Te Pūkotahitanga in the media
17 March 2024We need a collective approach to safeguard whānau from violenceOPINION: Looking into the future, it is time to move beyond the grim reality of sexual violence and violence affecting whānau Māori. As a country, we can no longer tolerate the high rates of child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, and other forms of violence that occur within and around whānau. PDF: We need a collective approach to safeguard whānau from violence [PDF, 8.4 MB] |
12 March 2024Professor examines ‘difficult’ topicA new book examining the Māori literature on Māori living with violence and sexual violation has just been released, with the hope it will inform systemic change in the future. The ‘Violence Within Whānau and Mahi Tūkino – A Litany of Sound Revisited’ review was authored by AUT Professor Denise Wilson, Associate Dean of Māori Research and commissioned by independent Ministerial advisory group, Te Pūkotahitanga(external link). https://www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories/professor-examines-difficult-topic/_nocache(external link) |
11 March 2024Pukapuka offers pointed to Māori-led violence responseThe compiler of a new book on family and sexual violence says Māori need to look for solutions within their own communities and history. Litany of Sound Revisited is a literature review summarising case studies, academic archives and past public inquiries on Māori in Aotearoa. |
10 March 2024Denise Wilson on new book: Solutions to Māori family violence must be holisticResearchers are hopeful a new book will lay out a road map for eliminating family and sexual violence among Māori. AUT Professor of Māori Health Denise Wilson said her book(external link), A Litany of Sound Revisited, was designed to be easily accessible and pulled all that was known about family and sexual violence into one place. Published by Te Pūkotahitanga - the Māori ministerial advisory group appointed in June 2022 as part of Te Aorerekura, the national strategy to eliminate family and sexual violence - Wilson said any future work on the issue needed to look at the community holistically. Whakaata Māori: New book explores roots of family violence – Te Ao Māori News (teaonews.co.nz)(external link) |
6 March 2024Māori literature may hold solutions to tackling family and sexual violenceA deep-dive stocktake into the contemporary landscape of Māori literature on Māori living with violence and sexual violation has been released. The substantial, 208-page “Litany of Sound Revisited” literature review is believed to be the first annal of its kind - chronicling case studies, academic archives through to public reports on Māori in Aotearoa. |
3 March 2024Healing through “knew” knowledgeKim-Eriksen Downs works as an iwi kaituruki ora, or an Indigenous practitioner. That means she finds new ways to pull knowledge from old kōrero in a bid to help others heal. Here she is talking to Siena Yates. https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/healing-through-knew-knowledge/(external link) |
27 February 2024Rich learnings from international exchanges of Indigenous people - Dr Moana ErueraMokopuna Māori are disproportionately taken into state care by Oranga Tamariki, at a rate of five times non-Māori children. There are rich learnings from international exchanges of Indigenous people and wisdom that explore traditional child welfare practices centred on reuniting children caught in the complex web of State care. |
23 November 2023Māori leader puts pathway to intergenerational healing on map at UN summitKim Eriksen-Downs has gone from Taupō to Dubai to talk about the power of indigenous healing. Eriksen-Downs is an expert panellist alongside Richard Kay, New Zealand ambassador to the United Arab Emirates and Natalia Al Mansour, ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia at Dubai’s Expo City venue hosting the COP28 Summit. |
25 October 2023Rampant' increase of digital harm on indigenous women, conference toldA harmless selfie of two wāhine Māori in moko kauae stencils ending up on a pornography website is one example of how the internet has become another way to marginalise indigenous women. |
25 October 2023The harsh and unregulated reality of online safety for indigenous womenOnline safety for indigenous women given the “increased ferocity” of abuse was a keynote kōrero canvassed at the Netsafe conference at Te Pae Conference and Convention Centre in Christchurch that wraps up tomorrow. |
06 July 2023Dr Moana Eruera: Do we really need another youth justice residence review?Waking up this morning to breaking news about footage surfacing of youth fighting while OT staff callously egg them on in a youth justice facility shows the severe dysfunction of the system at work. |
23 March 2023Opinion: Cyclone Gabrielle: Family violence in cyclone-hit rohe will result in Oranga Tamariki baby upliftsThere is a plethora of reportage saying family violence is rising in areas devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle. |
09 February 2023Opinion: It took a wāhine Māori to pioneer the creation of a strategy to eliminate family and sexual violenceViolence in Aotearoa is an election issue without a doubt and I agree with Simon Wilson(external link). One revealer in June of this year will be the release of the final comprehensive report by the Abuse in Care Royal Commission that will show the scale, extent, and impact of State violence on survivors. |
04 February 2023Opinion: It took a wāhine Māori to pioneer the creation of a strategy to eliminate family and sexual violence |
27 January 2023Moana Eruera: We must stop the number of our tamariki going into the systemIn these times of unprecedented disparities, the rising cost of living, coupled with the continued disproportionate data on tamariki Māori entries to state care – the future for social services is clear. |
Last modified:
