Livestream of key findings from E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau: Wāhine Māori keeping safe in unsafe relationships

Reframing the narrative about whānau violence

The symposium will preview key findings from the report, E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau: Wāhine Māori keeping safe in unsafe relationships, developed with support from the Marsden Fund administered by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

This research, led by Professor Denise Wilson (Co-Director of the Taupua Waiora Māori Research Centre at AUT), sought to better understand how Māori women keep themselves, their tamariki and others safe. It affirms the urgent need for new thinking and strategies that better support whānau living with violence. Government agencies and service providers must explore alternative ways of working with whānau and recognise the role that they play in entrapping Māori women and tamariki in unsafe relationships.

E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau provides an alternative view of Māori women and family violence. It counters the oftentimes negative views and perceptions of indigenous women that problematises and pathologizes them, while overlooking their strengths.

Early findings from Tūhono Māori: Developing trauma interventions for mokopuna will also be presented at the symposium. This research study is supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand.

The content of this symposium is under media embargo until the final report, E Tū Wāhine, E Tū Whānau, is released on Thursday, 5 December 2019.

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Livestream programme

• 11.15am - Session 01
  The key findings of E TŪ WĀHINE E TŪ WHĀNAU
  Transforming the way that we think about Māori women in unsafe relationships
  Professor Denise Wilson
  Director, Taupua Waiora Research Centre (AUT)
• 12pm - Audience Q+A (30mins)
• 12.30pm - LUNCH
• 1.15pm - Session 02
  Early findings from TŪHONO MĀORI
  Developing trauma interventions for mokopuna
  Dr Alayne Mikahere-Hall
  Research Fellow, Taupua Waiora Research Centre (AUT)
• 1.45pm - Session 03
  Culture as cure: Transforming our thinking and doing
  Professor Denise Wilson
  Director, Taupua Waiora Research Centre (AUT)
• 2.30pm - Audience Q+A (15mins)
• 2.45pm - Conclusion/Close