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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• George, Lily
• Ngamu, Elaine
• Norris, Adele N.
• Deckert, Antje
• Tauri, Juan

Titel

Te Piringa Poho: Healing, Potential and Transformation for Māori Women

Ist Teil von

• Neo-Colonial Injustice and the Mass Imprisonment of Indigenous Women, 2020, p.239-267

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This chapter examines the over-representation of Māori women in Aotearoa New Zealand prisons through a postdoctoral research project, Ngā ara hou: New pathways toward whānau ora (family wellbeing) for Māori women with experiences of incarceration. Discussed are the changing ways in which Māori women have been perceived, moving from the powerful representations of womanhood articulated in our creation stories, to a diminished and devalued role in the new settler colonial society from the late nineteenth century. The impact of historical trauma has resulted in a multitude of negative responses, some of which have led Māori women on a pathway to prison. Two frameworks for rehabilitation and reintegration programmes are discussed—Te Piringa Poho (George and Ngamu) and Hokai Rangi (Department of Corrections). Discussion is made regarding the bravery needed in decolonisation projects which examine the past and contemporary circumstances, in order to secure more hopeful futures for our women, families and communities.