Te Whare Tapa Whā

Te Whare Tapa Whā and Facebook

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
COVID-19
Facebook
Māori postgraduates
Te Whare Tapa Whā
Author(s): 
Rachel Jane Sizemore
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.14

In 2020, New Zealand Māori made up 6.8% of postgraduate students at the University of Otago (Sizemore, 2020). These students are supported by the author in her role as Māori Postgraduate Support Adviser (hereafter “the Adviser”). During the country’s first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the Adviser used Facebook—specifically the University of Otago’s page for Māori postgraduate students—to communicate with this cohort.

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Te Whare tapa whā and Facebook. Online communication with Māori postgraduate students during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
COVID-19
Facebook
Māori postgraduates
Te Whare Tapa Whā
Author(s): 
Rachel Jane Sizemore
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.14

In 2020, New Zealand Māori made up 6.8% of postgraduate students at the University of Otago (Sizemore, 2020). These students are supported by the author in her role as Māori Postgraduate Support Adviser (hereafter “the Adviser”). During the country’s first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, the Adviser used Facebook—specifically the University of Otago’s page for Māori postgraduate students—to communicate with this cohort.

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Ensuring equity for Indigenous peoples using a Māori model of health

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
COVID-19
equity
homeless
Māori
Te Whare Tapa Whā
Author(s): 
Kylie McKee
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.12

Systemic inequity and homelessness among Māori in New Zealand is explored, highlighting the disproportionate impact of poverty, overcrowding and homelessness on this population. This paper examines the historical context of colonisation and societal changes contributing to the housing strain and homelessness faced by Māori. The research study conducted by an Indigenous navigation service using secondary analysis and the Te Whare Tapa Whā framework revealed insights from 60 Māori participants.

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Māui Tinihanga. Transformation through Education

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
equitable
frameworks
learning journey
Māuri Mua
tauira
Te Whare Tapa Whā
Author(s): 
Heperi Harris
Mariechen Ngarotata
Reimana Tutengaehe
Katie Marr
Niki Hannan
Faye Wilson-Hill
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.8

The Māui Mua project investigated the experiences of six tauira Māori graduates who were the first in their whānau to enter tertiary education. Successful graduates of the Bachelor of Māori Language and Indigenous Studies at Te Puna Wānaka at Ara Institute of Canterbury Ltd (Ara) were interviewed about their learning experience, from their first day through to graduating, and commented on their motivation to study, their times of struggle and pressure, and their supports and strategies to overcome barriers to successfully complete their qualification.

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Te whare tapa whā: The impact of physical distancing on the health and well-being of kuia and koroheke

Article type: 
Situation report
Key words: 
Te Whare Tapa Whā
physical distancing
kuia
koroheke
Health
well-being
COVID-19
pillars of health
Author(s): 
Rāwiri Tinirau
Ana Te Putere O Te Rangi Allen
Miriama Cribb
Hine Maraku
Susie Wakefield
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2021.10.1.5

The effects of the COVID-19 lockdown and physical distancing were broad, impacting multiple sectors, particularly health, for Māori and Indigenous peoples. This situation report considers health and well-being using Te Whare Tapa Whā, and looks at the experiences and voices of kuia and koroheke—considered to be at high risk of contracting coronavirus—to better understand their health and well-being impacts from physical distancing. This report then reflects on these experiences to identify how help groups can best support communities in future lockdown situations.

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