Tōmaiora use Kaupapa Māori research, which is led by a Māori world view.
Principles
used:
- placing Māori at the centre of the enquiry
- setting out to make a positive
difference for Māori
- challenging inequalities and power relationships
- critique
of victim-blaming and cultural–deficit explanations
- seeking to use high quality
ethnicity data.
Terms of engagement:
- Māori benefit positively from research
- productive for Māori health development
- quality research
-
safe
processes
- support with strategies that prevent and reduce ill-health
-
develop Māori research methodology consistent with the principles of the
Treaty of Waitangi
- foster and contribute to effective health promotion
-
eliminate inequalities
- meet highest standards of research
- contribute to the development of environments which support well-being.
Our research policies:
