Published in collaboration with Huia Publishers at the end of 2011 is the first volume of the Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Edited Collections Series, Māori and Social Issues co-edited by Dr Tracey McIntosh and Malcolm Mulholland. This book is the first in a series of edited collections that will look at Māori research in areas that are critical for Māori and for broader society.
Māori and Social Issues canvases a range of social issues that are significant for a better understanding of the experience and social environment of Māori, and important in that they highlight the need to ensure research-based solutions to these issues. The majority of the chapters deal with social problems. However, this book is not a call to a return of deficit research. Rather it is an opportunity to collectively provide power-centred, Māori-centred perspectives and solutions. The second volume in the series is expected later this year. To buy, click here
Table of contents
Preface - Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal
Introduction - Tracey McIntosh
Contemporary Issues in Māori Demography - Tahu Kukutai
Māori Education and Achievement - Elizabeth McKinley and Te Kawehau Hoskins
Māori Perspectives on Parenting in Aotearoa New Zealand - Averil M. L. Herbert
Māori Mental Health: Past, Present and Future - Te Kani R. Kingi
Obesity - Issac Warbrick
Māori Smoking: An Epic Saga of Love and Abuse - Marewa Glover
Poverty - Fiona Cram
Healing: Towards an Understanding of Māori Child Maltreatment - Erana Cooper and Julie Wharewera-Mika
Māori Women and Gambling: A Social Issue for Māori Communities and Whānau Ora - Laurie Morrison
Māori Gangs - Rawiri Taonui and Greg Newbold
Māori and Homelessness - Shiloh Groot, Darrin Hodgetts, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Mohi Rua
Incarceration - Robert Webb
Marginalisation: A Case Study: Confinement - Tracey McIntosh
Resilience as a Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Māori Experience: Positions, Challenges and Risks - Amohia Boulton and Heather Gifford