Māori health

Towards a kaupapa Māori fitness gym. A Bourdieusian analysis

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
capital accumulation
Exercise
fitness gym
Māori health
Author(s): 
Darcy Karaka
Anne-Marie Jackson
Hauiti Hakopa
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.1.5

The fitness gym is an avenue where people pursue their health and well-being aspirations. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori have similar rates of physical activity to non-Māori; however, it is unclear how many Māori access the fitness gym. At the time of undertaking the research reported in this article, the lead author was a health advisor at a fitness gym within a Māori health provider whilst completing his Master of Physical Education. He was interested in examining whether a Kaupapa Māori gym was possible.

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Rebuilding a ‘whare’ body of knowledge to inform ‘a’ Māori perspective of health

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
whare tapa whā
hauora
Māori health
well-being
curriculum
Education
Author(s): 
Sharyn Heaton

This article explores and expands the discourse around the whare tapa whā which has been depicted in New Zealand curricula and in educational literature as a contemporary Māori model of health, as a Māori perspective of health, as a Māori philosophy of hauora and as a four-sided meeting house. 

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The Use of Exercise Physiology in the Advancement of Māori Well-Being: The Application of Kaupapa in Lab-Based Research

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Research methodology
Exercise science
Māori health
Indigenous health services
Exercise
Physical
Author(s): 
Isaac Warbrick
Amohia Boulton
Stephen Stannard and Chris Cunningham

Type-2 diabetes and other illnesses associated with a sedentary lifestyle have a high prevalence among Māori. While the application of knowledge from exercise physiology, a specific discipline of the health sciences, could be used to enhance Māori health aspirations, Māori-led research in this field is relatively uncommon. Exercise physiology seeks to understand physical performance and the relationships between fitness, body composition, health and illness. Rarely have the key tenets of exercise physiology been applied to Māori populations.

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Developing new approaches for the recruitment and retention of Indigenous participants in longitudinal research: Lessons from E Moe, Māmā: Maternal Sleep and Health in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
recruitment and retention
longitudinal studies
Kaupapa Māori epidemiology
maternal health
Māori health
Author(s): 
Sarah-Jane Paine
Monique Priston
T. Leigh Signal
Bronwyn Sweeney
Diane Muller

Recruitment and retention of participants in longitudinal studies relies on systems that support the participants throughout the research, and ensures high quality data management and protection. In addition, working with indigenous communities and participants requires specific processes that are informed by indigenous knowledge and understandings of the constituent properties underlying “good” and ethical research practice.

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