Linda Waimarie Nikora, Neville Robertson, Mohi Rua

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Relational nature of Maori Mens Health

• Linda Waimarie Nikora, Neville Robertson, Mohi
  Rua Darrin Hodgetts
• Maori Psychology Research Unit,
• University of Waikato

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Overview

• Quick intros
• A bit about us and current research directions
• But most about where we (you and us) think
  research on Maori relational health should go in
  the future

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A round of quick intros
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Maori Psychology Research Unit
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Maori Psychology Research Unit

• Maori focused
• Social, psychology, systems, qualitative and
  ethnographic orientation with eye to demography
• Everyday life
• Applied

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Maori Development Goals

• Survival
• Remaining Maori
• Creating a better world

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Linda Waimarie Nikora

• Director, PhD, AProf
• Maori Psychology Research Unit
• University of Waikato

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Ongoing work
Culturally patterned worlds and ways of being
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Future ideas
Positive relational health
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Neville Robertson

• Programme Covenor, PhD, Senior Lecturer
• Maori Psychology Research Unit
• University of Waikato

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Current work

• Fathers domestic violence
• Interviews with men and women on
• Role of father
• Fathers relationship with children
• Impact of the violence on children and mother
• Children and parents decision making

• An Evaluation of Te Whakaruruhau Whanau Ora
  Wellbeing Programme
• Whanau case studies
• Staff and other agency perspectives
• Issues
• What does whanau ora mean in the context of DV?
• Being set up to fail?

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Mohi Rua

• Research Fellow
• Maori Psychology Research Unit
• University of Waikato

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Research with Maori men

• The cultural construction of Maori masculinity
• A history of research on Maori men
• Research with Maori men
• Maori mens relationships and how these promote
  health today
• Addressing the crucial gap in research by
  studying the everyday lives and positive
  relationships of Maori men in the context of
  mens health

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Some questions to address

• What do we know about Maori men
• who do not offend?
• who are not in the justice system or prisons?
• who do not beat their children and partners?
• who have no gang affiliations?
• who lead relatively healthy lifestyles and are
  positively contributing and engaging
  constructively with their whanau and communities?
  
• Quite frankly not much at all.

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Darrin Hodgetts

• Professor (Societal Psychology)
• Maori Psychology Research Unit
• University of Waikato

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Work in progress

• Bloke Culture
• Homeless Men
• Medications Men who mother, Proxy Symptoms

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Some discussion questions others?

• What are your projects and research agendas?
• Do you see any synergies with our directions?
• What are the big gaps?
• Whats important not to forget?
• How might our work help what you do?
• What dont we know?