Māori Health department

An essential part of health sciences at AUT, Māori Health develops and teaches Te Ara Hauora Māori (Māori health) pathway papers for students interested in a Māori health career.

Te Ara Hauora Māori promotes connectedness between a student’s chosen career and Māori health. The path integrates core health and environmental sciences papers across a number of programmes.

Undergraduate courses

Undergraduate study in Māori health will give you a solid grounding in this area. You can take Māori health papers as part of many of our degrees:

Postgraduate courses

The Māori Health department offers postgraduate degrees. You can take Māori health papers as part of:

Research centre

Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research promotes positive health experiences for Māori whānau.

Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research

Research in health sciences

We believe in high-quality research that has impact, and have world-class researchers and research strengths across health sciences.

More about our research

Great graduatesDianne WepaLecturer, Community Health, University of South Australia, AdelaideDoctor of PhilosophyHer insights into the interactions between her whānau and healthcare services motivated her PhD research, says Dr Dianne Wepa who completed her PhD in 2016.Her personal insights into the interactions between her whānau and healthcare services motivated her PhD research, says Dr Dianne Wepa who completed her PhD in Māori health in 2016. She was attracted to AUT by the quality of the supervision, says Dianne whose research was supervised by Professor Denise Wilson.

Great graduatesDeborah HekeDoctor of Philosophy
Master of Health Science
Bachelor of Health ScienceSometimes she feels like AUT chose her, says PhD student Deborah Heke who is currently studying a Doctor of Philosophy in Māori health at AUT.Sometimes she feels like AUT chose her, says PhD student Deborah Heke who is currently studying a Doctor of Philosophy in Māori health at AUT. For her doctoral research, Deborah is focusing on physical activity and wāhine Māori. Deborah’s research is supervised by Dr Isaac Warbrick, the co-director of Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research.

Contact us

Trudy McAuslin
Personal Assistant
Phone: +64 9 921 9243

tmcausli@aut.ac.nz

View department staff

Key academic contacts

Undergraduate Māori health papers

Dr Ailsa Haxell
Head of School, Interprofessional Health Studies
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7105
ailsa.haxell@aut.ac.nz

Postgraduate Māori health papers

Dr Isaac Warbrick
Programme Coordinator Māori Health
Co-Director Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7591
isaac.warbrick@aut.ac.nz

Professor Denise Wilson
Associate Dean, Māori Advancement
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7392
dlwilson@aut.ac.nz

This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You can change your cookie settings in your web browser at any time. Learn more.