Engagement and recruitment of Māori and non‐Māori people of advanced age to LiLACS NZ by Lorna Dyall, Mere Kepa, Karen Hayman, Ruth Teh, Simon Moyes, Joanna B. Broad, Ngaire Kerse

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The Romanticized Māori – Māori Portraits on Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Postcards and Photographs by Thode-Arora, Hilke

“…Their impact as a form of popular media must have been immense, creating and perpetuating stereotyped images of Māori people in Aotearoa (the Māori name for New Zealand) and all over the Western world. …”
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Language Situation and Language Policy in New Zealand by A R Beckeyeva

“…The paper draws attention to the growth of ethnic consciousness of the Maori people, communicative expansion of the Maori language usage in public, political, educational, scientific and cultural spheres of New Zealand.…”
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Addressing rheumatic fever inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand: a scoping review of prevention interventions by Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Maryann Heather, Hinamaha Lutui, Samuela Ofanoa, Malakai Ofanoa, Siobhan Tu’akoi

“…Evaluation outcomes were, however, lacking for many initiatives. Pacific and Māori people primarily served only in an advisory or delivery capacity, rather than as partners in co-design or leadership from the beginning. …”
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Theorising Lindauer's Māori portraits: Rethinking Images of Māori in Museums, Exhibitions, Ethnography and Art by McCarthy, Conal

“…This paper surveys ‘representations’ of Māori in connection with museums and international exhibitions from 1873-1925, in particular through works of art by painters such as Lindauer and taonga (treasures) made by Māori people themselves. It questions the postmodern analysis of objects and public display in terms of representation, along with the politics of identity that go with it, arguing instead that using a framework of visual culture, actor-network theory and indigenous agency illuminates these objects in a different, and altogether more complex way. …”
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So It Vanished: Art, Taboo and Shared Space in Contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand by Jonathan Barrett

“…The incorporation of water used to wash corpses in So It Vanishes, particularly in proximity to cultural treasures, would have been deeply offensive, indeed dangerous, for Māori people. Following objections, the exhibition was cancelled. …”
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Bilingual Children’s Language and Literacy Development by Eun-Young Kwon

“…Long submerged under the dominant Englishspeaking Pakeha (euro-New Zealand) culture, the indigenous language of the Maori people foundered until a recent movement for cultural recognition brought it into the foreground of national consciousness. …”
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Te Pā Harakeke: Māori and non-Māori parent (whānau) support of culturally responsive teaching pedagogies by Camilla Highfield, Melinda Webber, Rachel Woods

“… This strengths-based paper draws on the qualitative and quantitative survey results from whānau (family members) of tamariki (children) attending 12 schools in an urban area in New Zealand with a high proportion of Māori people. The paper describes the positive impact of effective family engagement on tamariki, from the perspectives of whānau, paying particular interest to the differences between Māori and non-Māori whānau. …”
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Tupaia: Palingenesis of a Polynesian Epic Hero by Elena Traina

“…Polynesian navigator Tupaia boarded Captain Cook’s Endeavour in Tahiti in 1769, becoming a cultural intermediary and interpreter during the first encounters with the Māori people in Aotearoa. What we know of Tupaia is gathered by several accounts by members of the British expedition, but no Māori or other Polynesian sources have survived after Tupaia’s death in 1770. …”
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Tūhonotanga—A Māori Perspective of Healing and Well-Being through Ongoing and Regained Connection to Self, Culture, Kin, Land and Sky by Donny Riki Tuakiritetangata, Alicia Ibarra-Lemay

“…This chapter discusses the way she works with tāngata whaiora (Māori people, seekers of wellness) and how the process of healing is conceptualized in her Mãori worldview.…”
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Humanities for medical students: essential to their cultural competence and patient-engaged practices of care by Phillipa Malpas, Tanisha Jowsey

“…We discuss how one course within the programme promotes student cultural awareness of - and responsiveness to - Maori people and Deaf people. Specific attention is paid to current leading pedagogy, as well as how the use of space and language contribute to student learning. …”
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Plenary: The legacy of museum ethnography for indigenous people today - case studies from Aotearoa/New Zealand by Arapata Hakiwai, Paul Diamond

“…In the papers, indigenous scholars and museum professionals presented a mix of past legacies and contemporary initiatives which illustrated the evolving relations between Māori people, and museums and other cultural heritage institutions in New Zealand. …”
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An Academic Occupation: Mobilisation, Sit-In, Speaking Out and Confrontation in the Experiences of Māori Academics by Ocean Ripeka Mercier, Christine Asmar, Susan Page

“…The most common outcome of confrontationwas negotiationand reclamationof space for Māori people, norms and values. In spite of this apparent willingness of the university to compromise, we find that capitulation(being moulded to the norms of the academy) and ( self-)eviction(reconciling difference by leaving the university) are ever-present possibilities for Māori academics. …”
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Patricia Grace’s “Potiki”: Indigenous Māori Narrative Through the Lens of the Transculturalism Theory by Semyon S. Galaktionov, Zoya G. Proshina

“…Her fate echoes the life stories of many indigenous Māori people with mixed origins, and in regards to that it is interesting to see how this aspect of her existence was reflected in the works she created. …”
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Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review by Bruno Marques, Claire Freeman, Lynette Carter, Maibritt Pedersen Zari

“…A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both Māori and non-Māori people.…”
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Navigating Boundaries in Additive Manufacturing through Action Research by Katharina Ruckstuhl, Rafaela C. C. Rabello, Sally Davenport

“…Through action research as praxis and as critical orientation, we have identified key mechanisms in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research for commercialization, particularly in the context of New Zealand’s indigenous Māori people. Our preliminary analysis indicates that an explicit understanding of the fuzzy spaces can help teams find creative and collaborative means to navigate the productive but challenging “interstices of disciplines” (Mengis et al., 2018) to produce science innovation and discoveries and to galvanize relationships with industry and Māori participants. …”
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Moana (Pacific) Expressions of Design by Sonya Withers, Charlotte Harper-Siolo, Samuel Hāmuera Dunstall, Pelerose Vaima’a, Kristina Gibbs, Alexander Te’o-Faumuina

“…They whakapapa as Tangata whenua (Māori, people of the land) or Tagata o le Moana (specifically Sāmoan). …”
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Using Palaeomagnetic Techniques to Date Indigenous Archaeological Sites in New Zealand by Shefali Poojary, Fergus Robinson, Gillian Turner

“…Aotearoa/New Zealand was first settled by the Māori people some 800–1000 years ago. Archaeomagnetism provides one of the few means of dating early sites of Māori occupation, particularly when radiocarbon dating is not feasible. …”
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"Healthy Eating - Healthy Action": evaluating New Zealand's obesity prevention strategy by Tanuvasa Ausaga, Ehau Terry H, Cumming Jacqueline, Croxson Bronwyn, Buckley Sue, Hoek Janet A, McLean Rachael M, Johnston Margaret, Mann Jim I, Schofield Grant

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>New Zealand rates of obesity and overweight have increased since the 1980s, particularly among indigenous Māori people, Pacific people and those living in areas of high deprivation. …”
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Ethnic differences in coronary heart disease case fatality rates in Auckland by Christopher Bullen, Robert Beaglehole

“…Pacific Islands and Maori people with acute coronary events took longer to reach a coronary care unit (mean times: Pacific Islands people 8.6 hours, Maori 7.4 hours, Europeans 6.7 hours, P < 0.05), although the median times were not significantly different; life–support units were used by a majority of Pacific Islands people and Europeans (57 per cent and 55 per cent, respectively), compared with only 46 per cent of Maori, but hospital care was similar for the three groups. …”
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