For those whanau transferred away from their home especially, the financial burden of preterm birth can have devastating consequences for the whole whanau. Travel expenses, unpaid time off work, and variable access to accommodation and support geographically all contributed to stress. Whanau spoke of their infant/s as giving them strength to face the new normal. It is notable that they became experts in their infants’ care. The findings from this analysis show the importance of whanau of preterm Maori infants receiving culturally safe care to enable them to acclimatize to their new ‘normal’ trajectory–as Maori, as whanau collectives.

Much later European doctors advocated investigation of the medicinal properties of plants commonly used in Maori medicine. (house/hut) about 2 3 metres with a low roof, an earth floor, no window and a single low doorway. The Betrayer (1921 Australian-New Zealand movie about inter-racial love) Got an unexpected boost when McDonald’s chose it to represent New Zealand.

Carving Te Toi Whakairo

In the hospital, parenting roles are disrupted as health practitioners take over the care of infants, and sometimes also mothers. McBrideHenry and his colleagues have highlighted how inhospitable hospitals can become for parents of young children who are frequently admitted to hospital. Being close to baby and being able to express self-determination in their role as whanau collectives are important , as are mothers’ desires to nurture their infants through breastfeeding or expressing breast milk .

This study was based on principles of Kaupapa Maori Research and the design and methods were informed. This includes the conscious positioning of Maori ways of seeing, being and doing, as central within our processes to support this research to be of primary benefit and meaning for Maori. Our discussion examines Maori textiles in Aotearoa/New Zealand as elements in a continuum of sacred experience unbounded by the temporal and spatial limitations of a particular ceremony. The fusion of creative practice, ritual action and ceremonial presence in weaving Maori cloaks, kakahu, typifies a cultural attitude in which the sacred and the secular are inseparable. To Klein, this could “actually change everything”, suggesting not just an environmental but a system change. I would like to state that in this paper I don’t speak for indigenous, or for Maori to be more specific, or even from the vantage point of someone with great knowledge of, rather I speak from the relative knowledge I gained in living in Aotearoa New Zealand for eight years.

Governance And Ethics For 4 Kaupapa Maori

Research linking Maori experiences to the WHO Commission for Social Determinants Of Health framework revealed that services lacking cultural fit were an intermediary determinant in health (Palmer and al., Reference Palmer Gray, Huria Lacey, Beckert, and Pitama 2019). They argue that drawing on Maori experiences to inform health services have the potential to ‘sustainably reduce the unequal distribution of quality healthcare’ (p.10). Existing research in brain injury has also highlighted the importance of partnerships that extend to and involve whanau and not just the individual . This is why rehabilitation education and practice should be based on a better understanding of the therapeutic connection derived from Maori’s experiences and perspectives. Literature strongly suggests that preterm birth experiences shared by non-Indigenous mothers and families may be similar to those of these participants. For example, mothers’ guilt at not being able feed their infants in NICU. What we are adding here is the intensification of these things, like self-doubt and guilt, by virtue of these women and whanau being Maori, living in a stigmatizing society.

Meaningful connections in neurorehabilitation are underpinned by wairua and hononga; are multi-layered; are enabled through interactions with people, practice, process and place; are inclusive of whanau and resonate with Maori worldviews. Therapeutic connections enhance patient experience and outcomes after neurological injury or illness. While we have some understanding of the components necessary to optimise therapeutic connections, these have developed from western-centric ideals.

Maori Bodywork & Healing

What we did hear about champions, though, indicates there is potential for culturally safe care to be scaled up across health care systems so that Maori whanau and other under-served groups find people who are on their side. These champions can support whanau as well as systemic transformation and are the way forward. As reported in previous research, for these whanau, this new trajectory, te ao hurihuri, was an emotional roller coaster, as they encountered new medical terminology, foreign environments, and uncertainties .

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