Kaitiakitanga – principles for protecting and promoting tamariki and rangatahi wellbeing in Growing Up in New Zealand

Paine, Sarah-Jane

Kaitiakitanga – principles for protecting and promoting tamariki and rangatahi wellbeing in Growing Up in New Zealand Sarah-Jane Paine, Denise Neumann, Fiona Langridge, Aysha Peters and Te Kani Kingi - Taylor & Francis, 2022 - Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand .

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2022, First published online, 22 May 2022

Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) is the largest contemporary longitudinal study of child development in Aotearoa New Zealand. The aim of the study was to recruit a large, socioeconomically and ethnically diverse cohort of children, with successful recruitment of 1246 pregnant Māori women. This paper describes the development and operationalisation of the GUiNZ Kaitiaki principles which provide a framework for ensuring that Māori rights and aspirations for research and policy development are upheld as part of the study. We also consider how the Kaitiaki principles might inform the next phase of GUiNZ, particularly with respect to the potential guardianship role that rangatahi (young people) should have as their contribution to the study expands. Finally, this commentary seeks to highlight the significant opportunities that Māori values and philosophies bring to longitudinal research in Aotearoa including through strengthening our connections with whānau and Maori communities. (Authors' abstract). Record #7641


CHILDREN
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
VOICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Growing Up in New Zealand study (GUiNZ)
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
MĀORI
ORA
RANGAHAU MĀORI
RESEARCH ETHICS
TAIOHI
TAITAMARIKI
TAMARIKI
WELLBEING
YOUNG PEOPLE


NEW ZEALAND