Te taiao, te tinana, e rua, e rua by Hone Waengarangi Morris

“….   [1] The Māori people are the indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand. …”
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The right to education and positive discrimination: a constitutional and legal analysis by A.R. Karapetian

“…It is established that: 1) positive discrimination in the field of higher education is prohibited in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia; 2) positive discrimination based on race in university admissions is prohibited in the USA; 3) positive discrimination is allowed and applied: in Canada to representatives of the indigenous population (indigenous peoples) when entering a university and when receiving special scholarships; in Bulgaria - only for one ethnic community - Gypsies when entering a university, in Hungary - for socially disadvantaged citizens and the ethnic community of Gypsies when entering a university, in Macedonia - for national minorities when entering a university; in Finland for applicants who speak Swedish when entering certain educational programs; in China - to representatives of ethnic minorities, in India - to representatives of classes and castes that, according to the Constitution of India, are disadvantaged; in New Zealand - to representatives of the indigenous Maori people and other Polynesians when entering higher education institutions and providing scholarships, in Sri Lanka - to applicants from areas with poor access to education, in Brazil - to representatives of racial and ethnic communities, people with low incomes and disabled people; 4) in Japan, in accordance with national legislation, it is forbidden to apply positive discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, social origin (but not citizenship) when entering a university, but in practice there is a policy of granting preferential treatment when entering a university to representatives of the Burakumin national minority; 5) The French Constitution of 1958 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion or sex, French legislation that develops provisions of the French Constitution prohibits direct and indirect discrimination in education based on race or ethnic origin, but allows positive discrimination in education that is based on signs of «belonging to a certain district of the city». …”
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The Design and Relevance of a Computerized Gamified Depression Therapy Program for Indigenous Māori Adolescents by Shepherd, Matthew, Fleming, Theresa, Lucassen, Mathijs, Stasiak, Karolina, Lambie, Ian, Merry, Sally N

“…ResultsSPARX computerized therapy has good face validity and is seen as potentially effective and appealing for Māori people. Cultural relevance was viewed as being important for the engagement of Māori young people with SPARX. …”
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The right to education and positive discrimination: a constitutional and legal analysis by A. Karapetian

“…It is established that: 1) positive discrimination in the field of higher education is prohibited in the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia; 2) positive discrimination based on race in university admissions is prohibited in the USA; 3) positive discrimination is allowed and applied: in Canada to representatives of the indigenous population (indigenous peoples) when entering a university and when receiving special scholarships; in Bulgaria – only for one ethnic community – Gypsies when entering a university, in Hungary – for socially disadvantaged citizens and the ethnic community of Gypsies when entering a university, in Macedonia – for national minorities when entering a university; in Finland for applicants who speak Swedish when entering certain educational programs; in China – to representatives of ethnic minorities, in India – to representatives of classes and castes that, according to the Constitution of India, are disadvantaged; in New Zealand – to representatives of the indigenous Maori people and other Polynesians when entering higher education institutions and providing scholarships, in Sri Lanka – to applicants from areas with poor access to education, in Brazil – to representatives of racial and ethnic communities, people with low incomes and disabled people; 4) in Japan, in accordance with national legislation, it is forbidden to apply positive discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, social origin (but not citizenship) when entering a university, but in practice there is a policy of granting preferential treatment when entering a university to representatives of the Burakumin national minority; 5) The French Constitution of 1958 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion or sex, French legislation that develops provisions of the French Constitution prohibits direct and indirect discrimination in education based on race or ethnic origin, but allows positive discrimination in education that is based on signs of «belonging to a certain district of the city». …”
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Māori Academic Challenges: Delivering Mātauranga Māori During COVID-19 by Fiona Te Momo

“…Mātauranga Māori is a body of knowledge exercised by Māori people in New Zealand. Sadler (2007) argues Mātauranga Māori was first invented by Māori when Pākehā (English people) arrived in New Zealand. …”
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Where Are We Dying? Ethnic Differences in Place of Death Among New Zealanders Dying of Cancer by Jason Kevin Gurney, James Stanley, Jonathan Koea, Jonathan Adler, June Atkinson, Diana Sarfati

“…We then described the crude and age-standardized proportions of cancer deaths by location separately by ethnic group, and conducted logistic regression to compare odds of death within a given location between ethnic groups.RESULTSAfter adjusting for age, sex, and deprivation, we found that Māori people with cancer are more likely to die in a private residence than Europeans (46% v 26%; odds ratio [OR] 2.45; 95% CI, 2.36 to 2.55), and also somewhat more likely to die in hospital (27% v 23%; OR 1.26; 95% CI, 1.21 to 1.32). …”
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Access to and Timeliness of Lung Cancer Surgery, Radiation Therapy, and Systemic Therapy in New Zealand: A Universal Health Care Context by Jason Gurney, Anna Davies, James Stanley, Laird Cameron, Shaun Costello, Paul Dawkins, Kimiora Henare, Christopher G.C.A. Jackson, Ross Lawrenson, Jesse Whitehead, Jonathan Koea

“…PURPOSELung cancer is the biggest cancer killer of indigenous peoples worldwide, including Māori people in New Zealand. There is some evidence of disparities in access to lung cancer treatment between Māori and non-Māori patients, but an examination of the depth and breadth of these disparities is needed. …”
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Interventions designed to improve uptake of allopurinol for gout treatment in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review by Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Corina Grey, Nicola Dalbeth, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Maryann Heather, Hinamaha Lutui, Siobhan Tu’akoi, Malakai Ofanoa, Samuela Ofanoa

“…The prevalence in Pacific and Māori people is one of the highest internationally. Although Pacific and Māori experience earlier onset and higher burden of gout, which can severely impact their quality of life, their management of it is often sub-optimal. …”
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Beneficial impacts of a national smokefree environments law on an indigenous population: a multifaceted evaluation by Thomson George, Glover Marewa, Waa Andrew, Gifford Heather, Edwards Richard, Wilson Nick

“…We present findings from a multifaceted evaluation of the impact of the smokefree workplace provisions of the New Zealand Smokefree Environments Amendment Act on Māori people in New Zealand. Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. …”
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Probing hydrogen bond interactions in a shear thickening polysaccharide using nonlinear shear and extensional rheology by Wee, May, Matia-Merino, Lara, Goh, Kelvin K.T., Jaishankar, Aditya, McKinley, Gareth H

“…The cooked pith has traditionally been used for various medicinal purposes and as a food source by the Maori people of New Zealand. It has potential applications as a thickener in the food industry and as a palliative for patients with dysphagia. …”
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Genome‐wide analysis reveals the genetic stock structure of hoki (Macruronus novaezelandiae) by Emily Koot, Chen Wu, Igor Ruza, Elena Hilario, Roy Storey, Richard Wells, David Chagné, Maren Wellenreuther

“…This species is significant to Māori people and supports the largest commercial fishery in New Zealand, but uncertainty about its stock structure presents a challenge for management. …”
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Discussion to the special issue: Supporting the transition of a diversity of students: Developing the “whole student” during and beyond their time at higher education by Jacques van der Meer

“…Initially, the main focus was on the indigenous population, the Māori people. In the last few decades of the 20th century, the focus was extended to the Pacific Island people, many of whom migrated to New Zealand from a wide range of different islands in the South Pacific. …”
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Study protocol for evaluating Brown Buttabean Motivation (BBM): a community-based, Pacific-driven approach to health by Fa’asisila Savila, Warwick Bagg, Boyd Swinburn, Bert van der Werf, Dave Letele, Anele Bamber, Truely Harding, Felicity Goodyear-Smith

“…Abstract Background Buttabean Motivation (BBM) is a Pacific-led organisation which aims to reduce obesity amongst Pacific and Māori people in New Zealand enabling them to choose a healthy and active life-style for the duration of their lives, their children, their wider family and the community. …”
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Recognising values and engaging communities across cultures: towards developing a cultural protocol for researchers by Rakhshi Memon, Muqaddas Asif, Ameer B. Khoso, Sehrish Tofique, Tayyaba Kiran, Nasim Chaudhry, Nusrat Husain, Sarah J. L. Edwards, Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning (PILL)

“…There is a considerable amount of guidance available on community engagement in clinical trials, especially for studies for HIV/AIDS, even culturally specific codes for recruiting vulnerable populations such as the San or Maori people. However, the same cannot be said for implementing research in global health. …”
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Karanga rua, karanga maha: Māori with lived experience of disability self-determining their own identities by Bernadette Jones, Paula Toko King, Gabrielle Baker, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Huhana Hickey, Meredith Perry, Rangi Pouwhare, Tristram Richard Ingham

“…Also used to include the complex of buildings; mātauranga: knowledge, wisdom; māuiui: illness, disorder; moemoeā: to have a dream, have a vision; ngāti Turi: Māori Deaf; Pākehā: foreign, New Zealander of European descent; Papatūānuku: Earth Mother; pēpi: baby, infant; rangatahi: younger generation; rangatira: chief/chieftainess; rohe: boundary, territory; rongoā: medicine, remedy; tamariki: children; tāngata: people; tāngata Turi: Māori Deaf; tāngata whaikaha: an empowering umbrella term used to encompass people (of all ethnicities) with lived experience of disability (literally: people striving for enablement); tāngata whaikaha Māori: an empowering umbrella term used to encompass Māori people with lived experience of disability (literally: people striving for enablement); tāngata whenua: people born of the land - of the placenta and of the land where the people's ancestors have lived and where their placenta are buried; tapu: sacred; te ao Māori: the Māori world; te ao Pākehā: the Pākehā (foreign) world; te ao tawhito: the ancient world; te reo Māori: the Māori language; Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the Māori version of the Treaty of Waitangi; forms the foundation of the contractual relationship between two internationally recognised sovereign nations – Māori, as tāngata whenua (people of the land), and the British Crown; tino rangatiratanga: absolute sovereignty, self-determination; tūrangawaewae: standing, place where one has the right to stand; tikanga Māori: customary system of values and practices developed over time and deeply embedded in the social context; tīpuna/tupuna: ancestors; wairua: spirit, soul; wānanga: to meet, discuss, deliberate, consider; Whaikaha: Te Reo Māori name of the Ministry of Disabled People; whakamā: to be ashamed, shy, bashful, embarrassed; whakapapa: ancestry, genealogy, familial relationships; whanau: to be born, extended family, family group; whānau hauā: a name for Māori with lived experience of disability; wharekai: dining hall; wharenui: meeting house, large house; whenua: placenta, ground, land.…”
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Healing Generational Trauma in Aboriginal Canadians by Jocelyn Chase

“…Cultural safety is a concept originating in New Zealand for the Maori people, and differs from other concepts like cultural humility, competency and awareness [2]. …”
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Diabetes epidemic in the Asia Pacific region: has hemoglobin A1C finally earned its place as a diagnostic tool? by Alexandra Bagley, Usman H. Malabu

“…Over the past two decades, in Australia and New Zealand, the prevalence of T2DM has more than doubled, mainly amongst the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori peoples respectively. With the increasing prevalence of diabetes in the Asia Pacific region coupled with the limited number of resources, use of a reliable and effective mode of diagnosis for T2DM is warranted. …”
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