Abstract
Poipoia te Kākano, Kia Puāwai is a community-based Kaupapa Māori housing research programme that seeks to leverage Māori knowledge to inform housing solutions that work for Māori. This presentation highlights our research journeys and learnings. Rangatahi (youth) researchers at Waipuka have explored their kaitiakitanga (guardianship) responsibilities and are now inquiring after the housing aspirations of those wanting to live on their papakāinga. Regeneration of Te Kinakina wetlands in Te Kaha has led to a commitment to climate resiliency and an inquiry about how housing can be built in harmony with the whenua (land). In Te Wairoa, relationships between the home people and those returning home centre around concerns about belonging and having a place to call home. And at Te Hauke whānau have built houses on their papakāinga and are telling stories about being home and having secure housing, and the impacts on family health and wellbeing. The four projects highlight the importance of communities having control over research kaupapa (agendas) and methodologies. While exercising our autonomy, we shared our expertise, grew together in our love of research and, as kākano (seeds), we have supported each other to blossom. The projects highlight the interconnectedness of the taiao (land and natural environment), whakapapa (genealogy), tikanga (Māori custom law) and whanaungatanga (relationships) as a foundation for housing. Next, we will build a toolkit to support decolonisation through narratives, about our right to a house that is a home, where we can enact kaitiakitanga and the whenua can nurture wellness, vitality and sustainability.
Presenters
Tepora EmeryKaihautu Rangahau Māori - Research Director, Research, Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Anna Adcock
Research fellow, Faculty of Health, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand Kathleen Morrison
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Fiona Cram
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Zack Makoare
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Maia Te Huia Rarere
Beverly Te Huia Rarere
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Morehu Munroe
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Matariki Makoare
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Nikita Mitchell
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology Violet Ayden-Pou
Toi Ohomai Te Pukenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
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Theme
2023 Special Focus—Human/Nature: Toward A Reconciliation
KEYWORDS
Family health, Wellbeing, Secure Housing, Decolonization
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