Māori Health - Te Ara Hauora department

An essential part of health sciences at AUT, Māori Health develops and teaches Te Ara Hauora Māori (Māori health) pathway papers for students interested in a Māori health career.

Te Ara Hauora Māori promotes connectedness between a student’s chosen career and Māori health. The path integrates core health and environmental sciences papers across a number of programmes.

Research centre

Taupua Waiora Centre for Māori Health Research promotes positive health experiences for Māori whānau.

Research in health sciences

We believe in high-quality research that has impact, and have world-class researchers and research strengths across health sciences.

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Key academic contacts

Undergraduate Māori health courses

Dr Margaret Williams
Programme Coordinator Māori Health
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 6837
margaret.williams@aut.ac.nz

Postgraduate Māori health courses

Associate Professor Alayne Mikahere-Hall
Programme Coordinator Māori Health
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7115
alayne.hall@aut.ac.nz

Head of Department – Te Ara Hauora

Associate Professor Alayne Mikahere-Hall
Phone: +64 9 921 9999 ext 7115
alayne.hall@aut.ac.nz

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Dr Chris Puli’uvea, from the School of Science
Good design-disability
Dr Heather Came
Dr Cassandra Fleming
Professor Denise Wilson
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Dr Chris Puli’uvea, from the School of Science
Top award for AUT scientist
21 Nov, 2024
Dr Chris Puli’uvea, from the School of Science, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Good design-disability
Good design can normalise disability
17 Nov, 2021
Harnessing the lived experience of disabled people is key to changing the face of disability and design at both a societal and personal level.
Dr Heather Came
New authority may transform Māori health
22 Apr, 2021
Dr Heather Came and Adjunct Professor Dominic O’Sullivan weigh-in on the establishment of a new Maori health authority in The Conversation.
Dr Cassandra Fleming
AUT success with Marsden funding
12 Nov, 2020
Two AUT academics have won 2020 Marsden funding for research projects.
Professor Denise Wilson
Empathy needed to reduce family violence
04 Dec, 2019
AUT report finds that agencies and services designed to aid wāhine Māori in unsafe relationships often contribute to their entrapment.