Research

Research in Progress

Project title: The expression, experience and transcendence of low-skill in Aotearoa New Zealand

Investigators: Prof Gail Pachero (AUT), Prof Stephen Reder (Portland State University), Dr Marco Paccagnella (OECD), Dr Bridgette Awatere-Masters (University of Waikato), Dr Bill Cochrane (University of Waikato), Dr Mohi Rua, Dr Betty Ofe-Grant (AUT), Dr Jane Furness (University of Waikato)

Post-Doctoral Research Fellows: Dr Kabir Dasgupta, Dr Christopher Erwin, and Dr Alexander Plum

Funding: $4,350,807.00. Funding period: 5 years from MBIE Endeavour Fund.

Title: Haumanu Hauora: Strengthening health institution Maori responsiveness to climate change

Funding sought: Deep South National Science Challenge, $270,000

Duration: Two years: 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2022.

Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Bridgette Masters-Awatere.

Associate Investigators: Dr Trish Young (Post Doc Fellow), Ranae Dixon (Research Associate), Areta Ranginui Charlton & Elisha Powell (Masters students).

Title: “Seeing” Kāpō Māori: Making visible the experiences of Kāpō Māori during and after COVID-19

Funding sought: Nga Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence

Duration:

Principal Investigator: Associate Professor Bridgette Masters-Awatere.

Associate Investigators: Dr Rebekah Graham (Parents of Vision Impaired (NZ) Inc.), Chrissie Cowan (Kāpō Māori Aotearoa NZ Inc.)

Title: The WERO Project; Working to End Racial Oppression

Funding sought: 2020 Endeavour Fund - Research Programmes

Duration: 5 years.

Principal Investigator: Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki, Prof Francis Collins & Dr Arama Rata

Associate Investigators: Dr Ottilie

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.