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| Not all Māori researchers would regard either themselves, or their research, as fitting within a Kaupapa Māori framework. So, not all research by Māori and not all Māori researchers claim to conduct Kaupapa Māori research (Mead, 1996, p.199). |
| … all aspects of the study and the process of the research were informed by Kaupapa Māori. I had an urgent need to be engaged in a process which was ‘culturally safe’, where Māori institutions, principles and practices were highly valued and followed (Irwin, 1994, p. 27). |
| Deep in my consciousness is the need for me to undertake a study which is culturally relevant and appropriate and which satisfies the rigour of research. In short, to undertake this research as a Māori academic, not as an academic who happens to be Māori (Irwin, 1994, p. 27). |
| …being Māori, identifying as Māori, and as a Māori researcher, is a critical element of Kaupapa Māori research (Mead, 1996, p.202). |
| Kaupapa Māori research is an attempt to ‘retrieve some space’ (Smith, L. 1999) to plan, organise, conduct, analyse and give back culturally responsive research primarily by Māori, and for Maori. Kaupapa Maori as research provides clear directions of how to conduct research in ‘Maori ways’ and the impetus to explore new research methods (Lee, forthcoming). |
| Getting the kaupapa ‘right’ is the first and major issue, the second issue is employing the most appropriate methods and people. So sometimes a positivistic piece of research can be carried out by Māori researchers, but the questions it sought to answer, the problems it sought to probe and data it sought to gather, have generally been priorities and debated by Māori working in a Kaupapa Māori framework (Mead, 1996, p.207). |
| Kaupapa Māori research is collectivistic and is oriented toward benefiting all the research participants and their collectively determined agendas, defining and acknowledging Māori aspirations for research, while developing and implementing Māori theoretical and methodological preference and practices for research (Bishop, 2005, p. 114). |
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