Welcome to the third and final issue of Hauora Research for 2021.

Kia ora koutou,

As the framework for Te Pūkenga develops and we build an understanding of how we might work together in the future, it is exciting to bring together research from across the network in this issue of Hauora Research - research that highlights engagement with community, building of professional knowledge and exploration of innovative learning strategies with ākonga at the centre.

I encourage you all to take time to read about the inspirational research by our colleagues, and to use this as a catalyst to grow research collaborations across Te Pūkenga network. This is also an opportunity to share our research with industry stakeholders and community groups to strengthen these important links.

In this issue, we are pleased to share seven notable contributions to health and wellbeing in Aotearoa.

We feature a collaboration between Unitec and Te Puea Memorial Marae, led by Professor Jenny Lee-Morgan and Whitiao Paul. It examines the Marae's transitional housing programme which is transforming the lives of people experiencing homelessness in Auckland.

Our other featured researchers delve into a wide range of subject areas that reflect the variety and vibrancy of health and wellbeing research throughout Te Pūkenga's network. These include:

• an investigation into the wellbeing of ITP educators during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic 
• a New Zealand and Chinese collaboration considering ways to support positive ageing through aged care provision and education 
• an examination of the role of the nurse educator in Aotearoa using a narrative research methodology
• a study into the experiences of people engaging in physical activity while recovering from head injuries
• an exploration of the ways Chinese immigrants maintain important intergenerational family bonds
  
• a close look at the perceptions and experiences of nurses with disabilities.

Please share this pānui with your colleagues and external stakeholders, and encourage them to subscribe.

I would like to thank Lotta Bryant, the former co-ordinator of this working group, for her contributions to ensuring this pānui was launched and her ongoing support for the first two issues this year.

Ngā mihi nui,

Professor Sally Baddock
Co-ordinator, Health and Wellbeing Working Group of Rangahau Research and Postgraduate Studies

About Hauora Research

The Hauora Research pānui is an initiative of the Health and Wellbeing Working Group of Rangahau Research and Postgraduate Studies. The working group represents health and wellbeing research across the 16 subsidiaries of Te Pūkenga.

The working group consists of:

• Prof. Sally Baddock, Otago Polytechnic – working group co-ordinator and pānui editor
• Megan Allardice, Eastern Institute of Technology
• Dr Anita Jagroop-Dearing, Eastern Institute of Technology
• Dr Lee Smith, WelTec and Whitireia Community Polytechnic
• Dr John Stanfield, NorthTec
• Campbell Macgregor, Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology

Contact the Health and Wellbeing Working Group of Rangahau Research and Postgraduate Studies.

• See the previous issue: Hauora Research, Volume Two, Issue Two.
  
  
• Content in this issue of Hauora Research was produced by freelance writer Emma Wood.
  
  

Call for submissions

Are you a health and wellbeing researcher at one of the 16 subsidiaries of Te Pūkenga network? 

If you have a research project you would like to see featured in a future issue of Hauora Research, please request a submission form.