Workshops

Whaia Te Tika Cultural Competency Workshops

This series of eight workshops is a focus on health and wellbeing that examines the relationship between Māori and the crown agencies and insitutions such as Universities, centralising a Kaupapa Māori approach to engagement to enhance partnership, participation and advancement of Māori health.

Workshop 1

PROMISES BROKEN AND WHERE TO FROM HERE

Unless it is accepted that New Zealand has two founding cultures, not one; unless Māori culture and identity are valued in everything government says and does; and unless Māori are welcomed into the very center of the way we do things in this country, nothing will change. Humans Rights Commission Discussion Report July (2012)

UNPACKING EQUALITY AND EQUITY

We have begun to understand that treating everyone equally doesn’t lead to equity, and in fact, equal treatment often perpetuates, justifies and maintains racial hierarchies.

Workshop 2

DISCRIMINATION AND RECOVERING AN EQUAL PARTNERSHIP

The establishment's beliefs "only change one funeral at a time”… Grant Dixson. ‘In Aotearoa New Zealand, people have differences in health that are not only avoidable but unfair and unjust. Equity recognises that different people with different levels of advantage require different approaches and resources to get equitable health outcomes.” (Ministry of Health, 2020).

KAUPAPA MĀORI APPROACHES AND OTHER FRAMEWORKS

Te Tiriti o Waitangi not only describes Crown obligations and Māori rights but is also a key improvement tool for achieving health equity and wellbeing for Māori.

Kaupapa Māori is centred on Māori ways of doing and being and is anchored in Tikanga Māori which directs the way in which all things “Māori” should be done.

Wānanga 1 Workshop 3 & 4

NAMING THE CHALLENGES: STRUCTURES, FRAMEWORKS AND POSITIONALITY

“We are all the same –one people, one nation” Humans Rights Commission Discussion Report July (2012)

…so why not all be Māori?

Societal structure, power, privilege and unconscious bias, together position Pākeha culture as the foundation of New Zealand’s society. These norms will frame Māori as weak, dependent and inferior.

Unless it is accepted that there are two founding cultures Māori will continue to be perceived, and know they are perceived, as an alien and resented minority, a problem to be managed with a seemingly endless stream of taxpayer-funding programmes, but never solved. Humans Rights Commission Discussion Report July (2012)

Discrimination is the consequence of privilege

BUILDING A BRIDGE: RESEARCH AND SUSPICIONS

Negative mass media representations of Māori are of major concern, impacting on Māori/Pākeha relations, how Māori see themselves, collective health and wellbeing, and ultimately undermining the fundamentals of equity and justice in our society. Anti-Māori themes in New Zealand journalism—toward alternative practice. Barnes, A. M., BorellB., McCreanorT., Nairn, R., RankineJ., & Taiapa, K. (2012)

This has resulted in suspicion of researchers, and we need to remove the "hoha" out of the narrative to move forward.

Workshop 5

APPLYING GOOD STUFF: KAUPAPA MĀORI IN THE CLINICAL CONTEXT

The Treaty of Waitangi is the foundation by which to bring the two partners together for their mutual benefit.

Workshop 6

APPLYING GOOD STUFF: KAUPAPA MĀORI IN THE NON-CLINICAL CONTEXT

The Treaty of Waitangi is the foundation by which to bring the two partners together for their mutual benefit.

Wānanga 2 (Workshops 7 & 8)

APPLYING GOOD STUFF: KAUPAPA MĀORI IN THE RESEARCH CONTEXT (PART 1 & 2)

The Treaty of Waitangi is the foundation by which to bring the two partners together for their mutual benefit.

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