Te Whare Rangahau o Hemi Henare
James Henare Research Centre
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“Kua tawhiti kē tō haerenga mai, kia kore e haere tonu. He nui rawa ō mahi, kia kore e mahi tonu.
You have come too far not to go further, you have done too much not to do more.”
Sir James Henare
Associate Professor and Co-Director of James Henare Research Centre, Marama Muru-Lanning, speaking about our vision.
Latest Publication: Dreaming of a Māori Hospital
Mehemea, ka moemoea ahau, ko ahau anake. Mehemea, ka moemoea tātou, ka taea e tātou
This article makes a case for Māori organisations to investigate developing hospitals in addition to hauora primary care services. Our programme of research on kaumātua hauora has involved ten noho wānanga in Te Tai Tokerau, Waikato and Tauranga Moana. During our wānanga and associated kānohi-ki-kānohi interviews, we heard from older Māori who experienced hospital stays as detrimental to their wellbeing. At a whakahoki kōrero with Waikato kaumātua, we were requested to investigate the rationale for a Māori hospital, a wish that has historical roots in Princess Te Puea Herangi’s efforts to create a small hospital at Tūrangawaewae Marae. Her project was stymied by the health authorities of the time. Our observations are backed up by other research demonstrating adverse outcomes for Māori at New Zealand’s public hospitals. A small international literature offers some pointers for success in developing hospitals for Indigenous populations. While there are many aspects that would need thorough investigation in a development process (e.g., tikanga, scope, sites, architecture, development finance, cost structures, staffing, clientele and accessibility), we argue that hospitals developed by and for Māori are a long-held dream that could well be enacted in today’s health service environment.This article makes a case for Māori organisations to investigate developing hospitals in addition to hauora primary care services. Our programme of research on kaumātua hauora has involved ten noho wānanga in Te Tai Tokerau, Waikato and Tauranga Moana. During our wānanga and associated kānohi-ki-kānohi interviews, we heard from older Māori who experienced hospital stays as detrimental to their wellbeing. At a whakahoki kōrero with Waikato kaumātua, we were requested to investigate the rationale for a Māori hospital, a wish that has historical roots in Princess Te Puea Herangi’s efforts to create a small hospital at Tūrangawaewae Marae. Her project was stymied by the health authorities of the time. Our observations are backed up by other research demonstrating adverse outcomes for Māori at New Zealand’s public hospitals. A small international literature offers some pointers for success in developing hospitals for Indigenous populations. While there are many aspects that would need thorough investigation in a development process (e.g., tikanga, scope, sites, architecture, development finance, cost structures, staffing, clientele and accessibility), we argue that hospitals developed by and for Māori are a long-held dream that could well be enacted in today’s health service environment.
Final Reports:
Ko ngā kaumātua ō tātou taonga: Supporting kaumātua health in a changing world
Waikato-Tainui
Hokianga
Te Hiku o te Ika a Māui
Latest News and Media
When a Māori person goes to hospital, they don’t leave their Māori identity at the door
A Response to the Finance Minister about Budget 2024
18 June 2024 | James Henare Research Centre | The Spinoff | Ātea
Photo: Getty Images, additional design by Tina Tiller (The Spinoff)
Researchers say that Nicola Willis’ budget doesn’t deliver for Māori
05 June 2024 | Maihona Panapa | Te Ao Māori News| News
Te Whare Rangahau o Hemi Henare | The James Henare Research Centre is Waipapa Taumata Rau’s leading Māori transdisciplinary research centre. Our Centre co-designs and co-creates excellent research with Te Tai Tokerau flaxroots communities. We envisage a future underpinned by the transformative values of Te Ao Māori. Our research enables our community partners to exercise mana motuhake and lead decisions that affect their social, environmental, and economic wellbeing. We are inspired and guided by the words and life of Tā Hemi Henare.
Our focus is on providing excellent research to Empower Māori
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Ko te Kuini o Ingarani ka wakarite ka wakaae ki nga Rangatira ki nga hapu – ki nga tangata katoa o Nu Tirani te tino rangatiratanga o o ratou wenua o ratou kainga me o ratou taonga katoa.
In supporting the University’s commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the James Henare Research Centre conducts its research in accordance with the guarantee of tino rangatiratanga in Article 2 of Te Tiriti.
A Recent Project: Kāinga Noho – Kāinga Whenua
Housing and Whenua: Kaumātua Voices – A Retirement Commission Report
Co-Director of James Henare Research Centre, Dr Tia Dawes, speaking about a recent project.
Our Vision
To deliver world leading transdisciplinary research grounded in flaxroots communities for the betterment of Aotearoa by:
- Creating a pipeline for future generations of scholars from Te Tai Tokerau, Tāmaki and other Māori communities
- Working with academic and community researchers from a broad range of disciplines
- Building enduring partnerships with local and global communities while moving ideas into action