Māori & Psychology Research Unit
Past Projects
Title: Aue ha! Māori Men's Relational Notions of Health
Investigators: Mohi Rua, Prof Darrin Hodgetts, Dr Tom Roa, Prof Linda Waimarie Nikora, Prof Ngahuia Te Awekotuku.
Funding Agency: Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga - New Zealand's Indigenous Centre for Research Excellence
Term: 2012 (June) - 2014 (June)
Title: Health & Homelessness: Social reintegration in Aotearoa
Investigators: Assoc Prof Darrin Hodgetts, Assoc Prof Linda Waimarie Nikora, Prof Kerry Chamberlain (Massey University), Dr Eci Nabalarua (University of South Pacific, Fiji) & Prof Alan Radley (Loughborough University, UK).
Grant Agency: Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand
Title: Increased uptake of energy conservation in households and communities
Investigators: Mohi Rua & Prof Linda Waimarie Nikora
Grant agency: Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Title: Medications in Everyday Life: Understandings and social practice
Investigators: Prof Kerry Chamberlain (Massey University), Assoc Prof Darrin Hodgetts, Dr Pauline Norris (University of Otago), Assoc Prof Kevin Dew (University of Otago), Dr Linda Waimarie Nikora, Prof Jonathan Gabe (Royal Holloway, University of London), Prof Alan Radley (University of Loughborough, UK) & Ms Helen Madden (Massey University, Albany)
Grant agency: Health Research Council
Title: ‘A pill for every ill’: The domestic life of medications in consumer society
Investigators: Prof Kerry Chamberlain (Massey University, Albany), Assoc Prof Darrin Hodgetts, Dr Pauline Norris (University of Otago), Assoc Prof Kevin Dew (University of Otago), Dr Linda Waimarie Nikora, Prof Jonathan Gabe (Royal Holloway, University of London), Prof Alan Radley (University of Loughborough, UK) & Ms Helen Madden (Massey University, Albany)
Grant agency: The Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand
Title: Strangers in Town: The health & social needs of Ngati Haua young people.
Investigators: Dr Linda Waimarie Nikora & Mohi Rua
Grant agency: Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Title: Ta Moko: culture, body modification and the psychology of identity.
Investigators: Prof Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua and Rolinda Karapu.
Grant Agency: The Marsden Fund, The Royal Society of New Zealand
Example of Output: Te Awekotuku, N., Nikora, L. W., Rua, M., & Karapu, R. (2007). Mau Moko: The world of Māori tattoo. Auckland: Penguin Publishing.
Title: What does it mean to be a man today? Bloke Culture and the Media
Investigators: Dr Darrin Hodgetts and Mohi Rua
Grant agency: Fast Start Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand
Example of Output: Hodgetts, D., & Rua, M. (2008). Media and Community Anxieties about Men's Interactions with Children. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology: Special Issue: Mediated Communities, 18(6), 527-542.
Title: Strangers in Town: Tuhoe ki Waikato.
Investigators: Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua, Prof Ngahuia Te Awekotuku and Prof Bernard Guerin
Grant Agency: Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Example of Output: Nikora, L. W., Rua, M., Te Awekotuku, N., Guerin, B., & McCaughey, J. (2008). Social consequences of Tuhoe migration: Voices from home in Te Urewera. MAI Review(2).
Title: Mediation & the Public Negotiation of Health Inequalities: Comparing Māori & Mainstream Media
Investigators: Dr Darrin Hodgetts, Linda Waimarie Nikora & Prof Kerry Chamberlain
Grant Agency: Health Research Council.
Example of Output: Barnett, A., Hodgetts, D., Nikora, L. W., & Chamberlain, K. (2007). Child poverty, news media framing and symbolic disempowerment of families in need. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 17(4), 296-312.
Title: Defining Pakeha Culture
Investigators: Dr Linda Waimarie Nikora, Assoc Prof Darrin Hodgetts, Dr Neville Robertson, Mohi Rua with Saburo Omura
Grant Agency: The Department of Psychology’s Research Fund, UoW
Example of Output: Nikora, L. W., Omura, S., Rua, M., Hodgetts, D., & Robertson, N. (2006). Pakeha - a burden on our society. Australian Journal of Psychology, 58(Supplement 1), 172.
Title: Te Rau Puawai 2002-2004 : An Evaluation
Investigators: Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua, Andrew Duirs, Keri Thompson & Tamati Amuketi
Grant Agency: The Ministry of Health
Example of Output: Nikora, L. W., Rua, M., Duirs, A., Thompson, K., & Amuketi, T. (2005). Te Rau Puawai 2002-2004: An Evaluation. A report prepared for the Ministry of Health & Massey University: Māori & Psychology Research Unit.
Title: Mauriora: Ma ratou, ma matou, ma tatou - Māori Television and Health
Investigators: Linda Waimarie Nikora, Dr Darrin Hodgetts & Rolinda Karapu
Grant Agency: Health Research Council
Example of Output: Groot, S., Nikora, L. W., Hodgetts, D., & Karapu, R. (2006). Cultural vehicles and the Māori print media: What cultural concepts are used to communicate health messages to Māori? Australian Journal of Psychology, 58(Supplement 1), 139.
Title: Nga Taonga o Te Urewera.
Investigators: Linda Waimarie Nikora and Prof Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Grant Agency: Tuhoe Waikaremoana Māori Trust Board.
Example of Output: Te Awekotuku, N. & Nikora, L.W. (2003) Nga taonga o Te Urewera. A Report prepared for the Waitangi Tribunal's Urewera District Inquiry, August (Wai 894, doc B6).
Title: Monitoring for first year Māori students enrolled in selected Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Courses
Investigators: Michelle Levy & Margaret Williams
Grant Agency: Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato
Example of Output: Levy, M., & Williams, M. (2003). Monitoring for first year Māori students enrolled in selected Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Courses. Commissioned Research: A report prepared for the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Waikato). Hamilton: The University of Waikato.
Title: The MPRU Media Project - an analysis of news media articles resulting from Hon Minister Tariana Turia's address to the New Zealand Psychological Society 2000.
Principal Investigator: Linda Waimarie Nikora
Example of Output: Collection of articles
Title: Success Stories: Narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems.
Principal Investigators: Dr Hilary Lapsley and Linda Waimarie Nikora.
Grant Agency: Health Research Council
Example of Output: Lapsley, H., Nikora, L. W., & Black, R. (2000). Women's narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems. In J. Ussher (Ed.), Women's health: Contemporary International Perspectives. Leicester, UK: British Psychological Society.