Engagement with Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Research and publications that focus on how psychological therapists and, more broadly, health professionals, engage with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Underserved communities

Insofar as psychological therapists have not fully engaged with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, this strand of our research both highlights the deficits in practice as well offers ideas that strengthens practice and thereby offers greater cultural safety to underserved communities.

Current status

• We are open to further engagement with this

Outcomes

Research outputs

• Shaw, S., & Tudor, K. (2023). Effective and respectful interaction with Māori: How the regulators of health professionals are responding to the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019. New Zealand Medical Journal, 136(1569), 11-23.
• Tudor, K. (2021). Psychotherapists, health practice, and the assurance of competence. In 20/20 vision, 2020 (pp. 65–76). [E-book] Tuwhera Open Access Books. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/6
• Tudor, K. (2021). He tangata, he tangata, he tangata: A humanistic relational approach to a people-centred and experientiual therapy in and of Aotearoa New Zealand. In 20/20 vision, 2020 (pp. 139–152) [E-book]. Tuwhera Open Access Books. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/6
• Tudor, K. (2021). He tangata Tiriti tatou. In 20/20 vision, 2020 (pp. 1–9). [E-book] Tuwhera Open Access Books. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/6
• Tudor, K. (2021). Tūtira mai ahau. In 20/20 vision, 2020 (pp. 184–193). [E-book] Tuwhera Open Access Books. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/6

Community relationships

In undertaking this work, we have built on and continue to maintain our relationships with the community, especially Māori colleagues in the psychological therapies.