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Māori men, relationships, and everyday practices: towards broadening domestic violence research
Abstract
Relationships are central to the health and wellbeing of Māori (indigenous people of New Zealand). Through processes of colonisation, cultural ways of relatedness embedded within Māori social structures experienced disruption and were reshaped over decades of assimilation. Māori knowledge and everyday practices that assisted in protecting Māori from societal problems, such as domestic violence, began to dwindle. In contemporary New Zealand, Māori are over-represented in domestic violence statistics. Utilising an auto-ethnographic approach and case studies, our research focuses on five Māori men’s experiences within intimate relationships and whānau (extended family) life. A significant feature of this research is that it provides insights into the ways Māori men draw on their cultural ways-of-being to enhance intimate relationships and maintain bonds within whānau and community life to forge new ways-of-being. Such insights have the potential to inform preventative measures against domestic violence within Māori communities.
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King, P., & Robertson, N. (2017). Māori men, relationships, and everyday practices: towards broadening domestic violence research. AlterNative, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801177
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2017
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This is the author's accepted version. © The Author(s) 2017