ANZEA Conference 2022

This presentation is targeted to emerging Kaupapa Māori researchers, to encourage them to ground and affirm their practice in accordance with their indigenous positioning; to look beyond the Western paradigms of research for affirmation.   We will begin by describing our journey, as three wāhine Māori Kaupapa Māori evaluators, touching on:

• Our whakapapa whānau, and whakapapa mahi
• How our evaluation approach and practice has been shaped and enriched by our innate connection to te ao Māori 
• The influence our indigenous and non-indigenous positioning has on our mahi as evaluators From there, we will explore and reflect on:
• The wellbeing and strength of whānau, personally and also in the broader sense of our mahi
• Our obligations as Māori, wāhine Māori, wāhine Māori evaluators    “E kore au e ngaro, he kākano i ruia mai i rangiātea”