This research project led by Dr Mere Kēpa undertook a series of interviews and focus groups to answer how Māori people can humanise the care of elderly Māori. The researchers identified significant shortcomings in healthcare services for elderly Māori outside urban areas and made recommendations to government agencies, service providers and whānau based on their findings.
This project led onto further funding, with Dr Kēpa continuing on with this work as Project Manager for the Māori cohort, Kaumātua Ngā Kuia: Taonga Aroha, in the Health Research Council longitudinal study looking at elderly wellbeing Life and Living in Advanced Age (LILACSNZ). The Principal Investigator is Dr Lorna Dyall.
Outputs
2005
• Kēpa, M. (2005 October). Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability, Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. The Gerontologist. Special issue, Programme Abstracts 58th Annual Scientific Meeting. The Interdisciplinary Mandate, Vol 45, 542. ISSN:0016-9013
• Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au e, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori. In Ngā Kohinga o Ngāti Pōrou. Issue 6, October 2005
• Kēpa, M. (2005 June/July). Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. In N Williams (Ed) Green Bananas (pp. 4-5).Vol 32. Centre for Pacific Studies: University of Auckland
• Kēpa, M, Reynolds, P & Walker, R. (2005). Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au e, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te hunga kaumātua Māori. Panel presentation. Hawaii Public Health Association Pacific Global Health Conference. June 15-17, Honolulu
• Kēpa, M, and Reynolds, P (2005). Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori. The 58th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. November 18-22 2005. Orlando World Center Resort Marriot, Florida. ISSN: 0016-9013
2006
• Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori. In Ngā Kohinga o Ngāti Pōrou. Issue 6, April 2006
• Kēpa, M. (2006). Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Mātauranga TakeTake: Traditional Knowledge, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga International Indigenous Conference, Te Papa Museum, Wellington. June 14-17
• Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori. World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium, WINHEC Journal.
• Kēpa, M, Rogers, M, Kēpa, C. Broughton, T. (2006). Bring 'Me' Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori. Panel Presentation. Ageing in New Zealand: Reporting Research Progress Conference. Te Papa, Wellington. 13 November
• International Research Advisory Panel, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (2006). Reporting Research Progress on the Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori Study. Project Leader. Langholm Hotel, Auckland, November 9
• The Exhibition of Photographs, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga International Indigenous Conference, Te Papa Museum, Wellington. June 14-17, 2006
• Kēpa, M, Reynolds, P, Kēpa, C. (2006, April). Final Report. Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori Study. A report prepared for the Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE), Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, hosted by the University of Auckland
2007
• Kēpa, M. (2007). Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori.. INsite Newspaper. The Aged Care & Retirement Industry Newspaper, published in Australia. www.insitenewspaper.co.nz
• Keynote Speaker, Bring ‘Me’ Beyond Vulnerability. Elderly Care of Māori, by Māori. Kei Hinga Au E, Kei Mate Au E. Te Tiaki ā te Māori i te Hunga Kaumātua Māori Study. ‘Iwi Research’, Te Ihi o te Mātauranga, International Research Conference, Te Whare Wānanga o Awānuiarangi. Distinction Hotel, Rotorua 7-8 November, 2007
2008
• Kēpa, K. (2008). Te Pōuritanga, In He Kohikohinga 50. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington ISSN 1170 2370
• Kēpa, K. (2008).Tamati, Te Mokopuna Pirihongi A Kuia Hana. In He Kohikohinga 50. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington ISSN 1170 2370
• Kēpa, M. (2008). He Takoha Nā Te Irikouka. In He Kohikohinga 50. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington ISSN 1170 2370
• Kēpa, M. (2008). Pūpū Tia-He Hokianga Mahara. In Te Tautoko 63. Learning Media, Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISSN 01120 565
• Kēpa, M. (2008). Tōku Pūpū, Tōku Ao. In Te Tautoko 63. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISSN 01120 565
• McPherson, B. (2008). He Taonga Tōku Karani. In Te Wharekura 84. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISBN 978 0 7903 2620
• McPherson, B. (2008). Tuaruru. In Te Wharekura 84. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISSN 0122 0522
• Waiti, J. (2008). Hīteki! Mau i Te Rākau e! Hūpeke! E Ora Ai Tō Hauora E! In Te Wharekura 84. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISSN 0122 0522
• Waiti, J. (2008). Hau, Hau, Hauora E!. In Te Tautoko 63. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISSN 01120 565
• Waiti, J. (2008). Tōku Oranga. In Te Tautoko 63. Learning Media: Ministry of Education, Wellington. ISSN 01120 565
• Kēpa, M. (2008). Bring ‘me’ beyond vulnerability, Elderly care of Māori, by Māori. Mātauranga TakeTake: Traditional Knowledge, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga International Indigenous Conference, Te Papa Museum, Wellington. June 14-17. 121-126. ISBN 0-9582620-4-0
• Publications in the Māori language for Learning Media, Ministry of New Zealand featuring caring for Older Māori men and women.
Conference presentation
• Kēpa, M. (2008). Yardsticks for Indigenous Māori Research in the 21st Century Telling a Story of Research Excellence. World Indigenous Peoples Conference in Education 2008. Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia. December 7-11
• Kēpa, M, McPherson, B, Smith, P & Reynolds, L (2008). The role of Kaitiaki to Research and Practice. NZARE Conference 2008 New Zealand Association for Research in Education Te Hunga Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa NZARE National Conference 2008 “Education in Change: Policies, research and practice to improve student outcomes”. Massey University, College of Education, Palmerston North, New Zealand. November 24- 27
2009
• Publications in the English language for Learning Media, Ministry of New Zealand featuring caring for Older Māori men and women. In process