Are you a Masters or PhD student with an interest in Māori health and wellbeing?

Whakauae Research is looking for applicants for a Masters/PhD internship. This position offers a student the opportunity to be involved in cutting-edge Māori research, while being paid to complete a course of study at Masters or PhD level.

The student will gain skills within community-based research, by undertaking research within a project called Tō mātou kāinga, tō mātou ūkaipō - Whānau conceptions of home: creating safe and healthy home environments. This research project is part of a New Zealand Health Research Council funded Programme Grant, is led by Whakauae Research Services Ltd. You can read more about the programme grant here.

The 4-year research project, Tō mātou kāinga, tō mātou ūkaipō - Whānau conceptions of home: creating safe and healthy home environments aims to build knowledge about safe and healthy home environments for whānau Māori to flourish, specifically to:

1. Understand whānau conceptualisations of ‘home' related to connectedness, people, place, and space, and their influence on whānau members' needs for safety and wellbeing, particularly within a Covid19 era;
2. Co-construct and produce whānau-centred model(s), safety and wellbeing indicators and resources for whānau to enhance safety and wellbeing at home and within their communities;
3. Construct an outcomes framework and indicators to measure the impact of the whānau-centred model(s) developed

Whakauae Research values Māori worldviews and is committed to developing Māori research capacity and leadership. Join us as we continue our efforts in building an evidence base that contributes to  Māori health gains; an evidence base derived from high-quality Māori health research that upholds rangatiratanga and uses and advances Māori knowledge, resources, and people.

The student will be supported to undertake their Masters or PhD degree, which can draw on any aspect of the overall project so the work can be tailored to specific research interests, but we envisage a project focused on Māori perspectives on healthy home environments. The Masters or PhD can be supervised/co-supervised by Professor Denise Wilson (Auckland University of Technology), who is the Principal Investigator for the project or Senior Researcher Dr Tanya Allport (Whakauae Research).

The student could primarily work remotely, although the role will require some travel for wānanga or interviews.

Applications are open to students who whakapapa Māori. The successful candidate should have experience or interest in Māori health, health equity or social justice, and have high levels of cultural competency in working with Māori. Ideally, the candidate will have some previous experience in qualitative research. Applicants must be enrolled in, or meet the requirements for enrolment in a Masters or PhD programme.

Any enquires about this opportunity can be directed to Dr Tanya Allport: tanya@whakauae.co.nz