Paula King

RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES TO IMPROVING FOOD AVAILABILITY FOR TAMARIKI MĀORI

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
rights
Māori
children
food availability
Author(s): 
Christina McKerchar
Paula King
Cameron Lacey
Gillian Abel
Louise Signal
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.6

Food availability refers to the adequacy of the supply of healthy food. It is a key concern for the wellbeing of tamariki Māori today. A narrative literature review methodology was applied to examine the literature and identify influences that enable the availability of healthy food for tamariki. Findings were synthesised and analysed using the Oranga Mokopuna framework—a rights-based approach grounded in tikanga Māori.

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Oranga mokopuna: A tāngata whenua rights-based approach to health and wellbeing

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
rights
Māori
children
youth
Health
wellbeing
Author(s): 
Paula King
Donna Cormack
Mark Kōpua
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.2.6

Rights-based approaches to health in Aotearoa New Zealand have increased in recent years. However, dominant Westernised conceptualisations of rights have been criticised for their ties to colonialism and individualistic focus. This paper presents Oranga Mokopuna as an alternative which disrupts Western notions of rights that are assumed to have universal application. Based in Te Ao Māori, Oranga Mokopuna provides a conceptual frame of reference for the realisation of tāngata whenua rights to health and wellbeing.

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