A $140,000 health research grant will be awarded to Ngahuia Mita for a three-year PhD project that will investigate the health benefits of sailing waka hourua. Mita says it's another path to address the many health issues in Te Tairāwhiti.
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NewsFunding of $250k to study Māori with tuberculosis
University of Otago researcher Professor Philip Hill has been awarded $250,000 to study the top infectious disease killer in the world among Māori.
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HRC awards give researchers opportunity to pursue their passion
The Health Research Council have awarded around $500.000 to four up-and-coming Māori researchers from the University of Otago, in order to pursue world class projects that are aimed at improving the health and well-being of New Zealanders and to also contribute to the progress in these area’s on an international scale.
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Strengthening end of life care amongst whānau
A new study from the University of Auckland is looking at traditional end-of-life Māori care customs that families draw on to strengthen their end-of-life caregiving activities and support palliative care services. New Zealand's leading palliative care researcher Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell from the university's School of Nursing says this will have benefits for family carers, iwi and the health and palliative care sectors.
