A fifth paper in Te Pūtake - Whakauae Raro Occasional Paper Series has recently been published by Whakauae Research. Te Pūtake offers an online space to explore aspirations, challenges and important issues arising for Māori, by Māori. Launched in 2020, Te Pūtake aims to provide a forum for original research, review, commentary, and reflective essays on issues of relevance to whānau, hapū and Iwi Māori.
Kaupapa Māori and Appreciative Inquiry: A Review of the Literature explores the compatibility of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) with a Kaupapa Māori research approach. Co-authored by Dr Heather Gifford, Gill Potaka-Osborne and Lynley Cvitanovic, this literature review was carried out to inform a wider investigation around the co-creation of primary care that works for whānau Māori. The He Waka Eke Noa study is drawing on the potential of Appreciative Inquiry to further amplify and enrich findings that can usefully contribute to transformative change for whānau in the primary health care space. Kaupapa Māori and Appreciative Inquiry: A Review of the Literature highlights the opportunities presented by Appreciative Inquiry. It identifies gaps in the existing literature, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally, and explores how AI may usefully be applied in research to further the interests of Māori. The paper can be accessed here.
