Wednesday 16th December 11am NZ Time Indigenous research ethics are a hot topic, with many non-indigenous researchers criticised for undertaking or leading research in and on indigenous communities. Indigenous researchers and communities are often compromised by the commissioning and ‘ownership’ of research. Research funding and approaches to managing ethics predominately rest with mainstream institutions.  In […]

Monday 7th December  11am NZ Time Watch our webinar to hear Dr Daniel Hernandez, (pen name Arcia Tecun), Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Auckland, discuss the role of identity in our society. He will explore how we learn, express, negotiate, and create our identities and how this is relevant to our culture, society, […]

In our November webinar, Edmond Fehoko, Pasifika Partnerships Consultant at Manukau Institute of Technology, discusses how the use of cultural practices (e.g. faikava) can be used to capture intergenerational experiences to support families and communities and to inform policy. Edmond has contributed important research towards Tongan cultural identity and social issues in Aotearoa. The cultural […]

Watch our October 2020 webinar to hear Martin Tolich from the NZ Ethics Committee discuss community research ethics and how the NZEC can support you or your organisation on your community research journey. Martin also speaks about some of the pressing issues in ethical community research including: Te Tiriti o Waitangi Equity Pākehā Paralysis Importance […]

Supporting Rainbow People in Aotearoa is a Rainbow resource for mental health professionals created through collaboration between InsideOUT, RainbowYOUTH, Gender Minorities Aotearoa, Youth Wellbeing Study and Gloria Fraser, a researcher at Victoria University of Wellington. Watch our webinar to hear more about why and how this resource was developed and how it is being used […]

We welcome Judge Becroft, Children’s Commissioner, who discusses how community organisations can focus on and respond to priorities for our tamariki and rangatahi.  He shares insights into how children fared during the Covid-19 lockdown and examines what is needed in 2020/2021 to support our young people going forward. Resources Powerpoint Presentation About the Presenter Judge […]

In response to the hugely positive feedback from our Mahi a Atua webinar, we now welcome Riana Manuel, Manukura Hauora (CEO), and Taima Campbell, Poukura Hauora (Clinical Services Manager), from Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki, who, earlier in 2020, launched Te Kūwatawata ki Hauraki – an immediate response service for whānau suffering mental distress. The […]

In this webinar, filmed on Thursday 21st May 2020, we are joined by Dr. Regan Potangaroa, Adrian Te Patu and Maire Kipa who present on the challenges and opportunities for Māori recovery from the Covid-19 situation, based on learnings from Otautahi and other indigenous disaster experiences. They reflect on: E hara I te mea nō […]

Check out these 2 videos filmed for us in April 2020 by Sharon Armstrong (Ngati Kahungunu), who became a victim of romance fraud in April 2011, when she was arrested at an airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with five kilos of cocaine concealed in a suitcase.  She spent 2.5 years in prison in Argentina, far […]

Join Ngati Porou psychiatrist Dr Diana Kopua who gives us an insight into her work developing Mahi a Atua, a Māori approach to well-being which draws on the stories, narratives and healing practices of te ao Māori. Her work in Turanganui A Kiwa has delivered significant health benefits for whānau and the services in the […]