- 22PHD20
Doctoral Thesis
Pae AhureiPātai Te Ao MāoriPhD Candidate: Kapua O’Connor (Ngāti Kurī, Pohūtiare)
Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Tracey McIntosh
- 22PHD18
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae AuahaPātai WhānauPhD Candidate: Ella Ruth Newbold (Waikato, Ngāti Porou)
Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Tahu Kukutai
- 22PHD17
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedRautaki KoungaPātai Te Ao MāoriPhD Candidate: Waratah Mihiwira Taogaga (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Barkindji (NSW), Ngāti Hāmoa.)
Primary Supervisor(s):
- 22PHD15
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae TawhitiPātai Te Ao MāoriPhD Candidate: Kahurangi Rora Waititi (Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngai Tahu)
Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
This research looks at how mahinga toi as process, theory and output contribute to whānau, hapū and iwi oranga and mana motuhake. This is explored through my iwi of Te Whanau a Apanui who have a strong history of tribal storytellers, that have led to our contemporary kaitoi and kaitito. One of the primary questions was how does mahinga toi contribute to oranga of whānau, hapū and iwi?
- 22PHD11
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae TawhitiPātai MauriPhD Candidate: Ms Emily Bain (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Toarangatira)
Primary Supervisor(s): Dr. Esther Willing
It is well established that there are significant problems in Aotearoa New Zealand’s health and disability system, especially for Māori – largely due to the cultural differences between Māori and the biomedical system the New Zealand health system was modelled on.
- 22PHD10
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae OraPātai WhānauTe Kai Ora a Kāi Tahu: Conceptualising Kāi Tahu kai sovereignty and Māori nutrition data sovereignty
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.
The centrality of mahika kai to Kāi Tahu identity will be explored with regards to the future of Kāi Tahu whānau and hapori control over kai sources, kai systems and kai practices for kai ora.
- 22PHD09
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPātai Te Ao MāoriPhD Candidate: Mana Mitchell (Ngāti Maniapoto)
Primary Supervisor(s): Dr Esther Willing
Rapid developments in the fields of intergenerational trauma and indigenous health worldwide have posed novel ethical challenges and philosophical threats to indigenous communities. This, alongside an existing need to further support and protect Māori researchers, participants and academics, means that a more comprehensive understanding of Kaupapa Māori methodologies and ethical strategies has become increasingly necessary.
- 22PHD08
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae TawhitiPātai PuāwaiPhD Candidate: Jennifer Tokomauri McGregor (Ngati Raukawa (Waikato))
Primary Supervisor(s): Dr. Alayne Mikahere-Hall
- 22PHD07
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae TawhitiPātai Te Ao MāoriPhD Candidate: Stacey Ruru (Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Raukawa)
Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Chellie Spiller
Throughout Aotearoa there are examples of wahine rangatira in business, non-government organisations and government organisations who contribute to their whānau, iwi and hapū in governance. This project will investigate the experiences and mentorship of wāhine rangatira in New Zealand governance. The aims of the project are twofold:
- 22PHD05
Doctoral Thesis
Project commenced:Project completedPae TawhitiPātai PuāwaiPhD Candidate: Ashlea Gillon (Ngāti Awa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāiterangi)
Primary Supervisor(s): Professor Tracey McIntosh
How do fat Indigenous wāhine experience and enact body sovereignty (as resistance) within systems of oppression? AKA What does body sovereignty mean to you?