Pātai Whānau

Project supervisors: Professor Denise Wilson & Dr Alayne Mikahere-Hall

While the terms racism and equity are increasingly commonly used, action that meaningfully addresses racism and eliminates inequities is less common. This programme seeks to uncover how commitments to equity and ending racism are undermined, ‘non-performative’ or symbolic only, and how they may need to be reconfigured in the context of Aotearoa to align with rangatiratanga.

Māori youth are over-represented in the negative indices for youth court apprehensions (8.3 times higher than non-Māori) (Ministry of Justice, 2020).

PhD Candidate: Ella Ruth Newbold (Waikato, Ngāti Porou)

Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Tahu Kukutai

PhD Candidate: Hannah Rapata (Kāi Tahu)

Primary Supervisors: Associate Professor Donna Cormack

This research is focused on “Te Kai Ora a Kāi Tahu” and will use kaupapa Māori qualitative methods to explore opportunities to strengthen connections between Kāi Tahu whenua, peoples, and waters.

Project supervisor: Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki

Institution: The University of Waikato

Project Summary: The primary purpose of this project is to explore how selected issues involving race in New Zealand are framed and discussed in social and traditional media, including expression of both overt and more subtle forms of racism.