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Whakawhānautia Te Haumanu Māori - Birthing of a Māori Therapy: A Scoping Literature Review

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2023

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Manaia, Mark

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Mikahere-Hall, Alanye

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Bachelors of Science (Honours)

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Auckland University of Technology

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Increasing prevalence rates of psychological distress remains a detriment to the wellbeing of Māori. This study explores how a British colonial hegemony has systematically predisposed and perpetuated high negative health statistics for Māori. A process of colonisation that has dismantled societal norms and continues to violate the mauri, mana and wairua of ngā iwi Māori. Western evidence-based therapies are predominantly the chosen interventions for tangata whai i te ora seeking therapeutic support. The stance that therapeutic interventions, which evolved from Western colonial epistemologies, can heal the mana, mauri and wairua of Māori is challenged, in favour of a Māori therapeutic alternative. An alternative present within its own Māori ontology. The last four decades have borne witness to the advent of Māori health models and frameworks to better inform allied health and therapeutic delivery for positive outcomes for tangata whai i te ora cohorts. This study will investigate whether, within these models and frameworks, is there a Māori therapy silently laying await? A therapy that can provide culturally authentic and safe delivery of care for Māori. This research provides a scoping review of literature authored by allied health practitioners and talk therapy practitioners to extract key themes, components that contributed to the formation of a Māori therapy – he haumanu Māori. A Kaupapa Māori Methodology and Pūrākau Method was used to ensure reliability and validity of themes identified. The findings of the results were able to provide building blocks towards constructing a therapy schema for a Māori therapy. A therapy that inherently has a relationship with wairuatanga, a pivotal and encompassing dimension of health for Māori. Twelve models and frameworks were included in the final data set and their respective Māori constructs – ngā mātāpono me ngā uara were charted for analysis. Recommendations for key components towards he haumanu Māori include; a macro- model, a pūrākau atua Māori infused therapeutic theory, mātauranga-informed therapy framework and tikanga-informed counselling skills. A gap in the literature that warrants further investigation is the gathering and assessment of Māori counselling micro-skills.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10292/16686

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