Linda Waimarie Nikora, Neville Robertson, Mohi Rua & Darrin Hodgetts

Maori & Psychology Research Unit,University of Waikato

Relational nature of Maori Men’s Health

Quick intro’s

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

Overview

A round of quick intro’s

Maori & Psychology Research Unit

• Maori focused• Social, psychology, systems,

qualitative and ethnographic orientation with eye to demography

• Everyday life• Applied

Maori & Psychology Research Unit

• Survival• Remaining Maori• Creating a better world

Maori Development Goals

Director, PhD, AProfMaori & Psychology Research UnitUniversity of Waikato

Linda Waimarie Nikora

Ongoing work

Culturally patterned worlds and ways of being

Future ideas

Positive relational health

Programme Covenor, PhD, Senior LecturerMaori & Psychology Research UnitUniversity of Waikato

Neville Robertson

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Current work

Fathers & domestic violenceInterviews with men and women on

Role of father Father’s relationship

with children Impact of the

violence on children and mother

Children and parent’s decision making

An Evaluation of Te Whakaruruhau Whānau Ora Wellbeing ProgrammeWhānau case studiesStaff and other agency perspectivesIssues

What does whānau ora mean in the context of DV?

Being set up to fail?

Research FellowMaori & Psychology Research UnitUniversity of Waikato

Mohi Rua

Research with Maori men

The cultural construction of Maori masculinity

A history of research on Maori men Research with Maori men Maori men’s 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 men’s health

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.

Professor (Societal Psychology)Maori & Psychology Research UnitUniversity of Waikato

Darrin Hodgetts

Work in progress

Bloke Culture Homeless Men Medications – Men who mother, Proxy

Symptoms

Some discussion questions + others? What are your projects and research

agendas? Do you see any synergies with our

directions? What are the big gaps? What’s important not to forget? How might our work help what you do? What don’t we know?