Childhood immunisation coverage in New Zealand has fallen since 2016, with the decline accelerating during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using administrative data from Stats NZ's Integrated Data Infrastructure, we examine determinants of immunisation uptake and how these have changed over time. We find...

Urban papakāinga is a modern form of housing that involves sustainable, city-based intergenerational habitation that adheres to tikanga (cultural practices) of integrating people, spirituality, and nature for Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand). The aim of this study was to...

Introduction: Ways of Managing, Organising and Decolonising Business Futures in Aotearoa, Australia and the Pacific -- Indigenous Business in Australia: Opportunities, Tensions and New Futures -- Toward an Indigenous-led National Employment Narrative in Australia: Tackling Racism, Changing...

This paper provides an exploration of current and emerging trends in Māori wellbeing using He Ara Waiora. The paper draws on quantitative evidence, including indicators from the LSF Dashboard and Indicators Aotearoa New Zealand. The analysis is also supported by qualitative evidence in the form...

This paper provides an exploration of current and emerging trends in Māori wellbeing using He Ara Waiora. The paper draws on quantitative evidence, including indicators from the LSF Dashboard and Indicators Aotearoa New Zealand. The analysis is also supported by qualitative evidence in the form...

An effective way to increase Indigenous participation in decision-making over territories and natural resources has been to create mechanisms for shared or joint decision-making with other bodies. This chapter addresses the co-governance and/or co-management of territories and natural resources...

The Treasury's new Living Standards Framework (LSF) was released in a Treasury paper in October 2021.1 The 2021 version of the LSF (LSF2021) is intended to better reflect children's wellbeing and culture, including being more compatible with te ao Māori and Pacific cultures. This original...

Domestically and abroad, government policies aim to increase afforestation and provide the many environmental and social benefits that afforestation can deliver. For multiply-owned Māori land in Aotearoa New Zealand, decision-makers often face extra challenges that may hinder their ability to...

The Treasury's new Living Standards Framework (LSF) was released in a Treasury paper in October 2021.1 The 2021 version of the LSF (LSF2021) is intended to better reflect children's wellbeing and culture, including being more compatible with te ao M¯aori and Pacific cultures. This original...

Between 1984 and 1993, New Zealand undertook comprehensive market-oriented economic reforms. In this paper, we use census data to examine how the internal mobility of Māori compares to that of Europeans in New Zealand in the period after these reforms. It is often suggested that Māori are less...

Ko Aotearoa Tēnei – This is New Zealand/Aotearoa long awaited report of the Waitangi Tribunal on a number of claims about law and policy affecting Māori culture and identity. The Tribunal has painted New Zealand as poised at crossroads in race relations and the nation's sense of identity....

Between 1984 and 2003, New Zealand undertook comprehensive market-oriented economic reforms. In this paper, we use Census data to examine how the internal mobility of Māori compares to that of Europeans in New Zealand in the period after these reforms. It is often suggested that Māori are less...

Purpose Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand and have a history of experiencing discrimination, which occurs similarly for Pacific peoples. While both ethnic groups have lower pay and higher unemployment issues, their workplace experiences around perceived discrimination are...

The theoretical challenge posed by this paper is to find a conceptualisation of value for entrepreneurship theory grounded in Indigenous knowledge from a Māori perspective capable of guiding entrepreneurs operating for sustainability and wellbeing. We review Western and Māori theories of...

This chapter concerns the impact of trusts law and equitable principles and rules on a number of Māori related issues. In particular, the chapter focuses on the range of unique Māori land trusts that are growing in popularity as a management tool for Māori freehold land, and on the role of...

Without appropriate consideration for rights of Māori, universities, as gatekeepers of knowledge and information, can inadvertently become part of the wider misappropriation of mātauranga which is most notably documented in the Waitangi Tribunal's Wai 262 report. This paper argues that in...

This case arose out of a disagreement among the trustees for the Te Ngae Farm Trust as to who should benefit from the trust. The issue was whether the correct interpretation of the relevant clause of the trust order defined the beneficiaries of the trust narrowly as members of the hapū of...