Mihi Ratima

Kaupapa Māori early years provision (KM-EYP) has underpinned efforts to revitalise Māori language and culture throughout Aotearoa New Zealand. Although many tamariki and whānau have benefited from engagement in KM-EYP, less than 20% of tamariki Māori currently participate. Kaupapa Māori psychological research is needed to better understand what facilitates participation among whānau who attend KM-EYP. This article describes findings from a study that aimed to understand whānau engagement in KM-EYP.

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Hond-Flavell.pdf

He Piki Raukura: Understanding Strengths-based Māori child development constructs in Kaupapa Māori early years provision

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Journal article

Key words:

Kaupapa Māori; Indigenous; early years education; child development; Māori child behaviour constructs; lifecourse

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DOI:

10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.1.2

The importance of early childhood education programmes has been widely established by researchers, but there has been little research on the outcomes of early childhood Kaupapa Māori educational initiatives in Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of the research project reported here, He Piki Raukura, was to define Māori child behaviour constructs that may underlie positive Māori child development. We conducted in-depth interviews with two experts and 21 whānau participating in a Kaupapa Māori early years programme in Taranaki.

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MAI_Jrnl 2021_V10_I1_Tamati_FINAL.pdf

Tangi te Kawekaweā: Whānau engagement in Kaupapa Māori Early Years Provision-an exploratory qualitative study

Article type:

Journal article

Key words:

kaupapa Māori

Indigenous

early years education

child development

Māori child behaviour constructs

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DOI:

10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.1.1

Kaupapa Māori early years provision (KM-EYP) is often understood as a critical site for Māori cultural revitalisation, where a foundation for the educational success and lifelong wellbeing of tamariki Māori is laid. Given its importance, the Tangi te Kawekaweā study sought to identify and examine barriers and facilitators of whānau engagement in KM-EYP. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with individual whānau members (n = 19) and whānau groups (n = 5) enrolled in one centre for KM-EYP, and with expert informants (n = 10). This paper reports on the insights gained.

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MAI_Jrnl 2021_V10_I1_Hond-Flavell_FINAL.pdf

Te kura mai i tawhiti research programme: A collaborative lifecourse approach to health, wellbeing and whānau development

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10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.1.5

Lifecourse research examines people’s trajectories through life and factors that influence those trajectories. It has the potential to build an evidence base around programmes that are effective for Māori. This paper describes the development and initial stages of Te Kura Mai i Tawhiti (TKMT), an innovative long-term research programme run as a collaboration between Taranaki Māori community organisation Te Pou Tiringa and the University of Otago’s National Centre for Lifecourse Research.

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MAIJrnl_8_1_Ratima_FINAL.pdf

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Mihi Ratima

Facilitators of, and Barriers to, whānau engagement in Kaupapa Māori early years provision: A retrospective survey ...

He Piki Raukura: Understanding Strengths-based Māori child development constructs in Kaupapa Māori early years provision

Tangi te Kawekaweā: Whānau engagement in Kaupapa Māori Early Years Provision-an exploratory qualitative study

Te kura mai i tawhiti research programme: A collaborative lifecourse approach to health, wellbeing and whānau development