scholarly journals Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Marques ◽  
Claire Freeman ◽  
Lynette Carter ◽  
Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
Significant Health

The connection the Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many Māori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-Māori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of Māori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.

scholarly journals Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Marques ◽  
Claire Freeman ◽  
Lynette Carter ◽  
Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
Significant Health

The connection the Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many Māori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-Māori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of Māori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.

scholarly journals Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review

Societies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Bruno Marques ◽  
Claire Freeman ◽  
Lynette Carter ◽  
Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
Significant Health

The connection the Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many Māori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-Māori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of Māori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.

scholarly journals Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Marques ◽  
Claire Freeman ◽  
Lynette Carter ◽  
Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
Significant Health

The connection the Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many Māori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-Māori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of Māori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.

scholarly journals Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Marques ◽  
Claire Freeman ◽  
Lynette Carter ◽  
Maibritt Pedersen Zari
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Environmental Values ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Connections ◽  
Significant Health

The connection the Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many Māori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-Māori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of Māori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.

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.

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.

Conceptualising historical privilege: the flip side of historical trauma, a brief examination

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Borell ◽  
Helen Moewaka Barnes ◽  
Tim McCreanor
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Core Elements ◽  
Settler Societies

Historical trauma is an important and growing area of research that provides crucial insights into the antecedents of current-day inequities in health and social wellbeing experienced by Indigenous people in colonial settler societies. What is not so readily examined is the flip side of historical trauma experienced by settlers and their descendants, what might be termed “historical privilege”. These historic acts of privilege for settlers, particularly those emigrating from Britain, provide the antecedents for the current-day realities for their descendants and the structural, institutional and interpersonal levels of advantage that are also a key feature of inequities between Indigenous and settler. This article theorises an explicit link between historical trauma and historical privilege and explores how the latter may be examined with particular reference to Aotearoa New Zealand. Three core elements of historical trauma are posited as a useful framework to apply to historical privilege.

scholarly journals Indigenous People in Aotearoa New Zealand are Overrepresented in Cannabis Convictions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian Scarf ◽  
Wetini Atutahi Rapana ◽  
Taylor Winter ◽  
Benjamin Riordan ◽  
Ririwai Fox ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
No Reduction ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
National Statistics ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Level Data

Background: Previous work has demonstrated that cannabis laws have had a disproportionate impact on Māori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. In an attempt to address this bias, the New Zealand Government amended cannabis laws in 2019, providing police with the power to determine whether a health-centred approach would be more beneficial than a conviction. In the current study, we use population level data to assess whether this law change has ameliorated the bias in cannabis convictions for Māori.Methods: Data were drawn from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), a large government database hosted by Aotearoa New Zealand’s national statistics office. After constructing the population in the IDI, and filtering down to those who 1) were between 18 and 65, 2) were Māori or Pākehā and, 3) had any cannabis charges that proceeded to the courts, we had a sample of over 2,000 individuals.Results: Māori ethnicity was a significant predictor of the likelihood of receiving a cannabis conviction for Māori males, with a marginal effect for Māori females. Further, there was no reduction in the number of cannabis charges before vs. after the amendment to cannabis laws.Conclusion: The current study demonstrates that the 2019 amendment has not ameliorated the bias in cannabis convictions for Māori. Given this, the New Zealand Government must follow other countries around the world and move forward on cannabis law reform.

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