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#41. ‘Ngaruroro’: Understanding Māori Wellbeing - Finley Johnson
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#41. ‘Ngaruroro’: Understanding Māori Wellbeing - Finley Johnson

Finley Ngarangi Johnson and Colleagues introduce 'Ngaruroro' which is a new model for Māori wellbeing. Fin, who is a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington and a Researcher at the Ministry of Social Development, talks about the effort put into designing the new measure. the themes it covers and some of the issues faced when designing a wellbeing measure for the complexities of different Māori identities.

Their paper can be accessed here : https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/4/445

The episode is co-hosted by Prateek Shankar, CEO,

. He was a guest on an earlier episode about his work on Planetary Melancholia

See episode here: https://smoothbrainsociety.com/2024/05/31/38-planetary-melancholia-prateek-shankar-and-valerie-navarrete/

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