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Tēnā koe, ko Tomairangi tōku ingoa. He uri ahau nō Rotorua, i te taha o tōku Pāpā. I te taha o tōku Māmā, he uri ahau nō Kāwhia me Te Kopuru, and I am currently studying a Creative Writing major with a Te Reo Māori minor at Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau. As part of the AUT Work Integrated Learning programme I’ve had the privilege of interning with Whakauae Research Services, where I’ve worked alongside the TUI dissemination team.
Whakauae Intern Lead, Logan Hamley recently attended the Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference and the 25th IUSTI World Congress, incorporating the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference, in Gadigal Country (Sydney). These two conferences represented an opportunity for transdisciplinary and action-oriented work looking to virtually eliminate HIV transmission and address high rates of STIs within Oceania. The conferences took place across one week, with an array of health practitioners, policymakers, and researchers gathering to share insights.
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.
