. This function of Indigenous political choice and representation occupies a unique place in Aotearoa New Zealand’s constitutional arrangements. </b></p><p>While the Māori electorates have been around for over 150 years, the number of seats have grown from only four to seven in the New Zealand House of Parliament. Electoral roll populations determine the number of seats in Parliament, and provide a sole line of accountability to Māori communities for elected representatives. The Māori Electoral Option, which provides voters the opportunity to change rolls, is only presented once every five years. In this thesis I identify three pervasive systemic barriers, as well as a number of other issues, present in the electoral roll option process. </p><p>This research contributes to the growing literature looking at rangatahi Māori experiences intersecting with identity, place, space and time. Through a Kaupapa Māori lens, this thesis uses interview findings and quantitative analysis to discuss the experiences of rangatahi navigating the Māori electoral roll choice. Here I explore the various influences and complexities which impact rangatahi Māori interaction with the electoral rolls as well as the broader socio-political landscape.</p>

Takina te Kawa: Laying the Foundation, a Research Engagement Methodology in Aotearoa (New Zealand)

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marama Taiwhati ◽  
Rawiri Toia ◽  
Pania Te Maro ◽  
Hiria McRae ◽  
Tabitha McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Research Engagement ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Engagement Process

AbstractIn the bi-cultural context of Aotearoa (New Zealand), engagement with stakeholders that is transparent and culturally responsive is a priority for educational research. More common research approaches in New Zealand have followed a Western euro-centric model of engagement with research participants resulting in interventions and initiatives that have not necessarily served the needs of the education sector. The authors critically analyse the researcher relationship with research participants to provide a Māori perspective to guide the engagement process as researchers enter educational communities to conduct research. Embedded with Māori ideology and knowledge, the Hei Korowai ethical research framework is a platform for insider positionality that acknowledges partnership between the researcher and the researched for the benefit of knowledge development and the educational sector.

scholarly journals KIAORA – the emerging construction of a bicultural professional supervision model

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa King
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Professional Supervision ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
Work Practitioner ◽  
Supervision Model

The KIAORA model is the culmination of responding to the challenge of constructing a personal model of professional supervision within a bicultural worldview. Mātauranga Māori and kaupapa Māori is the tūrangawaewae for construction of a personal model of professional supervision for a Tangata Whenua social work practitioner seeking to transform the Aotearoa New Zealand professional supervision space.

scholarly journals Supervision as Cultural Partnership

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
Kathie Crocket
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Therapeutic Practice ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Counselling Practice ◽  
Representational Practice ◽  
Colonial Experience

The term cultural supervision has been coined as part of a strategy that implicates supervision in the support and development of culturally appropriate therapeutic practice. In Aotearoa New Zealand particular focus has been given to supervision where the client is Māori and the practitioner is a member of the dominant Pākehā culture particularly, or of other non-Māori cultures. However, while the phrase cultural supervision has entered common professional parlance, the practice has had little research attention in counselling/psychotherapy in New Zealand. Cultural supervision appears to encompass a range of understandings, and there is no clear agreement about practice implications. It is unclear what alignment there is between aspirations, regulations, and practice. This article reports on an exploratory qualitative study that investigated how supervision might work in supporting culturally appropriate counselling practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study’s findings are presented as a multi-voiced dialogue. This arts-based representational practice enacts the uncertainties of post-colonial experience. Its intention is to make assumptions, ideas, and practices available for discussion. Its contribution is to join current dialogue about supervision and culture, and to raise further questions about how supervision and culturally appropriate practice come together. Whakarāpopotonga Kua whakakaupapahia te kīanga whakahaere tikanga-ā-iwi ki tētahi peka o tētahi rautaki hono whakahaere tikanga ki te tautoko, whakangungu haumanu tikanga-ā-iwi tika. I Aotearoa tōtika tonu te aronui atu ki ngā wā he Māori te kiritaki he Pākehā o te ahurea matua, o te hunga ehara rānei i te Māori te kaiwhakawaiwai. Heoi, ahakoa kua putaputa noa mai tēnei kīanga i waenga i ngā kōrerorero ngaio, kāre anō kia āta rangahauhia kia arotikahia rānei i roto i ngā mahi kaikōrero/kaimahi hinengaro i Aotearoa. Te āhua nei he maha ngā mātauranga e tāwharauhia ana e te mahi nei, ā, kāre he whakaarohanga mō ngā hua o te mahi. Kāre i te mārama he aha ngā here mai i ngā whāinga ki ngā here me te mahi. Ko tēnei tuhinga he pūrongo rapunga matai wheako kimi me pēhea e tika ai te whakahaere tikanga hei tautokohanga kaikōrero whakawaiwai tikanga-ā-iwi i Aotearoa. Ko ngā rangahautanga kei roto i te reo maha. Ko tōna tikanga he whakatau mahara, whakaaro, mahi whakawai hoki hai matapakihanga. Ko tāna koha ko te hono ki ngā whakawhitinga korero onamata e pā ana ki te whakahaere tikanga me te tikanga-ā-iwi, ā, ki te whakaara pātai titiro me pēhea e hono tahi ai te whakahaere tikanga me te tikanga-ā-iwi.

Māori and Tauiwi nurses’ perspectives of anti-racism praxis: findings from a qualitative pilot study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Jacquie Kidd ◽  
Heather Came ◽  
Sarah Herbert ◽  
Tim McCreanor
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Qualitative Design ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

This pilot study explored Māori (Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand)) and Tauiwi (non-Māori) nurses’ perspectives of anti-racism. A critical qualitative design was utilised, informed by kaupapa Māori (Māori philosophical approaches). Senior nurses with more than 7 years experience were recruited for focus groups. Two focus groups, one Māori ( n = 5) and one Tauiwi ( n = 4), were conducted September 2019 in Auckland. Data were analysed using the framework of a continuum of praxis which included themes of (a) problematic or racist, (b) variable and (c) proactive or anti-racism. Problematic praxis included examples of racism and White fragility. Variable praxis included Māori language and commitment to professional development. Proactive praxis included Māori workforce and reflexivity. These overarching themes illustrate a broad spectrum of anti-racism praxis within nursing. This continuum illustrated with examples is a potentially useful tool to assess and build proactive anti-racism praxis in nursing.

scholarly journals Enhancing cross‐cultural evaluation practice through kaupapa Māori evaluation and boundary critique: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (170) ◽  
pp. 51-65
Author(s):  
Maria Hepi ◽  
Jeff Foote ◽  
Annabel Ahuriri‐Driscoll ◽  
Marara Rogers‐Koroheke ◽  
Hone Taimona ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Evaluation Practice ◽  
Boundary Critique ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Kaupapa Māori

scholarly journals Māori and autism: A scoping review

Autism ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 136236132110186
Author(s):  
Jessica Tupou ◽  
Sally Curtis ◽  
Dorothy Taare-Smith ◽  
Ali Glasgow ◽  
Hannah Waddington
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Prevalence Rates ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Autism Prevalence

Cultural groups may vary considerably in their understandings of autism spectrum disorder and approaches to supporting autistic individuals. However, approaches to researching, identifying and managing autism are largely dominated by Western perspectives. This review provides an overview of the literature related to autism and Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. A search of the peer-reviewed and grey literature identified 273 potentially relevant publications, and 13 of these met inclusion criteria. The included publications addressed questions related to Māori understandings of autism, Māori prevalence rates and diagnostic and support services for Māori. Findings suggest broad differences in Māori and Western understandings of autism and slightly higher autism prevalence rates for Māori than for non-Māori New Zealanders. The need for diagnostic and support services that are both effective and culturally appropriate for Māori was also highlighted. These findings are discussed in relation to implications for future research and the provision of services for autistic Māori. Lay abstract Most current approaches to identifying, researching and managing autism are based on Western views and understandings. However, different cultural groups may understand and approach autism differently. We searched a wide range of websites, academic journals and other sources for published information related to autism and Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Our search identified 13 publications that addressed questions related to Māori understandings of autism, Māori prevalence rates and diagnostic and support services for Māori. Overall, we found broad differences in Māori and Western understandings of autism and slightly higher autism prevalence rates for Māori than for non-Māori New Zealanders. Findings also highlighted a need for diagnostic and support services that are both effective and culturally appropriate for Māori. We discuss what these findings might mean for future research and the provision of services for Māori with autism.

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