![]() Utilising reflexive thematic analysis, we describe three conceptual domains that participant accounts spoke into: mitigating system failures to embrace rangatahi and their whānau, sustainability and longevity of services for rangatahi Māori, and fostering rangatahi tino rangatiratanga. We report on an interview study with 13 Māori practitioners in youth development, exploring their struggles, strengths and strategies, as part of a larger project exploring rangatahi wellbeing and whanaungatanga (connectedness and relationality). Despite a skilled and dedicated Māori workforce, current service contexts severely limit the innovation of Māori practitioners working from a basis of mātauranga Māori (Māori ways of knowing and being), and curtail their ability to support rangatahi Māori and their whānau (community of related families). "This signals that perhaps there may be some important things going on with the helpfulness of the extended family as well."Ĭommunal and extended family approaches are more commonplace among non-European families in New Zealand - including Māori, Pasifika and Asian communities.Persistent health inequities between rangatahi Māori (Indigenous young people) and other young people within Aotearoa New Zealand are incurred by a colonial machinery of institutions, service systems and sociocultural contexts that facilitates the marginalisation of Māori. Other findings within the research included that fathers with helpful families were more likely to be involved, Meehan said. " We still found that Māori and Pacific fathers were more involved." ![]() Meehan said the research accounted for those types of factors. The Children's Commissioner says Māori and Pasifika families bear a greater burden from poverty and hardship than Pākehā. "Everybody seems to be suddenly coming on board in having an active part in raising the kids, rather than leaving it to the female." "I walk the loop and I see fathers running around with the baby in the pram," he said. Hetaraka described a cultural shift taking place in New Zealand. Outcomes included the development of language and motor skills, as well as psychological outcomes such as fewer behavioural issues. The importance of a father's role was highlighted in the research, which found a positive relationship between a father's involvement and a child's outcomes. Hetaraka said early reports by Pākehā observers existed in which Māori were accused of spoiling their kids. Traditionally, mothers and fathers in Māori families raised their children in a "non-gendered way", he said. "I believe that the way that we lived in regards to the worldview of raising kids, because we've done it for centuries, is locked in the DNA somehow." Meehan said one of the interesting points raised in the research was that more fathers than mothers thought the distribution of childcare responsibilities was fair. ![]() ![]() "Pacific fathers were more likely to undertake enriching activities like reading and playing games with the child." In general, Māori and Pasifika fathers undertake childcare activities more than Pākehā fathers, and Pasifika fathers were more likely to undertake “high-quality” care activities, she said. Lisa Meehan, co-author of the report and associate director at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) NZ Work Research Institute, said the research found clear ethnic differences in fathers' involvement. The findings are laid out in the report, ‘ Fathers’ household and childcare involvement in New Zealand: A snapshot, determinants and consequences.’ While Kiwi fathers are less involved in the day-to-day care of children compared to mothers, Māori and Pasifika dads are more hands-on than their Pākehā counterparts. Māori and Pasifika dads are leading the way in childcare, new research has shown. Whangārei Tohunga Whakairo Te Warihi Hetaraka thinks more families are embracing mātauranga Māori and indigenous parenting approaches.
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