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Archive for December, 2012
What are the issues about food with whānau?
According to the United Nations, food is a basic human right. Article 25(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ‘Everyone has the right to a standard of…
Turia to leave, Whānau Ora to stay on
The Minister for Whānau Ora, Hon Tariana Turia, has announced that she won’t be standing in the next election. Her decision to retire, made with her own whānau, is based on her belief that both…
Whānau Ora potential to lift children and their whānau out of poverty
This week the Children’s Commissioner published ‘Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand: Evidence for action‘, a report from the Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. I…
Expressions of Interest Called For Trial Programme
Keeping Well and Regional Public Health (Lower Hutt, Wellington) would like to trial a low cost evaluation skills development programme and want to gauge interest in this. Many providers need…
Undertaking Whānau Ora Research with whānau collectives
He mini mahana ki a kōutou i te wiki nei. My post last week gave a brief introduction to the Community-Up Approach to Defining Research Conduct. This approach was recently…
'Unholy Matrimony: Forced Marriage in New Zealand' thesis – New to the Kete
One of the winners of the 2011 New and Emerging Community Researcher Awards, Priyanca Radhadkrishnan, studied the issue of forced and underage marriage in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her paper is now…