Kaitiakitanga and Health Informatics

2011 ◽  
pp. 1342-1350
Author(s):  
Robyn Kamira
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Collective Ownership ◽  
Cultural Concepts ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Status

Indigenous contributions to governance in health informatics can be drawn from cultural concepts such as Kaitiakitanga, which implies guardianship, stewardship, governance and responsibility roles. This chapter explores Kaitiakitanga, its potential implementation in the Aotearoa (New Zealand) health sector, and its contributions to our thinking. After decades of unsuccessful attempts to positively shift the status of health for Maori, we must ask whether more control by Maori over information about Maori will make a difference. Kaitiakitanga enables us to explore Maori perspectives and insights about health and information and calls for stronger inclusion of Maori in decisions. It acts as a guideline to address ongoing and complex issues such as collective ownership, the responsible publication of data and whether benefits in health for Maori can be explicitly declared and met.

Kaitiakitanga and Health Informatics

2007 ◽  
pp. 30-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Kamira
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Collective Ownership ◽  
Cultural Concepts ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Status

Indigenous contributions to governance in health informatics can be drawn from cultural concepts such as Kaitiakitanga, which implies guardianship, stewardship, governance and responsibility roles. This chapter explores Kaitiakitanga, its potential implementation in the Aotearoa (New Zealand) health sector, and its contributions to our thinking. After decades of unsuccessful attempts to positively shift the status of health for Maori, we must ask whether more control by Maori over information about Maori will make a difference. Kaitiakitanga enables us to explore Maori perspectives and insights about health and information and calls for stronger inclusion of Maori in decisions. It acts as a guideline to address ongoing and complex issues such as collective ownership, the responsible publication of data and whether benefits in health for Maori can be explicitly declared and met.

Practices of cultural collectivity: Style activism, Miromoda and Māori fashion in Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriette Richards
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
World View ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Fashion History ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fashion Apparel ◽  
Fashion Designers

Familiar narratives of fashion history in Aotearoa New Zealand recount the successes of Pākehā (New Zealand European) designers who have forged a distinctive fashion industry at the edge of the world. This narrative overlooks the history of Māori fashion cultures, including the role of ‘style activism’ enacted by political figures such as Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan and collectives such as the Pacific Sisters who advanced the status of Māori and Pasifika design in the twentieth century. It also ignores the changing nature of the New Zealand fashion industry today. One of the most significant recent initiatives to alter perceptions of fashion in Aotearoa New Zealand has been Miromoda, the Indigenous Māori Fashion Apparel Board (IMFAB), established in 2008. By championing the work of Māori fashion designers and prioritizing the values of te ao Māori (the Māori world-view), Miromoda is successfully contributing to the ‘decolonization’ of the New Zealand fashion industry. This article foregrounds practices of cultural collectivity, including that of style activists such as Tirikatene-Sullivan and the Pacific Sisters, and Māori fashion designers such as Kiri Nathan, Tessa Lont (Lontessa) and Bobby Campbell Luke (Campbell Luke), to explore the expansion of a more affirmative fashion future in Aotearoa New Zealand.

scholarly journals An invisible population—Young carers in Aotearoa New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Hanna ◽  
Charlotte Chisnell
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Young Carers ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
The Status ◽  
United Nations Convention

INTRODUCTION: This paper discusses the situation of young carers, a population of children, young people and young adults who have received little attention in Aotearoa New Zealand social policy, social work practice and research.METHOD: The authors draw attention to the status and needs of this group through a review of literature and through their reflections, as two English-registered social workers, on practice with young carers in the United Kingdom.FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS: The paper argues that young carers are a vulnerable, invisible group who require recognition and respect. Using a children’s rights framework,it is suggested that more attention should be given by social workers to understanding the complexity of this role, and the rights of young carers as children under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

scholarly journals Implementation of Communities of Learning: What have we learnt and what has changed?

Teachers Work ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Clare Valerie Curtice
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Communities Of Learning ◽  
The Status ◽  
Criteria For Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Many schools in Aotearoa New Zealand have joined Communities of Learning (Kahui Ako), to access funding for professional development and student support. A business model for management of these Communities of Learning has been transcribed over what were already very functional clusters of collaborative schools. This article questions the allocation of roles, the criteria for selection of experts in these roles, and whether the implementation of the CoLs has led to groupthink, and therefore an unintentional retention of the status quo.

A Philosophy for Health Informatics Education in Developing Countries: Nigeria as a Case Study

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 131-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Soriyan ◽  
E. R. Adagunodo ◽  
A. D. Akinde
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Training Curriculum ◽  
The Status

Abstract:The use of computers in the health sector has increased significantly during the last few years in Nigeria. This paper addresses the integration of health and informatics education, or health education and informatics education, or informatics education in health care delivery. It gives an introduction to the status of a health informatics programme in the daily practice of computer use. The essence of a health informatics curriculum, the planning and administration of the programme in medical schools, and what informatics education offers the health sector, even in a developing country, are presented. The problems of administering an informatics programme in a conventional medical training curriculum are highlighted. The article describes the philosophy which should underline the framework for the formulation of appropriate national policies and curricula for health informatics education in developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study.

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