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  • Johnson, Diana; Hodgetts, Darrin; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (Sage, 2013)
    Homelessness is a human tragedy that is often associated with mental illness. Maori people are overrepresented in the homeless population and among people experiencing mental illness in New Zealand. Little is known about ...
  • Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Hodgetts, Darrin; Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree; Stolte, Ottilie Emma Elisabeth; Chamberlain, Kerry (2012)
    Drawing insights from interviews with Maori homeless people, health professionals, and relevant local and international literatures, this chapter focuses on the provision of medical care to homeless people. In particular, ...
  • Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Masters, Bridgette; Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia (2012)
    Death is a universal event. It will happen to all of us, yet how we respond to death is particular and influenced by our cultural worlds. This study offers an investigation of the idiographic, of how one woman responded ...
  • Rua, Mohi; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (Māori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2012)
    Annual report of the Māori and Psychology Research Unit (MPRU) 2009. The unit was established in August of 1997. The unit is designed to provide a catalyst and support network for enhancing research concerning the psychological ...
  • Hodgetts, Darrin; Stolte, Ottilie Emma Elisabeth; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree (Wiley, 2012)
    Prominent assumptions about street homelessness and how it should be addressed originate primarily from middle class domiciled worldviews. This article draws on interviews with 58 street homeless people to develop a typology ...
  • Jacob, Juanita; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Ritchie, Jane (2011)
    Research about Maori children's experiences and perceptions of death and tangi (Maori death rituals) is sparse. What is available tends to be generalised and stems from Western paradigms of knowledge. In this study we ...
  • Hodgetts, Darrin; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Rua, Mohi (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga: New Zealand’s National Institute of Research Excellence in Māori Advancement and Development, 2011)
    Māori men have higher rates of many diseases and lower life expectancy than other population groups in New Zealand. The general consensus is that these health inequalities are due to the inequitable distribution of the ...
  • Hoeata, Chloe; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Li, Wendy Wen; Young-Hauser, Amanda Maria; Robertson, Neville (2011)
    Intimate partner violence (IPV) has recently been acknowledged as a worldwide phenomenon, with approximately one in four intimate relationships containing some form of violence. This study explores the interaction between ...
  • Edge, Kiri; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Rua, Mohi (2011)
    Although whānau/family that are configured by both Pākehā and Māori identities number significantly within New Zealand, there has been little or no attention paid to the ways in which these identities influence the bereavement ...
  • Rua, Mohi; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (Māori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2011)
    Annual report of the Māori and Psychology Research Unit (MPRU) 2009. The unit was established in August of 1997. The unit is designed to provide a catalyst and support network for enhancing research concerning the psychological ...
  • Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Hodgetts, Darrin; Carlson, Teah; Rua, Mohi (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga: New Zealand’s National Institute of Research Excellence in Māori Advancement and Development, 2011)
    Chronic illnesses are a feature of many Māori homescapes. These illnesses are often managed at home through the use of health technologies, particularly medications. This article explores the meanings given to medications ...
  • Edge, Kiri; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (2010)
    Although whānau/family that are configured by both Pākehā and Māori identities number significantly within New Zealand, there has been little or no attention paid to the ways in which these identities influence the bereavement ...
  • Hodgetts, Darrin; Rua, Mohi (Springer, 2010)
    Psychologists have paid scant attention to the positive relationships and community contributions of working class men who are not in trouble, and have focused instead on men who are ‘in trouble.’ In addressing this ...
  • Edge, Kiri; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2010)
    New Zealand has a significant number of dual-cultural whānau (families) which incorporate the identities of both Pākehā (New Zealander of European descent) and Māori (indigenous peoples of New Zealand). Little attention ...
  • Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree; Hodgetts, Darrin; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Rua, Mohi (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2010)
    To be Māori is to have a tūrangawaewae (a place of strength and belonging, a place to stand). If so, is it conceivable that Māori are homeless in our own homeland? This presentation focuses on the experiences of two Māori ...
  • Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Hodgetts, Darrin; Carlson, Teah; Tongi, Lolohea; Wen Li, Wendy (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2010)
    Research reveals that medicines are frequently not taken as intended, stockpiled for future use, discontinued when symptoms fade or passed to others. Medications are material objects with therapeutic uses that enter into ...
  • Moeke-Maxwell, Tess; Nikora, Linda Waimarie; Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia (Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2010)
    The authors critically reflect on the autoethnographic process involved in navigating a smooth pathway towards investigating dying, death and bereavement for Māori whānau (families) in a way that supports and gives voice ...
  • Rua, Mohi; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (Maori & Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2010)
    Annual report of the Maori and Psychology Research Unit (MPRU) 2009. The unit was established in August of 1997. The unit is designed to provide a catalyst and support network for enhancing research concerning the psychological ...
  • Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia (Maori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato, 2009)
    Moko patterns, mau moko, “wearing ink” is often explained as an act of remembrance, a symbol of honour or success, of grieving or loss. Memento mori, remembering the dead and remembrance of death, pervades the Maori world, ...
  • Rua, Mohi; Nikora, Linda Waimarie (2009)
    Annual report of the Maori and Psychology Research Unit (MPRU) 2008. The unit was established in August of 1997. The unit is designed to provide a catalyst and support network for enhancing research concerning the psychological ...

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