Whakapounamu Mana Wāhine (Impact of Methamphetamine on Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Māori Women, Their Babies and Families)
Tracks
William Magarey Room
| Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
| 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM |
Overview
Lynne Russell, Charles Lambert, Sidney Ropitini & Maree Gilbert - Māori Health, Victoria University of Wellington
Speaker
Ms Maree Gilbert
Tautōhito aropā (Lived experience expert)
Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of We
Whakapounamu Mana Wāhine (Impact of Methamphetamine on Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Māori Women, Their Babies and Families)
Abstract
This presentation shares the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the impact of methamphetamine on the health and wellbeing of hapū (pregnant), or recently hapū, Māmā Māori (Māori mothers) and their pēpi (babies) in Te Wairoa. Te Wairoa is a town with a population of around 7,000 people situated on the northeast of Te Matau a Māui (the North Island of Aotearoa).
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Biography
Ko Maunga Hāruru te Maunga Ko Mōhaka te Awa Ko Takitimu te Waka Ko Te Huki te Marae Ko Te Huki te Tangata Ko Paikea te Taniwha Ko Ngati Kapekape te Hapū Ko Ngati Pāhauwera te Iwi Ko Maree Gilbert tōku ingoa. Maree Gilbert is a mother of four tamariki (children) born and bred in the beautiful Raupunga, on the outskirts of Te Wairoa, in rural Hawke’s Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand. Maree’s passion was to karanga (call) to this kaupapa (topic) knowing Methamphetamine is a major problem impacting on her tamariki, herself, and her community and Iwi (tribe) Ngāti Pāhauwera.
Mr Charles Lambert
Kāhui Kaumātua/Pakeke (Elder)
Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of We
Whakapounamu Mana Wāhine (Impact of Methamphetamine on Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Māori Women, Their Babies and Families)
Abstract
This presentation shares the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the impact of methamphetamine on the health and wellbeing of hapū (pregnant), or recently hapū, Māmā Māori (Māori mothers) and their pēpi (babies) in Te Wairoa. Te Wairoa is a town with a population of around 7,000 people situated on the northeast of Te Matau a Māui (the North Island of Aotearoa).
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Biography
(Ngāti Pāhauwera; Ngāti Kahungunu; Ngāti Ruapani) is a Kaumātua (knowledge holder) and community researcher with Te Tātai Hauora o Hine, the National Centre for Women's Health Research Aotearoa, based in Mohaka. Charlie is also an elected member of Ngāti Pāhauwera’s Tribal Governance entity and has experience as a treaty negotiator. Charlie has been on the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board as an elected member and continues to serve his people through research, his Marae, and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Raupunga Water Committee.
Mr Sidney Ropitini
Kairangahau Māori (Māori researcher)
Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of We
Whakapounamu Mana Wāhine (Impact of Methamphetamine on Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Māori Women, Their Babies and Families)
Abstract
This presentation shares the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the impact of methamphetamine on the health and wellbeing of hapū (pregnant), or recently hapū, Māmā Māori (Māori mothers) and their pēpi (babies) in Te Wairoa. Te Wairoa is a town with a population of around 7,000 people situated on the northeast of Te Matau a Māui (the North Island of Aotearoa).
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Biography
(Te Whakatōhea; Ngāti Rakaipaaka; Ngāti Kahungunu) is a Wairoa-based early career researcher and a Research Assistant with Te Tātai Hauora o Hine (National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington). Sid undertook research activities including interview with whānau (families) for the study Whānau Manaaki: Methamphetamine – a Strengths Based Community Approach (Whakapounamu Mana Wāhine). Sid has a background in alcohol and drug counselling.
Dr Lynne Russell
Kairangahau Matua – Hauora Māori (Senior Research Fellow – Māori health)
Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora (Health Services Research Centre), Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellngton
Whakapounamu Mana Wāhine (Impact of Methamphetamine on Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Māori Women, Their Babies and Families)
Abstract
This presentation shares the findings of a qualitative study that investigated the impact of methamphetamine on the health and wellbeing of hapū (pregnant), or recently hapū, Māmā Māori (Māori mothers) and their pēpi (babies) in Te Wairoa. Te Wairoa is a town with a population of around 7,000 people situated on the northeast of Te Matau a Māui (the North Island of Aotearoa).
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Māori are more than three times as likely to report using methamphetamine as non-Māori and to incur high personal and community costs as a consequence. The study came about following a request from Ngāti Pāhauwera, a local Iwi (tribe) of the region, who voiced their concern about this harm in their community and requested help to address it. In particular, they wanted to know more about how methamphetamine was impacting their wāhine (women).
Using Kaupapa Māori research methodologies, the experiences of ten wāhine were captured through interviews focused on the impact of methamphetamine in their lives and the lives of their pēpi and tamariki (children). The overall aim of the study was to give voice to whānau Māori (Māori families).
The study was situated within a broader research programme which also aimed to map existing services, and co-design interventions to reduce harm from methamphetamine in Te Wairoa. Whānau experiences of services that support harm reduction were also captured; interviews with five whānau members investigated whether whānau sought support, and collated ideas around best, responsive, community-based support initiatives.
We will present the important insights and understandings gained from the interviews with wāhine and whānau participants, which were thematically analysed against a Māori model of health and wellbeing, Te Wheke, into eight main themes: Tūāpapa; Mana Wahine; Ihu Mātao; Ūkaipō; Uruhi; Imposter Tikanga; Paerangi; and Haerenga. These eight themes will be expanded on our presentation.
THREE KEY LEARNINGS FROM THIS PRESENTATION?
1. The Western, clinical approach to addressing methamphetamine use does not reach those most in need. There is another way to work with Indigenous people that benefits us more, that has better outcomes. It comes from our own mātauranga Māori (knowledge) that is healing.
2. There is transformational, healing power in sharing, listening to and learning from our stories, and part of our cultural ways is to always return the mana to those who own the lived stories. Listening to lived experience is the way to go.
3. The reasons Māori use P include trauma, grief, mental health issues and poverty – all resultant from colonisation. In the face of ongoing colonisation, wāhine Māori not only survive, but thrive – because of the strength of our ancestral DNA.
Biography
