Waikaremoana Waitoki Explained

Waikaremoana Waitoki
Fields:Indigenous psychology, Maori: [[Mātauranga Māori]]|italics=no, Cultural competency
Workplaces:University of Waikato
Thesis1 Title:The Development and Evaluation of a Cultural Competency Training Programme for Psychologists Working With Māori: A Training Needs Analysis
Thesis1 Url:https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/6654/thesis.pdf
Thesis1 Year:2012
Awards:Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award (2022)

Waikaremoana Waitoki is a New Zealand clinical psychologist, academic, and former president of the New Zealand Psychological Society from 2020 until 2022. She is an associate professor at the University of Waikato,[1] [2] and focuses her research on indigenous psychology, Maori: [[Mātauranga Māori]]|italics=no and cultural competency.

Biography

Waitoki graduated from the University of Waikato with a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology, becoming a member of the New Zealand Psychological Society's National Standing Committee on Bicultural Issues in 1998.[3] She also has a PhD from the same university, completed in 2012.[4]

From 2002 until 2009, Waitoki was a board member of the New Zealand Psychologists Board.[3] Waitoki was one of the driving forces of the National Māori Graduates of Psychology Symposium, an event held in November 2002.[5] [6] In the early 2010s, Waitoki was the Bicultural Director of the New Zealand Psychological Society.[3]

In 2016, Waitoki published a book entitled Maori: Te manu kai i te mātauranga: Indigenous psychology in Maori: Aotearoa/New Zealand, a compilation of 18 Māori psychologists' opinions on a single case study.[7] [8]

Since 2018, Waitoki has been an investigator in several large-scale projects. In 2018, she became the lead investigator for a Marsden grant-funded study involving Maori: [[Mātauranga Māori]]|italics=no and Indigenous psychology,[9] [1] and in the following year received an additional Marsden grant, as a member of a multidisciplinary team researching Waikato wetland pā using carbon–14 wiggle-match dating (WMD) and dendrochronology to give more precise dates to wetland pā pallisades.[10] In 2019, Waitoki proposed the creation of a Kaupapa Māori-based clinical psychology programme in New Zealand, training Māori clinicians with a Māori world view, in order to address inequalities in the New Zealand mental health system.[11]

Waitoki received two grants from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in 2020. The first was for a project to investigate Māori maternal health inequalities, entitled Maori: Raranga, raranga taku takapau: hapū ora for Maori: tamariki, investigating the use of Maori: [[Mātauranga Māori]]|italics=no and tikanga to improve the wellbeing of mothers.[12] The second, Working to End Racial Oppression (WERO), is a project examining the impacts of racism, leading towards the development of tools to measure and combat institutional racism.[13] [14]

In 2020, Waitoki became the president of the New Zealand Psychological Society.[15] In the following year, she became a fellow of the New Zealand Psychological Society.[16] Waitoki also works as an advisory member of the Suicide Prevention Office of the Ministry of Health, and as a member of the Film and Literature Classification Board.[1]

In November 2022 Waitoki was awarded the Te Puāwaitanga Research Excellence Award for eminent and distinctive contribution to Te Ao Māori and indigenous knowledge by the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for her work "indigenising the psychology profession".[17]

Personal life

Waitoki is of Māori descent, from Maori: [[Ngāti Hako]]|italics=no and Maori: [[Ngāti Māhanga]] [[iwi]]|italics=no. Waitoki is ranked 3rd dan in Kyokushin karate. As an instructor, Waitoki uses Māori language during karate lessons.[18]

Bibliography

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki . 2021-10-31. University of Waikato.
  2. Web site: communications@waikato.ac.nz . 2023-02-01 . Algae to economics: academic promotions announced . 2023-11-14 . www.waikato.ac.nz . en-NZ.
  3. The Complexity of Developing a Global Definition of Competency . 5. 2. 100–107. Waikaremoana . Waitoki . Rosanne . Black . Bridgette . Masters-Awatere . Psychology Aotearoa . 2 November 2013.
  4. Waitoki . Waikaremoana . 2012 . Doctoral thesis . The Development and Evaluation of a Cultural Competency Training Programme for Psychologists Working with Māori: A Training Needs Analysis . Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato . 10289/6654 .
  5. Web site: Cherrington . Lisa . Dr Waikaremoana Waitoki . 2024-06-28 . 100 Maori Leaders.
  6. Nikora. Linda Waimarie. Levy. Michelle Patricia. Masters-Awatere. Bridgette. Waitoki. Waikaremoana. Te Awekotuku. Ngahuia. Etheridge. Richard JM. The Proceedings of the National Māori Graduates of Psychology Symposium 2002: Making a difference. 2003.
  7. Web site: 'I belong therefore I am' . Kathryn . Ryan . Radio New Zealand. 30 November 2016 . 1 November 2021.
  8. Web site: Maori psychology book promotes hope . Kathryn . Ryan . Waatea News. 6 September 2016 . 1 November 2021.
  9. Web site: From the stars to the depths of the earth: new research funding . . 8 November 2018 . 1 November 2021.
  10. 31 May 2021 . A New Understanding: Experts in Mātauranga Māori, archaeology and science are coming together with iwi and hapū to shed new light on the wetland pā of Waikato . Heritage . 161 . Hōtoke Winter 2021 . 24–27 . Wellington, New Zealand . Rosemary . Baird . . 1175-9615.
  11. Web site: Māori psychology school pitched to counter shortage. Libby. Wilson. Stuff. 18 September 2019 . 31 October 2021.
  12. Web site: Māori maternal health inequity research receives almost $1m in funding. Te Kuru o te Marama. Dewes. Māori Television. 20 May 2020 . 31 October 2021.
  13. Web site: Waikato University staff lead project on racial oppression. Radio New Zealand. 24 September 2020 . 31 October 2021.
  14. Web site: Working to end racial oppression supported by $10m MBIE grant . . 24 September 2020 . 1 November 2021.
  15. Web site: Governance & Management . https://web.archive.org/web/20191219194913/https://www.psychology.org.nz/about-nzpss/our-people/ . 19 December 2019 . New Zealand Psychological Society. 1 November 2021.
  16. Web site: Outstanding Psychologists Recognised By Peers. Scoop. 21 September 2021 . 1 November 2021.
  17. Web site: First event to celebrate 2022 Research Honours Aotearoa winners . 2022-11-10 . Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  18. Web site: Training in te reo: Hamilton instructor brings Māori into karate . Libby. Wilson. Stuff. 15 September 2019 . 1 November 2021.

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