Professor David Tipene-Leach

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Applying the wahakura lens

to Mori health development
The wahakura strategy of introducing a
woven, flax, separate sleeping surface into a
shared sleeping environment seems to have
struck a chord among Mori mothers. There
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has been a 30% drop in infant mortality
in New Zealand since its introduction in Date: Thursday, 3 August
Time: 4.00pm
2006. This presentation traces the research
Venue: Te ranga Waka
associated with that journey and puts an
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argument for the application of a wahakura RSVP: Janine Perkinson
lens to the development of health initiatives JPerkinson@eit.ac.nz
across the myriad of Mori health experience.

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