Utilising matauranga Maori to improve the social functioning of tangata whaiora in Maori mental health services

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Utilising matauranga Maori to improve the social functioning of tangata whaiora in Maori mental health services

Wirihana, Rebecca

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10289/1552

Date: 2008

Type: Conference Contribution

Citation: Wirihana, R. (2008). Utilising matauranga Maori to improve the social functioning of tangata whaiora in Maori mental health services. In Levy, M., Nikora, L.W., Masters-Awatere, B., Rua, M. & Waitoki, W. (Eds). Claiming Spaces: Proceedings of the 2007 National Maori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium 23rd-24th November 2007 (pp. 103-104). Hamilton, New Zealand: Māori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato.

Publisher: Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato

Rights: Copyright © Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato 2008 Each contributor has permitted the Maori and Psychology Research Unit to publish their work in this collection. No part of the material protected in this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the contributor concerned.

Abstract:

Maori mental health services under the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) have been utilising Matauranga Maori as a key community based intervention since the closing of the kaupapa Maori inpatient service (Manawaanui) in 2003. Kapa haka has been a central component in the provision of the marae based recovery programmes. The following paper is a review of the development and progress.

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