Te Aratiatia ki te Hauora is a large mental health and well-being research programme, hosted and administered by Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiārangi, funded by Nōku te Ao.
Its primary focus is conducting research that informs strategies to support the hauora, mental health,and well-being of our communities. Additionally, it aims to create tailored research platforms that address topical or emerging health issues, while also providing opportunities to promote the growth and development of both tauira and tangata whaiora.
Given the broad scope and ambitious goals of Te Aratiatia ki te Hauora, our team of investigators is committed to ensuring that our resources and investments are strategically focused to support meaningful health gains and outcomes. We achieve this by leveraging our strategic relationships, fostering collaborations, securing external funding, and building capacity and capability. Additionally, we invest in a range of activities that align with our research philosophies and aspirations.
Here, you will find examples and brief descriptions of several projects currently supported through the Te Aratiatia ki te Hauora research programme including any training and development updates. As these projects progress and are completed, we will provide updates, along with access to reports, resources, and other relevant information. Please check our site regularly for the latest updates, information, and details on upcoming activities and events.
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Project Spotlights
Tūmanko: Stories of Hope and Resilience
This initiative amplifies lived experience alongside academic knowledge to deepen understanding of mental health and well-being. By centering community voices, cultural perspectives, and practical pathways to healing, the publication challenges conventional approaches to mental health discourse and contributes to more inclusive, strengths-based conversations that can inform practice, policy, education, and community wellbeing.
Culture, Identity, and Mental Well-being
Culture and identity are powerful determinants of mental well-being. This research utilises a unique methodological approach to uncover how cultural connection shapes hauora Māori, offering new evidence to support mental health initiatives that are grounded in identity, belonging, and lived experience.
Growing our Māori Health Workforce
Investing people, this initiative is helping to grow a skilled Māori health workforce, supporting learners into study and careers that uplift whānau, hapū, and communities.
Translation Collaboration
This collaboration is strengthening Māori research capability by creating accessible spaces for knowledge sharing, critical discussion, and innovation—supporting communities to engage with emerging issues like AI, data sovereignty, and research ethics on their own terms.
Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae - Whakaoratia te Hinengaro
A new research perspective to revive mental wellbeing led by the community of Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae. A community-based collaboration examining urban Māori views of mental health and wellbeing, the role culture plays in sustaining mental health and what strategies are possible to help support and sustain hauora Māori. View the presentation delivered by Valerie Teraitua & Denise Neumann at Te Ara Hinengaro Symposium.
Professor Te Kani Kingi speaks on Te Aratiatia ki te Hauora
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