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Kia manawanui: Kaupapa Māori film theoretical framework

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Angela Moewaka Barnes

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.1.1

This paper outlines key categories and elements of Kia Manawanui: Kaupapa Māori Film Theoretical Framework, developed to interrogate film texts and shed light on the processes of Māori film production and environments within which filmmakers operate. Kia Manawanui film theory is informed by diverse expressions of Kaupapa Māori , Indigenous and critical media studies, discussions with Māori filmmakers, theorists and film texts, particularly Ngati (1987), Mauri (1988) and Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Wēniti—The Māori Merchant of Venice (2002).

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MAIJrnl_7_1_Barnes_FINAL.pdf

Whānau hauā: Reframing disability from an Indigenous perspective

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health and disability service access

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Huhana Hickey

Denise Wilson

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2017.6.1.7

Māori directly or indirectly experience disability at a higher rate than any other population group in Aotearoa New Zealand. Despite one in three Māori having some form of disability, Māori have less access to support and health and disability services. Currently, gaps exist in knowledge related to Māori and disability, and this is not helped by disabled Māori being excluded from health and disability policy and service planning forums.

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MAIJrnl_6_1__Hickey_02a.pdf

What you can't see can hurt you: How do stereotyping, implicit bias and stereotype threat affect Māori health?

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2016.5.2.3

A number of studies demonstrate Māori receive a poorer standard of healthcare than Pākehā and other non-Māori in New Zealand. Implicit bias on the part of healthcare providers has been cited as a key contributor to health inequities internationally; however, the concept has not yet been explored in relation to Māori health. This paper addresses that research gap and describes a theoretical basis for further research on the role of bias for Māori health outcomes.

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MAIJrnl_5_2__Houkamau_Final.pdf

Māori values in the workplace: Investing in diversity

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2016.5.1.4

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MAI_Jrnl_Vol5_Harris_final.pdf

Historical Trauma, Healing and Well-Being in Māori Communities

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Rebecca Wirihana and Cherryl Smith

The high rates of indigenous peoples exposed to traumatic experiences are exacerbated by the affects of historical trauma passed from generation to generation. Research exploring the individual and collective impact of this phenomenon is growing internationally. Yet little is known about Māori practices that facilitate healing from historical trauma. This article aims to analyse the affects of this trauma on Māori by exploring them in the context of the growing body of international historical trauma research.

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MAI_Jrnl_3(3)_Wirihana02.pdf

Māori and Indigenous Views on R & R: Resistance and Resilience

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This article explores the development of Māori and Indigenous frameworks of resilience, considering the impact of engaging with largely State-led notions of resilience on Māori development. We highlight the closely linked notion of resistance, asserting the necessity of a fi rm political analysis from Indigenous researchers engaged in this discourse. One of the Indigenous criticisms of resilience theories is that by defi nition they assume an acceptance of responsibility for our position as disadvantaged individuals.

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MAI_Jrnl_V3_iss2_Penehira.pdf

HE KŌRERO WAIRUA: Indigenous spiritual inquiry in rongoā research

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Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll

The Ngā Tohu o te Ora research project was developed to investigate outcomes associated with rongoā Māori, in order that this practice might enjoy increased support as a funded service. The primary aims were to: 1) identify wellness outcome measures used by traditional Māori healers; and 2) develop and test a framework of traditional Māori wellness outcome measures.

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MAI_Jrnl_V3_Iss1_Driscoll.pdf

COMMENTARY: “OUR REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITY, GENDER AND TRANSFORMING ACTION”: A lesson from place

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This paper explores the cultural interplay between Indigenous women from one geographic locality being on and within the locality of the women of another locality—in this case, Whakatāne, Aotearoa. The authors consider identity, gender and place within the processes of transformation and decolonisation. They argue that women need to be involved in ways that restore their power as women and ensure their rightful place. The authors draw on the female ancestor Wairaka and her courage to argue that Indigenous women need to respond, change and adapt to the places in which they live.

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MAI_Journal_v1,1_Commentary_Fredericks_et_al.pdf