Open AccessSetting sail and returning home. Research voyaging in Aotearoa
Author(s) -
Rosalina Richards,
Justine Camp,
Jesse Kokaua,
Terina Raureti,
Albany Lucas,
Darcy Karaka,
Hannah Rapata,
Michael Lameta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pacific health dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2422-8656
pISSN - 1015-7867
DOI - 10.26635/phd.2020.637
Subject(s) - aotearoa , context (archaeology) , government (linguistics) , sociology , public relations , psychology , political science , history , gender studies , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology
We are drawn to this Talanoa in response to the call from Pacific Health Dialogue for frank and open discussion. Our contribution to the conversation is some reflections about our experience of academic health research as a collective of Māori and Pacific researchers trying to navigate within a large national research programme. Alongside this we will share the voyaging framework we developed to help locate ourselves as a collective, and articulate our needs and aspirations as early to mid-career researchers.Our collective met in the context of working with A Better Start – E tipu e rea, a National Science Challenge created by the New Zealand government.1 Better Start focuses on the health of children and young people across five key areas; healthy weight, resilient teens, successful literacy and learning, big data and Vision Mātauranga. Our team came together as collaborators within the Big Data theme, to explore the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) as an area of possibility and challenge for both Māori and Pacific communities.