New Zealand

Eleven case studies on best practices in business/Aboriginal partnerships.

Shows incident of stomach cancer is higher in Indigenous populations globally and is linked to poor socioeconomic conditions and a lower standard of health.

Looks at universal principles of good governance and how they are applied to business ventures. Includes business development cases.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Concludes that future research is necessary in this area to look at new ways of understanding the ties between economic issues and Indigenous lives.

Argues that jurisdiction over matters which affect children and families is part of the right to self-determination.

Discusses various uses of art today and the possibilities for copyright laws to accommodate this artform.

Delves into the religious ideologies underlying British colonial attempts to deal with Indigenous populations in America.

Looks at reasons why Aboriginal groups are more at risk for suicide than other Canadian communities.

Looks at fiduciary obligations of federal government should Québec secede from Canada.

Looks at options for participation in legal and political institutions, including examples from New Zealand and Scandinavia, and initiatives at the provincial level.

Comments on long distance journeys by canoe, the revival of canoe making and teaching respect for the water.

Nursing and Health Informatics Thesis (MSN)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Paper from 5th APEC Research and Development Leaders Forum. Looks at integration of two separate views of science, western scientific criteria and the tenets of Indigenous knowledge.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waikato, 2015.

"This paper describes Maori suicide prevention research as a body of knowledge dominated by Western mono-cultural and a/historicised analysis."

Examines the crucial role between media technologies and the process of Māori cultural revitalization, sustainability and development for post-settlement Ngāi Tahu.

Contends that economics plays an integral part in the management of water resources.

Discusses te Ture Whenua Máori Bill, a land reform bill and how the Máori Land Court approach traditional land matters.

Examines Gavin Mooney's contributions to health economics in relation to equity and social justice, social determinants of health in Indigenous populations, and the supporting role communities play in decision-making about their health care systems.

Looks at components and implementation of the Positive Youth Development Programme (PYD) developed to increase leadership skills in youth.

Book review of: The Changing Role of the Leader in Māori Society by Maharaia Winiata

Identifies the present and future training and practice needs of Māori nurses in New Zealand.

Database search of literature published between September 1978 and May 2015 produced 62 appropriate studies. Interdependence was evident between all of the eight characteristics: accessible health services, community participation, continuous quality improvement, culturally appropriate and skilled workforce, flexible approach to care, holistic health care, and self-determination and empowerment.

Compares the New Zealand experience to the Canadian and explores the viability of the industry in British Columbia.

Reviews legislation and services provided in Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand, and suggests new approaches to family and community well-being.

Book review of: Cinema, Cross-Cultural Collaboration, and Criticism by Davinia Thornley.

Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.

Article explores growth of recent Māori research capacity and how non-Indigenous parties can perform fruitful research equitably.

Provides overview of how traditions have been perceived in the past and cross-cultural perspective on how they have been used by Indigenous peoples in various locations, and identifies issues involving analysis and ethnographic instruction.

Discusses Western approach to the oral tradition, and its meaning and utility.

[Indigenous History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2017.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2002.

Comments on the film, Cloud Atlas, loosely based on the novel of the same name.

Describes research approach used to design a mobile-phone-delivered healthy lifestyle app which was targeted at Māori communities.

Looks at the reasons why Indigenous interests and rights are so much less visible in urban planning and policy than in fields such as natural resource management and environmental planning. Chapter from Reclaiming Indigenous Planning edited by Ryan Walker, Ted Jojola, and David Natcher. Scroll down to read.

Book review of: Collaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy Tataihono by Wiremu Niania, Allister Bush and David Epson.

Comments on a seven-year international project on Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH).

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 30.

Book review of: Colonial Photography and Exhibitions by Anne Maxwell. Review located by scrolling to page 257.

Looks at the effects of colonialism on the over representation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice systems of four countries.

Discusses how colonization has impacted women in Maori society and examines the effects as a result of colonization.

[Education] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waikato, 2013.

Discusses research in Indigenous studies using three themes: worldview and ethics, culturally based research methods and researching both the sources and symptoms of disadvantage.

Searched conducted for articles and reports published between August 2015 and January 2017 using PsychINFO, Embase, CINAHL and Medline. Identified 14 items of strong and moderate quality with content pertaining to the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia.

Landscape Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 1999.

Identifies and summarizes 34 scholarly articles with a focus on five research areas: epidemiology; health service delivery and continuum of care; health and wellness outcomes; psychosocial issues and barriers to treatment; and knowledge translation.

Conversation between two New Zealand researchers regarding the importance of ethnicity in health research.

Review of literature and international best practices, with focus on Canada.