We are delighted to announce that Dr Logan Hamley has joined the Whakauae team in the dual roles of Senior Researcher and Intern Lead. Logan (Ngāti Rangi and Whanganui) has recently completed his doctorate entitled Whakapapa, "the box", and beyond: poems, (re)presentations and the potentiality of rangatahi tāne identities in Auckland, which explores “the diverse strategies rangatahi tāne use to craft a positive identity in dynamic and often fluid ways.”
Whakauae was honoured to recently host the return visit of Dr Ying-tzu Ena Chang to Whanganui. Ena was accompanied by her colleague, Tana Takisvilainan (Panay Kumod). The visit marked a deepening and ongoing relationship with our Taiwanese colleagues, fostering cross-cultural collaboration and shared understandings of Indigenous health issues.
We are consolidating our track record of producing high quality, timely, Kaupapa Māori research, working for whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori Māori. This Pou produces the rigorous evidence, research expertise and the thought leadership that has the potential to transform health services, health policy, and Māori health governance.
We are strengthening our capacity to conduct high quality research through investment in our infrastructure and our people. This Pou supports attracting and retaining high-performance Māori expertise and ongoing commitment to upskilling talented people within the Māori health research sector.
We are enhancing our TUI (Translation, Uptake & Impact) platform through investment in new people, new technologies and varied modes of dissemination. This Pou works to design and package new knowledge into media that are useful and meaningful to whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori Māori and other stakeholders, and which engage and create communities of interest.
We are enriching our alliances at the local, national and international level with groups and organisations who have an interest in advancing a Māori/Indigenous health equity agenda. This Pou works to establish partnerships and expertise across local and international Indigenous groups to develop effective new evidence, ideas, and knowledge exchange.
Creating a new team within our organisation who, drawing on their respective leadership roles in the sector, will translate research evidence into “actionable intelligence”. This Pou works to connect Māori research evidence directly to key areas of change-making to achieve the inclusion of Māori evidence in public health and public policy.
