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Benjamin Hanara (Ngāti Kahungunu), University of Otago

Vicky Jane Nelson (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Ruanui), University of Otago

Māori experience significant health inequities compared to non-Māori, and injury incidence and outcomes are no exception. Evidence from the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study (POIS), a longitudinal cohort study of injured New Zealanders, demonstrates that a substantial proportion of Māori experience ongoing difficulties, adverse outcomes, and disability up to 24 months post-injury. However, there remains limited understanding of long-term outcomes beyond this timeframe, particularly from a strengths-based perspective.

Hana Mereraiha Skerrett-White ( Ngā Tahu, Ngāti Pikiao, Tainui, Taranaki), University of Canterbury

The sociology of te reo Māori is the study of the relations between te reo Māori and Māori society, Māori values, Māori worldviews, Māori knowledge and Māori identities. In those terms, the object of this study would be Māori society and the impact of a colonising language, English, on te reo Māori. That would provide the impetus for language survival strategies in a language revitalisation endeavour.

In terms of this study, which incorporates sociological perspectives through an ethnolinguistic lens, it is closely related to the field of sociolinguistics which focuses on the effect of societal change on te reo Māori, the emphasis given in this study.

Sky Caitlyn Halford (Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Rangitane o Wairarapa), University of Canterbury

Antidepressant medications are .frequently prescribed medications, with over 600,000 New Zealanders taking an antidepressant in 2019. Antidepressant compounds remain biologically active after passing through the body and are not removed in wastewater treatment. Exposure to antidepressant compounds has negative impacts on other species, including reduced fertility and escape responses, altered mating behaviours, and reduced camouflage. There is little information regarding the extent of antidepressant compounds entering the New Zealand environment through wastewater ejjl.uent and sludge, and the potential negative impacts on New Zealand native species.

Moana Rarere (Rongomaiwahine, Nga.ti Kahungunu ki Wairoa/ki Heretaun a, Tiihoe, N ati Whare, Te O okorehe), Waikato University

My doctorate critically reviews Maori birth patterns in demography. Since the late 1970s Maori births have gradually converged to levels similar to Pakeha. However, important differences persist. Most notably, wahine Maori birth their babies earlier, and over a longer period of time. This doctoral study asks: What are the key factors that have sustained Maori fertility patterns? While I account for demographic and economic factors, my primary focus is on understanding the potential influence of cultural identity, which has received little attention in demographic studies. 

Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Tania Cliffe-Tautari), The University of Auckland

The purpose of this scoping exercise is to explore the research potential of a key issue emerging from my PhD thesis which was titled ‘Cultural identity as a resilience factor to reduce Māori youth offending’. One research area highlighted in my PhD is that there is a need to explore how Māori learners at risk of educational disengagement transition from Māori-medium and bilingual education settings to mainstream classrooms.

Research findings from my PhD indicated that rangatahi Māori felt that there was a lack of support provided due to being a second language learner of English. They felt that this impacted on their under achievement in the classroom. Consequently influencing their disengagement in education. Therefore, this scoping exercise will primarily be targeted towards Māori young people and children who have been in the care system and are at risk of future offending.