Homai raa. Kia purutia, kia hereherea, taawhiwhi taamau. Ka pai. Taawhiwhi taumau, he tauira waiora a Waikato : The creation of a Waikato-specific Maaori health model
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description: This Doctoral rangahau (research) sought to create a Maaori (Indigenous people of New Zealand) health model specific to the health needs and desires of the people of Waikato (The collective name of the tribes of the Waikato basin). Globally, minority populations (including Maaori) are consistently and disproportionately over represented in many health, education and incarceration statistics. Colonisation, oppression and racial prejudices have been identified as the root causes for the statistical imbalances prevalent in society. Indigenous populations have endured suffering caused by disconnection from heritage, traditional practices, ancestral beliefs and the natural environment. All are consequences of legislative enforcement and an oppressive, colonialist attitude that patronises indigenous populations (i.e., that assumes the coloniser knows what is best for the colonised). For the majority of colonisation, the health models and frameworks intended to benefit indigenous peoples, yet designed and implemented by colonial based, oppressive governments and by institutions rooted in colonialist ideals, have consistently failed to provide and deliver health and wellness for indigenous peoples. The fact that indigenous peoples’ health continues to be poorer than their non-indigenous counterparts, in the majority of health measures, suggests models and frameworks designed by non-indigenous people do not work for indigenous populations. This has led to an emergence of indigenous and minority populations’ movements seeking to emancipate themselves from the shackles of colonial oppression. Pioneering health models and frameworks designed to counter the failures of those designed by the oppressor have provided salvation for indigenous peoples and have allowed the voices of minority populations to be heard in the health and wellbeing context; however the majority of these models have been overly generic. Yet, they have provided foundations that now must be built upon to enabl…
abstract: This Doctoral rangahau (research) sought to create a Maaori (Indigenous people of New Zealand) health model specific to the health needs and desires of the people of Waikato (The collective name of the tribes of the Waikato basin). Globally, minority populations (including Maaori) are consistently and disproportionately over represented in many health, education and incarceration statistics. Colonisation, oppression and racial prejudices have been identified as the root causes for the statistical imbalances prevalent in society. Indigenous populations have endured suffering caused by disconnection from heritage, traditional practices, ancestral beliefs and the natural environment. All are consequences of legislative enforcement and an oppressive, colonialist attitude that patronises indigenous populations (i.e., that assumes the coloniser knows what is best for the colonised). For the majority of colonisation, the health models and frameworks intended to benefit indigenous peoples, yet designed and implemented by colonial based, oppressive governments and by institutions rooted in colonialist ideals, have consistently failed to provide and deliver health and wellness for indigenous peoples. The fact that indigenous peoples’ health continues to be poorer than their non-indigenous counterparts, in the majority of health measures, suggests models and frameworks designed by non-indigenous people do not work for indigenous populations. This has led to an emergence of indigenous and minority populations’ movements seeking to emancipate themselves from the shackles of colonial oppression. Pioneering health models and frameworks designed to counter the failures of those designed by the oppressor have provided salvation for indigenous peoples and have allowed the voices of minority populations to be heard in the health and wellbeing context; however the majority of these models have been overly generic. Yet, they have provided foundations that now must be built upon to enabl…
author: Haggie, Marrin Brian Pikitawhaki
keywords: Taawhiwhi Taamau, Maaori Health, Maaori Health Model, Waikato Health Model
license: https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstreams/82a23a53-37c4-4fd5-9b69-2b4b79f43648/download
date published: 2021
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:57:44Z
provider: University Waikato
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: The University of Waikato