Mana Māmā: Exploring the Lived Realities of Hauora for Young Māmā Māori in Murihiku (Southland)
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Young, Nadine
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Master of Appled Health Sciences
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Southern Institute of Technology
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2024
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Duncan, Wayne
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Masters Thesis
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Māori maternities
Teenage pregnancy
Hauora
Young Māori māmā
Mana wāhine
Whanaungatanga
Teenage pregnancy
Hauora
Young Māori māmā
Mana wāhine
Whanaungatanga
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This study explores the lived experiences of young Māori māmā in Murihiku (Southland, Aotearoa) across multiple decades. This Kaupapa Māori Research (KMR) methodology utilised the Māori model of health Te Whare Tapa Whā (TWTW) as a framework to conduct semi-structured interviews with 14 māmā. The objectives were to understand their knowledge of hauora and identify their challenges and opportunities. This study utilises KMR as a culturally appropriate methodology and draws on Wāhine Māori theory to share their stories of haputanga and early māmātanga. The findings revealed a timeline of fifty years marked by colonised shame and stigmatisation in Murihiku. Maternity care services in Murihiku both fail to provide adequate education and lack culturally appropriate, standardised care, resulting in negative experiences within the health and social systems. This study shows variances in the health literacy of māmā across the five walls of wellbeing depicted in TWTW: tinana (physical), hinengaro (mental and emotional), whānau (social), wairua (spiritual) and whenua (connection to the land). This study highlights Whānaungatanga and the connection to Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) as essential to well-being whereby strong social support from whānau, friends, partners, education facilities and engaging in kaupapa Māori classes, groups or settings enable our māmā and their pēpi flourish.
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