New Zealand

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2013.

Searched Medline, Embase and Web of Science for information on four countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Risk factors included childhood abuse, domestic violence, discrimination, and substance use.

Looks at the similarities and differences of HIV diagnoses; and discusses the lessons learned for effective HIV prevention among Indigenous peoples.

Provides a summation of the outcomes framework and evaluation methodology and recommends a partnership with the government and the community.

Research project looks at use of health services by the elderly in Rānana, Whanganui River.

Project undertaken to address knowledge gaps and define service priorities.

Interview with co-curator Steve Loft about Home On Native Land exhibit featuring artists from around the world presenting a variety of new media works and issues facing Aboriginal People in Canada. Duration: 8:05.

Community Psychology Thesis (MAppPsy)--University of Waikato, 2014

Looks at connection between Indigenous oral history and historiography described in a Waitangi Tribunal report released from the Whanganui River Inquiry.

Discusses the historical context of events precluding the Nisga'a Treaty.

Book review of: Hope at Sea by Teresa Shewry.

Authors note the lack of lifecourse research that relating to Māori people; discuss current approaches and stress the need for Māori leadership in the collection, analysis, management, and governance of longitudinal data that can be used to inform health and social policy to guide programmes and interventions that support positive Māori outcomes throughout life.

Comments on the missing elements from the governments' apology.

Reports on the use an Indigenous mental health outcome measurement which contributes to the skill and expertise of clinicians treating Māori patients.

Looks at outcomes from a Maori research project to develop a program for defining a pure product, such as food, meat, wool and traditional medicines. that is free from genetic modification, nanotechnology, chemicals and pesticides.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New South Wales, 2012.

Discusses the agreement that entitles the Whanganui River to be given a legal identity and have a legal voice.

Gender and Women's Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2013.

Current as of 2009.

Compares conventional stormwater management with a sustainable design model.

Discusses study which examined cultural identity transformation in European New Zealanders who engaged extensively with Te Ao Māori (the Māori world).

Discussion of an international initiative to control access to indigenous knowledge, aimed at protecting sacred and secret knowledge and ensuring proper compensation for intellectual property which is shared.

Focuses on the contribution of Maori writers to the reconstructing of New Zealand's national profile.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Waikato, 2007.

Focuses on Māori economy in sectors such as agriculture, forestry and logging, arts and recreation, and tourism. Topics include business continuity, opportunities and risks, impacts on key sectors and ramifications for cash flow. Related material: Part 2: Preparing to Recover Part 3: Preparing to Thrive

Information prepared to support Māori freehold land owners in making key decisions. Topics include action points, current economic impact of the pandemic, and how different the COVID-19 recession is to the Global Financial Crisis. Related material: Part 1: How to Respond Part 3: Preparing to Thrive

Provides questions to consider and action points, preliminary views on the current economic impact of the pandemic, assessment of how relevant sectors will re-emerge, rebound economic indicators to monitor and mid-case, worst case, and sustained economic disruption scenario narratives. Related material: Part 1: How to Respond Part 2: Preparing to Recover

Discusses Australian context; crime levels; policing interventions carried out by communities; programs for violent crime; sentencing alternatives; education, drug and alcohol, support and community supervision; and initiatives in Canada, United States, and New Zealand.

Explores how social capital theory has been applied to Aboriginal contexts in each country. Chapter from Social Capital in Action: Thematic Policy Studies by Maurice Lévesque, Norah Keating, Jennifer Swindle, Deborah Foster, Jean Lock Kunz ... [et al.] Scroll to page 66 to access chapter.

Three reports looked at the effects on university students, and learners in industry training organisations and private training establishments.

Overview of colonization and the protests by the Indigenous people in Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.

Looks at the activities of the United Nations' Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Discussion on the initiatives and data needed to evaluate policies aimed at improving the health status of Indigenous children.

Covers several themes: early childhood development, language and culture programs, teaching and curriculum, community involvement, student characteristics, and factors contributing to post-secondary success. Current as of 2001.

Discusses the group's formation, composition, accomplishments and activities, challenges for health measurement, related efforts, and future directions.

Looks at the history of "written culture".

Examines the role of orality in Albert Wendt's Leaves of the Banyan Tree and The Mango’s Kiss.

Study shows that the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) program works particularly for Māori and Pasifika students.

Brief discussion of similarities and differences between 24 individual entrepreneurs and business leaders from four separate countries.

Argues that, based on New Zealand models, principles of Indigeneity or an Aboriginal sensitive approach, is both necessary and overdue as a practice for Canadian policy making.