Apriel Jolliffe Simpson
2025: Ka hangaia e Tākuta Apriel Jolliffe Simpson o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato tētahi aronga pūnahanaha o te tautuhi i ngā nanakia kino o te whakarekereke whānau me te tautoko i a rātou ki te panoni i ngā whanonga
Mā ngā tikanga inekounga me te inerahi ka āta tirotiro a Tākuta Jolliffe Simpson (Ngāti Tūwharetoa (ki Taupō)) i ngā āhuatanga e haere tonu ai, e kino haere kē atu te whakamamae whānau, me ngā tauira whanonga o te whakamamae whānau. He tino nui te whakarekereke whānau i Aotearoa, ā, he utu nui ā-pāpori, ā-ōhanga hoki ka puta i tēnei. Ahakoa ngā mahi nui, kāore e taea e ngā aronga onāianei te tautuhi ngā nanakia he rite tonu te tūkino me te whakamamae tāngata.
I roto i tana Whakawhiwhinga Tūranga Kaihautū Anamta o Mana Tūāpapa, ka hangaia e Tākuta Jolliffe Simpson ngā utauta hei tautuhi me te aromatawai i ngā nanakia he tino nui te mōrearea ki ō rātou whānau. Otirā, mā tēnei rangahau ka taea e ngā pirihimana me ngā kaiwhakarato ratonga paemua ki te whakahāngai i ā rātou rawa me ā rātou mahi kia pai ake ai te haumaru me te oranga o te whānau, te tautoko i ngā nanakia, me te whakamutu i te pā haere tonu o te whakarekereke whānau.
Dr Simpson presenting her research. Supplied.