Māori women's perspectives of raising a loved one who has autism (Takiwātanga) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, Manawatū, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Māori women's perspectives of raising a loved one who has autism (Takiwātanga) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North, Manawatū, Aotearoa New Zealand

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This thesis presents research that explored the understandings, worldviews, and approaches of eight Māori māmā (mothers) with children (tamariki) or adolescents (rangatahi) who have been diagnosed with autism (takiwātanga) in Aotearoa New Zealand. An interpretivist qualitative research design was utilised that combined methods from Western methodologies and Kaupapa Māori and Mana Wahine theory and research. The methodology was transformative (whakaahua) in nature, as the concepts behind the W...

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Doctor of Philosophy

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2025-02-17

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Hastie, Jeanette Louise

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/72498

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autism, taikwātanga, Māori māmā, kaupapa Māori, mana wāhine / Women / Māori / New Zealand / Attitudes / Mothers of autistic children / Parent and child / Anecdotes / Autistic children / Care / Tūāwhiotanga whanonga ā-hinengaro / Tamariki / Rangatahi / Māmā / Mana wahine / Kōrero / Māori Doctoral Thesis / 451001 Te whaikaha me te Māori (Māori and disability) / 451013 Mātauranga hinengaro kaupapa Māori (Māori psychology) / 451021 Ngā taiohi me ngā whānau Māori (Māori youth and family)

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