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New Horizons Summer Intern Te Hirea Doherty joins Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiarangi
We are very pleased to announce that Te Hirea Doherty has been awarded a Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga New Horizons summer internship. Te Hirea will work under the supervision of Dr Erena Wikaire over the summer of 2022/2023 and will complete a Kaupapa Māori literature review of cannabis and methamphetamine use in Aoteaora. Te Hirea is a 3rd year Medical student at Otago University and hopes to gain valuable kaupapa Māori research experience and skills during her internship. The results of the literature are planned to be published as a journal article in early 2023.
New report about Sovereignty of the Māori mind released
This report, developed for Nōku te Ao - the programme of work that aims to end discrimination of those with experiences of mental distress - offers a Māori world view of Nōku te Ao. The report highlights the multiple ways Māori are discriminated against across the lifecourse, and the way the Māori mind has been colonised through institutional racism. This report will inform the overall Nōku te Ao programme going forward, so that it's initiatives are designed in ways that meet Māori needs and realities.
Tākoha - Health promotion outcomes framework for Aotearoa
The Health Promotion arm of the National Public Health Service, Te Whatu Ora has recently released Tākoha - an outcomes framework for best practice health promotion in Aotearoa. Co-authored by Dr Mihi Ratima and Dr Erena Wikaire, Tākoha outlines the critical foundations, leadership activities, and process outcomes necessary to achieve the overall health promotion aims at a national level. Designed as an interactive model, Tākoha provides a flexible pathway through which those working in the health promotion sector can identify factors that ensure their work is of high quality and will reduce health inequities.