2 Great Achievements for Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau

kia ora all I am pleased to announce that Dr. Jacquelyn Elkington received her Ph.D from Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi Indigenous University. Her thesis title is Kaupapa Maori Supervision in Social Services and the Implication of Culture for Wholistic Well-being. Jackie was a tutor on the Te Whiuwhiu o te Hau Maori Counselling program and is a member of Te Whariki Tautoko, the National Maori Counselling Association. Congrats Jackie, nga mihi nui. David Waretini Junior Karena received a Ngarimu Award. He is doing his doctorate in Indigenous Philosophy at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanui-ā-Rangi. David is of Ngāti Māhanga, and Ngāti Māhuta descent on his fathers side, and Te Aupouri, Ngāti Kāhu, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manawa and Ngāti Whātua on his mothers side . David has a long history of contribution and commitment to his community. For many years he has been involved in Te Whāriki Tautoko, a social service governing body that gives kaupapa Māori supervision to Māori social service practitioners in the counselling, social work, therapist and psychology field. He is part of the maintenance crew that takes care of his marae and for more than 15 years he has facilitated Alternatives to Violence programmes in prison and the wider community. David holds a Masters of Arts in commercial music, a Bachelor of Applied Social Science and is a recognised expert in joining kaupapa Māori theories into counselling practice. Across his academic career David has developed Māori models that respond to Māori experiences of historical intergenerational trauma. These have been put in to practice at a national curriculum level. He hopes to present his ideas on the international stage, specifically at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on education in Hawai’i in 2014. He sees his models and frameworks as transferable across Indigenous cultures and believes this to be a significant contribution to whānau, hapū, iwi and all indigenous communities who have been impacted by colonisation.