Sport psychology consulting with athletes who are from an indigenous ethnic group presents some challenges and opportunities that do not typically need to be considered when consulting with nonindigenous athletes. Māori 1 are the indigenous ethnic group of New Zealand. To work as a sport psychology consultant with Māori athletes and indeed any indigenous athletes (e.g., Tahitian, First Nation Canadian Indian) it is important for the sport psychologist to have an understanding of Te Ao o Nga Tāngata Whenua (indigenous worldview) and tīkanga Tāngata Whenua (indigenous cultural practices; Hanrahan, 2004; Schinke & Hanrahan, 2009; Tuhiwai-Smith, 1999). Both research and practice in the social sciences regarding Māori people seek to use a Kaupapa Māori (Māori research and practice platform) approach. Kaupapa Māori attempts to ensure that cultural sensitivity is infused from the conceptualization of an intervention (e.g., psychological skills training, psychological intervention) through to the design, delivery, evaluation, final analysis, and presentation of the intervention or research project. A Kaupapa Māori approach to sport psychology consulting attempts to ensure that key Māori aspirations are honored and celebrated, as many Māori do not wish to follow a non-Māori ideology that depersonalizes the whānau (family) perspective and seeks individuality in its place (Durie, 1998a; Mead, 2003). Therefore, an effective sport psychology consulting program for an athlete who lives her or his life from a Te Ao Māori (Māori worldview) and tīkanga Māori (Māori cultural practices) perspective needs to be constructed as a Māori-for-Māori intervention based within a Kaupapa Māori framework.
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Sport Psychology Consulting With Indigenous Athletes: The Case of New Zealand Māori
Ken Hodge, Lee-Ann Sharp, and Justin Ihirangi Heke
The Epidemiology of Domain-Specific Physical Activity in New Zealand Adults: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Survey
Ryan Gage, Anja Mizdrak, Justin Richards, Adrian Bauman, Melissa Mcleod, Rhys Jones, Alistair Woodward, and Caroline Shaw
shown in Supplementary Material S4 [available online]). Self-identified ethnicity data were collected as part of the survey and categorized into 5 groups: NZ European/Pākehā, Māori, Pacific peoples, Asian (included those from Central, East, South Southeast, and Western Asia), and “Other” (eg
Physical Activity, Function, and Mortality in Advanced Age: A Longitudinal Follow-Up (LiLACS NZ)
Casey Mace Firebaugh, Simon Moyes, Santosh Jatrana, Anna Rolleston, and Ngaire Kerse
an initial sample size of 937 and continued for 6 years, with 350 participants in the most recent completed cohort year ( Mace et al., 2016 ; Hayman et al., 2012 ; Dyall et al., 2013 ). In brief, a complete population recruitment of all Māori aged 80–90 years and a single-year birth cohort (1925
Sport for Social Change With Aotearoa New Zealand Youth: Navigating the Theory–Practice Nexus Through Indigenous Principles
Jeremy Hapeta, Rochelle Stewart-Withers, and Farah Palmer
in sport-for-development (SFD) research, this study demonstrates how such perspectives can provide important insights for the SFD field. We argue that, from our perspective as Māori (Indigenous people to NZ) scholars, there cannot be a universal theory; however, there is some universality of
Descriptive Epidemiology of Physical Activity Levels and Patterns in New Zealanders in Advanced Age
Casey Mace, Ngaire Kerse, Ralph Maddison, Timothy Olds, Santosh Jatrana, Carol Wham, Mere Kepa, Anna Rolleston, Ruth Teh, and Joanna Broad
Background:
Little is known about the physical activity levels and behaviors of advanced age New Zealanders.
Methods:
A cross-sectional analysis of data from Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand (LiLACS NZ), Te Puāwaitanga O Nga Tapuwae Kia ora Tonu, measures of physical activity (PASE) (n = 664, aged 80–90 [n = 254, Māori, aged 82.5(2), n = 410 non-Māori, aged 85(.5)]) was conducted to determine physical activity level (PAL). A substudy (n = 45) was conducted to attain detailed information about PAL and behaviors via the Multimedia Activity Recall for Children and Adults (MARCA) and accelerometry. The main study was analyzed by sex for Māori and non-Māori.
Results:
Men consistently had higher levels of physical activity than women for all physical activity measures. Sex was significant for different domains of activity.
The New Zealand Physical Activity Questionnaires: Validation by Heart-Rate Monitoring in a Multiethnic Population
Karen L. Moy, Robert K. Scragg, Grant McLean, and Harriette Carr
Background:
This study validated the short- and long-form New Zealand Physical Activity Questionnaires (NZPAQ-SF and NZPAQ-LF) against heart-rate monitoring (HRM) with individual calibration.
Methods:
A multiethnic sample (N = 180), age 19 to 86 y, underwent HRM for 3 consecutive days while simultaneously completing physical activity (PA) logs.
Results:
Both NZPAQs showed significant (p < .001) correlations to HRM data for brisk walking (r = .27–.43), vigorous-intensity PA (r = .27–.35), and total PA (r = .25; 95% CI, 0.10-0.40), whereas moderate-intensity PA was substantially overreported (mean = 157-199 min). Although the NZPAQ-LF performed better for brisk walking and vigorous-intensity PA, the NZPAQs were strongly correlated (r = .61 and r = .52, respectively, p < .0001). European/Other participants demonstrated the most accurate PA recall of total PA on both NZPAQs (r = .36−.41, p < .01).
Conclusions:
The NZPAQs are acceptable instruments for measuring adult PA levels and produce similar results. Substituting culturally specific examples of PAs on the NZPAQs and their accompanying show cards could potentially improve PA recall for Maori and Pacific people.
Investigating the Association Between Child Television Viewing and Measured Child Adiposity Outcomes in a Large Nationally Representative Sample of New Zealanders: A Cross-Sectional Study
Matthew Hobbs, Stuart J.H. Biddle, Andrew P. Kingsnorth, Lukas Marek, Melanie Tomintz, Jesse Wiki, John McCarthy, Malcolm Campbell, and Simon Kingham
education has been linked with higher obesity risks in children, 17 and in New Zealand, Māori, and Pacific children are reported to be disproportionately affected by obesity. 18 While many of these parental factors may be hypothesized to moderate the association between sedentary behavior and children
Physical Activity Prevalence and Correlates Among New Zealand Older Adults
Hayley Guiney, Michael Keall, and Liana Machado
-related behaviors between indigenous (Māori) and nonindigenous (non-Māori) older adults, in light of well-established ethnic health disparities ( Teh et al., 2014 ). Rather than surveying a nationally-representative sample of older adults, the authors purposefully recruited samples of Māori and non-Māori people
Social Isolation, Physical Capacity, and Physical Activity in Older Community-Dwelling Adults Post-Hospitalization
Lauren M. Robins, Ted Brown, Aislinn F. Lalor, Rene Stolwyk, Fiona McDermott, and Terry Haines
background if they met two of the following criteria: 1) were born in a country other than Australia, 2) spoke a main language other than English at home and 3) identified with a specific cultural group (other than Australian), or as an Indigenous Australian or Maori. Accredited language interpreters were
Effects of a Curriculum-Integrated Dance Program on Children’s Physical Activity
Geeta Sharma, Tom Stewart, and Scott Duncan
children, and they were given time to ask questions. Written informed assent and consent were obtained from children, parents, and teachers prior to participation. Children from various ethnic backgrounds and learning abilities participated in the study. Children of Polynesian ethnicities, such as Māori
