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Hauora Māori (Māori Health): Kaupapa Māori

Maori health initiatives and health promotion

Kaupapa Māori resources

The Te Ara Poutama library guide contains an excellent set of resources on Kaupapa Māori and indigenous research methodologies. 

The list of databases and journals is a great starting point for research.

Hei Hauhake Whakaaro - A resource for Kaupapa Māori researchers (Tōmaiora Māori Health Research Group, Auckland University)

Kaupapa Māori research and resources with a focus on hauora Māori. 

  • Primary Māori resources (using Kaupapa Māori theory / methodology)
  • Secondary Māori resources (about Kaupapa Māori theory / methodology)
  • Non-Māori  resources (indigenous and non-indigenous issues relevant to Kaupapa Māori research)
  • Tōmaiora theses and dissertations (written by researchers associated with Tōmaiora)
  • Glossary 
  • Additional resources

Database recommendations

  • Māori health and New Zealand articles (CINAHL, Medline, Scopus, AUT Google Scholar, ANZ Reference Centre, NewzText, INNZ)
  • Hansard (NZ Parliamentary debates. Search for discussion on Māori health topics. Search example below)
  • PsycINFO (behavioral sciences, psychotherapy, mental health focus. Search example below)

Hansard

  • Search Hansard for debates on social, economic, health, and policy issues of importance to Māori
  • Search in te reo Māori or English
  • Use quotation marks around phrases, eg "hauora hinengaro"
  • Use Dates to restrict your search to a certain time period

Example

PsycINFO

  • Search PsycINFO for journal articles on health related topics
  • Search in te reo Māori or English
  • Use quotation marks around phrases, eg "hauora hinengaro"
  • Use the Filter By options to restrict your search to a certain time period
  • Note: You can also search for one concept or set of concepts at a time and join together using the search history

Example: Search all concepts at the same time

 

Example: Search each concept or set of concepts individually and join together using the search history

 

Search the Tuwhera (AUT) and NZ Research repositories to locate theses and dissertations using a Kaupapa Māori approach. 

Search the repositories:

  • to see how other researchers have used Kaupapa Māori in their research
  • to check if someone else has written a thesis on your topic (question: Will your research fill a gap in the current knowledge?)
  • to identify relevant literature in the reference lists of theses and dissertations 

NZ Research covers all NZ universities. 

  • Enter your keywords. Example: "kaupapa maori"
  • Select a level
  • Click Search

 

  • 263 theses contain the keywords: kaupapa maori

 

Search examples

Use quotation marks for phrases, e,g "kaupapa maori". This tells the database to search for both words together in the order written. 

You can search in te reo Māori or a mix of English and Māori.  

  • "kaupapa maori" violence retrieves all thesis records containing "kaupapa maori" with violence
  • "hauora hinengaro" "kaupapa maori" retrieves all thesis records containing these keywords

When searching more than one idea at a time, group similar keywords together in brackets 

  • "kaupapa maori" ("hauora hinengaro" OR "mental health") retrieves all thesis records containing kaupapa maori with "hauora hinengaro" or "mental health" 

Look in the 'related subjects' field in the thesis record to identify new keywords. Click on a subject heading to explore other research tagged with the same keyword. 

 

International theses and dissertations

Search International repositories for:

  • theses on Māori health written overseas
  • examples of theses using alternative indigenous research methodologies
  • to check if someone else has written a thesis on your topic (question: Will your research fill a gap in the current knowledge?)

 

'Grey' literature:

  • may be published informally or non-commercially, or remains unpublished
  • may include Government reports, statistics, patents, conference papers, theses, dissertations, blogs, social media posts and images
  • may not indexed by major databases
  • may not go through a peer-review process

 

Grey literature may be found in:

  • AUT databases (e.g. CINAHL and Scopus, NewzText)
  • theses databases & repositories (e.g NZresearch and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses)
  • organisational websites (publications pages)
  • on the open internet using Google Advanced Search (search example below)

Google Advanced Search

Use Google Advanced Search to search for keywords:

  • in a website (e.g health.govt.nz) or
  • across a web domain (e.g govt.nz)

 

Example: Search for "kaupapa maori" and "intergenerational trauma" across all websites with the domain .org.nz