Kia ora/Aanii, Kwekwe
This paper highlights appropriate methods and facilitative approaches when doing spiritual/healing work with Indigenous peoples in this case Aboriginal women. The authors Debra, Diana and Sheila share their learning, Aboriginal research methods and spiritual/healing insights from the research they carried out with a small group of Aboriginal women in Sudbury. It is an honour to share their research paper. Taima
Holistic Arts-Based Group Methods with Aboriginal Women by Debra Recollet, Diana Coholic & Sheila Cote-Meek.
Abstract
The co-authors discuss their experiences of developing and facilitating an eight-week holistic arts-based group for a small group of Aboriginal women. The literature in spirituality and social work includes some written work that examines the convergences between Aboriginal cultural/spiritual perspectives and spirituality and social work but this could be expanded on. To this end, we describe the use of holistic arts-based methods with Aboriginal women, provide a brief description of the group, and explore how spirituality was evident in the arts-based and experiential methods. We also discuss some of the issues that arose in the process of establishing and facilitating the group including challenges related to group composition; the relevance of process; and attrition from the group.
View the full paper at:
http://cronus.uwindsor.ca/units/socialwork/critical.nsf/main/60B5903959711866852575E700270261?OpenDocument
Monday, July 13, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Rawiri (David) Waretini Karena
Kia ora / Greetings all
My name is Rawiri (David) Waretini Karena and I am a Tutor / Lecturer for Te Whiuwhiu O Te Hau Maori Counselling at Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton NZ.
I began my journey in Te Whiuwhiu in 2001 after spending 10 years working for AVP Alternatives to Violence Project NZ mainly with violent Maori men in prisons. I graduated with my Degree in 2004 and have been teaching Te Whiuwhiu O Te Hau Maori Counselling since. I have also just completed a Masters degree in Commercial music, and I am hoping to start a Phd in 2009. I am currently working at a music type therapy that could be incorporated into Te Whiuwhiu. The aim is to use music as a tool to connect to feelings. Another tool we are looking at including is Hauora Tinana, or Beauty Therapy.
We invite all those perspective students who are interested in learning counselling practice from a Maori/ indigenous paradigm especially in terms of wanting to be effective with Maori / indigenous peoples as our Paradigms are alot closer than western world views.
We start our intakes about October 2009 and any people interested can call me 07) 834 8800 extension 8515
All the best for this new year
Kia tau te rangimarie
Rawiri
My name is Rawiri (David) Waretini Karena and I am a Tutor / Lecturer for Te Whiuwhiu O Te Hau Maori Counselling at Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton NZ.
I began my journey in Te Whiuwhiu in 2001 after spending 10 years working for AVP Alternatives to Violence Project NZ mainly with violent Maori men in prisons. I graduated with my Degree in 2004 and have been teaching Te Whiuwhiu O Te Hau Maori Counselling since. I have also just completed a Masters degree in Commercial music, and I am hoping to start a Phd in 2009. I am currently working at a music type therapy that could be incorporated into Te Whiuwhiu. The aim is to use music as a tool to connect to feelings. Another tool we are looking at including is Hauora Tinana, or Beauty Therapy.
We invite all those perspective students who are interested in learning counselling practice from a Maori/ indigenous paradigm especially in terms of wanting to be effective with Maori / indigenous peoples as our Paradigms are alot closer than western world views.
We start our intakes about October 2009 and any people interested can call me 07) 834 8800 extension 8515
All the best for this new year
Kia tau te rangimarie
Rawiri
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Maori Showbands by David Waretini-Karena (toward masters thesis)
Kia ora, I am pleased to attach David's thesis which explores the world of Maori showbands. During the 50's and 60's Maori showbands took Maori music and entertainment to the world. They were extra-ordinary entertainers and ambassadors for Maori and New Zealand. Their songs and shows brought smiles to many and their legacies for Maori music still lives on today. My own uncles Nuki Waaka (Maori Volcanics) and Gugi Waaka (Quin Tikis) performed across many countries and can share many stories of their trips, the famous people they met and the friends they made. Aunty Marge has produced a book called Maori Showbands giving an insight into the stories of the Maori Volcanics. I was lucky to be invited to Uncle Nuki's 70th birthday party in Sydney, Australia where many of the Maori showband greats attended. Their singing, humour and connectedness remains strong. More information on Maori Showbands can be found on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Maori-Showbands/73911294309
Reading David's thesis will help to bring back some of those memories and offer analysis of struggle in the entertainment industry. I am honoured to have his thesis on this blog. Taima
Maori Showbands: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Media Arts - Commercial Music
Written by David Waretini karena
Abstract:
The aim and function of this research is to ask the question Why are Maori show bands not recognised as New Zealand cultural ambassador’s who contributed to the New Zealand music industry on an international / global scale. Another objective is to investigate what was their historical significance. The last goal is to discuss some examples of what their experiences were in the music industry and how they could benefit contemporary Maori musicians. The focus of the research was based mainly on those Maori show bands who decided that going overseas to discover new opportunities for performing their unique brand of entertainment as a more viable option then staying in New Zealand. I will attempt to highlight what was significant about the Maori show bands that left New Zealand and differentiate between such entertainers as Sir Howard Morrison and the Quartet and other Maori Show bands for example the Maori Troubadours, and the Maori Hi Fives. Finally I will conclude with my deliberation as to why I feel based on my research that the Maori Show bands that left New Zealand in the 1950’s and 1960’s to perform on a world stage should be officially recognized as legitimate New Zealand ambassadors who contributed in a major way to the NZ music industry.
See full version: http://www.slideshare.net/taima/maori-showbands-david-waretinikarena-toward-masters-thesis
Reading David's thesis will help to bring back some of those memories and offer analysis of struggle in the entertainment industry. I am honoured to have his thesis on this blog. Taima
Maori Showbands: A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Media Arts - Commercial Music
Written by David Waretini karena
Abstract:
The aim and function of this research is to ask the question Why are Maori show bands not recognised as New Zealand cultural ambassador’s who contributed to the New Zealand music industry on an international / global scale. Another objective is to investigate what was their historical significance. The last goal is to discuss some examples of what their experiences were in the music industry and how they could benefit contemporary Maori musicians. The focus of the research was based mainly on those Maori show bands who decided that going overseas to discover new opportunities for performing their unique brand of entertainment as a more viable option then staying in New Zealand. I will attempt to highlight what was significant about the Maori show bands that left New Zealand and differentiate between such entertainers as Sir Howard Morrison and the Quartet and other Maori Show bands for example the Maori Troubadours, and the Maori Hi Fives. Finally I will conclude with my deliberation as to why I feel based on my research that the Maori Show bands that left New Zealand in the 1950’s and 1960’s to perform on a world stage should be officially recognized as legitimate New Zealand ambassadors who contributed in a major way to the NZ music industry.
See full version: http://www.slideshare.net/taima/maori-showbands-david-waretinikarena-toward-masters-thesis
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Smacking not okay, Eastern Bay Maori told
SMACKING NOT OKAY, EASTERN BAY MAORI TOLD. (cited in Whakatane Beacon, 26 June 2009).
VOTING “yes” in the smacking referendum is the only way to go, anti-smacking advocate Hone Kaa has told an Eastern Bay audience. About 30 people attended an anti-violence and anti-smacking hui at Te Hokowhitu a Tu in Keepa Road on Wednesday.
Organised by Te Kahui Mana Ririki – a charitable trust established to combat Maori child abuse – the hui had two purposes.
“The first is we want people to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum,” Dr Kaa, Te Kahui Mana Ririki’s chairman said. “The question is deliberately misleading and it’s also mischievous.” He said it was important Maori not be “duped” by the referendum question, which asks: Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?
Dr Kaa said the question connected smacking with good parenting, which was the mischievous trick hidden in the question. Dr Kaa said Maori should vote “yes” in the referendum, because the current law prohibiting smacking was working well.
The other reason Te Kahui Mana Ririki had come to Whakatane was to carry on the work with reducing abuse in Maori families. “The trust’s central purpose is around eliminating child abuse in Maori communities,” Dr Kaa said.
Te Kahui Mana Ririki director Antony Blank and strategy manager Helen Harte had travelled with Dr Kaa to Whakatane. “We all live in Auckland, and we need to co-ordinate with people and find suitable venues,” Dr Kaa said. “We try to do at least one lecture per week,” he said. At the Whakatane hui, several of the attendees were older people – which was good, he said “Maori people listen to their elders, so it’s important to have them here.”
Statistics gathered by Te Kahui Mana Ririki reveal Maori children are four times more likely to be hospitalised as the result of deliberately-inflicted physical harm; Maori are twice as likely to experience abuse as other groups; and New Zealand has the third highest rate of infanticide in the OECD, with about a third being Maori deaths.
VOTING “yes” in the smacking referendum is the only way to go, anti-smacking advocate Hone Kaa has told an Eastern Bay audience. About 30 people attended an anti-violence and anti-smacking hui at Te Hokowhitu a Tu in Keepa Road on Wednesday.
Organised by Te Kahui Mana Ririki – a charitable trust established to combat Maori child abuse – the hui had two purposes.
“The first is we want people to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum,” Dr Kaa, Te Kahui Mana Ririki’s chairman said. “The question is deliberately misleading and it’s also mischievous.” He said it was important Maori not be “duped” by the referendum question, which asks: Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?
Dr Kaa said the question connected smacking with good parenting, which was the mischievous trick hidden in the question. Dr Kaa said Maori should vote “yes” in the referendum, because the current law prohibiting smacking was working well.
The other reason Te Kahui Mana Ririki had come to Whakatane was to carry on the work with reducing abuse in Maori families. “The trust’s central purpose is around eliminating child abuse in Maori communities,” Dr Kaa said.
Te Kahui Mana Ririki director Antony Blank and strategy manager Helen Harte had travelled with Dr Kaa to Whakatane. “We all live in Auckland, and we need to co-ordinate with people and find suitable venues,” Dr Kaa said. “We try to do at least one lecture per week,” he said. At the Whakatane hui, several of the attendees were older people – which was good, he said “Maori people listen to their elders, so it’s important to have them here.”
Statistics gathered by Te Kahui Mana Ririki reveal Maori children are four times more likely to be hospitalised as the result of deliberately-inflicted physical harm; Maori are twice as likely to experience abuse as other groups; and New Zealand has the third highest rate of infanticide in the OECD, with about a third being Maori deaths.
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