Takatāpui (Māori LGBTIQ+) challenge static notions of relationality and belonging or
whanaungatanga for Māori. Explorations of Māori and LGBTIQ+ identity can often polarise …

Māori women play a vital role in enabling our children and grandchildren to live secure,
positive cultural identities 'as Māori'. In utero we surround our children in a protective kahu …

This research is a Masters-level project on Māori LGBT-plus (lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and other) youths' experience of exploring their gender and sexual identities …

Tūhonotanga relates to one's physical and spiritual embeddedness to the surrounding
world, including to culture, to kin, and to Father Sky and Mother Earth. Kanien'kehá: ka …

This thesis is a theoretical and empirical exploration of Māori women's knowledges and
understandings of Papatūānuku in contemporary Aotearoa. The primary focus of this …

The 'Honour Project Aotearoa'investigated Kaupapa Māori strengths-based understandings
of health and wellbeing in relation to takatāpui/Māori LGBTQI-plus communities. The study …

Whanaungatanga (nurturing of relationships) is at the heart of wellbeing for rangatahi (Māori
youth), yet little research has considered how rangatahi understand and experience …

This dissertation is aimed at researching the relationship between wellbeing and identity for
Māori. The research is investigating the traditional philosophies and practices that kapa …

Ingoa tangata (personal names) are an expression of te reo Māori, Māori identity, and tino
rangatiratanga (self-determination). Nevertheless, our names are still mispronounced …

For too long Indigenous queers have been forced to quiet our pleasure and intimacy to be
digestible to our communities. As more Indigenous queer scholars have begun to …