Ken Taiapa, PhD

Ken is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Whāriki Research Centre, and is part of the HRC funded Tangata Whenua Tangata Ora research programme. His research interests include the relationship between healthy environments and healthy people, with a focus on Māori & indigenous values and eco-health, and kai sovereignty. His PhD work told the story of a hapū mārakai inititiative and the healing that occured through connecting people to whenua. He is also employed by the University of Otago as a Post-Dpctoral Research Fellow on the Climate Health Aotearoa project; a multi-institutional project helping to build research capability and capacity in the field of climate health. Ken also has experience of working in other areas of public health research and evaluation at Whāriki including Whānau Ora, Māori health workforce development, Māori health service design and delivery, sexual reproductive health and young Māori males, media and racism, and postive youth development.

Email: k.taiapa@massey.ac.nz

Journal Articles

Taiapa, K., Moewaka Barnes, H., & Wright, S. (2024). Climate change and mātauranga Māori: making sense of a western environmental construct. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 1-12. doi:10.1080/1177083X.2024.2350195 A632

Taiapa, K., McCreanor, T., & Moewaka Barnes, H. (2021). Mārakai as sites of ahi kaa and resistance. MAI Journal, 10(2), 148-158. A559

Taiapa, K., Moewaka Barnes, H., & McCreanor, T. (2021). Tension without tikanga: the damaging face of the treaty claims settlement system. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 17(2), 317–325. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801211019123 A560

Anderson, Y.C., Wild, C.E.K., Hofman, P.L., Cave, T.L., Taiapa, K.J., Domett, T., Derraik, J.G.B., Cutfield, W.S., Grant, C.C., & Willing, E.J. Participant and caregivers’ experiences of a multi-disciplinary programme for healthy lifestyle change in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a qualitative, focus group study. BMJ Open 2021;11:e043516. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043516

Borell, B., McCreanor, T., Moewaka Barnes, A., Nairn, R., Rankine, J., Abel, S., Taiapa, K., Kaiwai, H. (2011). Reading news about Māori: responses from non-Māori audiences. AlterNative, 7(1). 51-64.

Gregory, A., Borell, B., McCreanor, T., Moewaka Barnes, A., Nairn, R., Rankine, J., Abel, S., Taiapa, K., & Kaiwai, H. (2012). Reading News about Māori. Alternative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 7(1), 51-65. Moewaka Barnes, A., Taiapa, K., Borell, B., & McCreanor, T. (2013). Māori experiences and responses to racism in Aotearoa New Zealand. MAI Journal, A New Zealand. Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, 2, 63-77.

Moewaka Barnes, A., Borell, B., Taiapa, K., Rankine, J., Nairn, R., & McCreanor, T. (2012). Anti-Māori themes in New Zealand journalism - toward alternative practice. Pacific Journalism Review, 18(1)195-216Gregory,

Taiapa, K., Moewaka Barnes, H. & McCreanor, T. (2021). Tension without tikanga; the damaging face of the treaty settlement system. Alternative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 17(2):317-325.

Taiapa, K., & Moewaka Barnes, H. (2021). Mārakai as Sites of Ahi Kaa and Resistance. MAI Journal (in press).

Chapters In Books

Taiapa, K., & Moewaka Barnes, H. Mārakai: healing across time, place and space. In Pihama, L., & Smith, L. T. (2021). ORA: Healing Ourselves – Indigenous Knowledge, Healing and Wellbeing. Huia Publishers. In Press.

Reports

Kaiwai, H., Moewaka Barnes, H., Taiapa, K., & McCreanor, T. (2009). Evaluation of the Vodafone Foundation World of Difference Projects. Auckland: SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University.

Moewaka Barnes, H., Borell, S., & Taiapa, K. (2010). Te Hotu Manawa Māori Needs Assessment, Māori Community Nutrition and Physical Activity Workforce Support and Development Needs. Auckland: SHORE and Whariki Research Center.

Taiapa, K., & Taiapa, N.L. (2021). Te Pae Herenga Scoping Research on Kai Sovereignty in Tāmaki Makaurau. Auckland: Waipareira Trust.

Taiapa, K., & Fergusson, D. (2019). Te Toka Herenga Waka: Māori Learner Success at the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki. Wellington, Ako Aotearoa.

Taiapa, K. (2017). Scoping Kaitiakitanga Activities in Aotearoa. Nga Pae o te Maramatanga Pre-Doctoral Summer Studentship Report. Auckland: SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre.

Taiapa, K., & George, L. (2016). Ngā Kaupapa Mātauranga O Ngā Mahi o Te Rā Project Evaluation. Auckland: Dreamweavers Research and Consultancy Ltd.

Taiapa, K., Moewaka Barnes, H., & McCreanor, T. (2014). Waimarino Youth Photovoice Project. Auckland: SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University.

Taiapa, K., & Moewaka Barnes, H. (2013). Tui Ora Limited Whanau Ora Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Final Evaluation. Auckland: SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University.

Taiapa, K. & Moewaka Barnes, H. (2012). Evaluation of the Whakatipuranga Rima Rau Project. Auckland: SHORE and Whariki Research Centre.

Taiapa, K. (2011). Evaluation of the Tiakina tou Whakapapa e Project. SHORE and Whariki Research Centre, Massey University.

Taiapa, K. (2009). Māori Values and Ecohealth: The Contemporary Expression of a Traditional Concept. Building Research Capability in the Social Sciences (BRCSS) Studentship Report. Auckland: SHORE and Whāriki Research Centre.