Abstract
Child abuse and domestic violence are complex and endemic problems for many families, and there is no simple solution to researching and reporting it compassionately. The Glenn Inquiry spoke to over 500 victims, perpetrators and frontline workers about their experiences of child abuse and/or domestic violence. For many of the participants, it was the first time they had talked to anyone about their experiences of violence. It gave them the opportunity to express their concerns, anger, to tell their stories, and then, more importantly, to articulate their hopes for the future. Often people shared their experiences knowing that their own situations and the after-effects of the abuse and violence they had lived with could never be ‘fixed’ or resolved for them. Yet, they came forward in the hope that family life would be better for their tamariki (children), mokopuna (grandchildren) and others. Their involvement was an act of aroha (love), rangatiratanga (leadership) and, for many, motuhaketanga (self-reclamation and determination).
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Barlow, C. (1991). Key concepts in Māori culture. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Bhabha, H. (1992). The world and the home. Social Text, (31/32), 141–153.
Brant, B. (1994). Writing as witness: Essay and talk. Toronto: Women’s Press.
Brown, L., & Strega, S. (2005). Research as resistance: Critical, indigenous and anti-oppressive approaches. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.
Camacho, D. (2016). Blurring boundaries: An emotionally aware caregiver, social worker, and researcher. Qualitative Social Work, 15(5–6), 682–695.
Chilisa, B., & Tsheko, G. N. (2014). Mixed methods in indigenous research: Building relationships for sustainable intervention outcomes. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 8(3), 222–233.
Cram, F. (1997). Developing partnerships in research: Pākehā researchers and Māori Research. Sites, 35(Spring): 44–63.
de la Bellacasa, M. P. (2012). ‘Nothing comes without its world’: thinking with care. The Sociological Review, 60(2), 197–216.
Dell, K., Staniland, N., & Nicholson, A. (in press). Economy of mana: Where to next? MAI Journal.
Dobbs, T., & Eruera, M. (2014). Kaupapa Māori wellbeing framework: The basis for whānau violence prevention and intervention. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse.
Hooks, B. (2000). All about love: New visions. New York: William Morrow.
Jones, R., Crengle, S., & McCreanor, T. (2006). How tikanga guides and protects the research process: Insights from the Hauora Tane Project. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 29, 60–77.
Kovach, M. (2010). Conversation method in indigenous research. First Peoples Child & Family Review, 5(1), 40–48.
Ibrahim, A. (2014). Research as an act of love: Ethics, émigrés, and the praxis of becoming human. Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 8(1), 7–20.
Lee, J. B. J. (2008). Ako: Pūrākau of Māori secondary school teachers’ work in secondary schools (Unpublished EdD). The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ.
Lee, J. (2009). Decolonising Māori narratives: Pūrākau as a method. MAI Review, 2(3), 79–91.
Lee, R. (1993). Doing research on sensitive topics. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Lee, R., & Renzetti, C. (1990). The problems of researching sensitive topics. American Behavioral Scientist, 33, 510–528.
Mead, H. M. (2003). Tikanga Māori: Living by Māori values. Wellington: Huia Publishers.
Moewaka Barnes, H. (2000). Kaupapa Māori: Explaining the ordinary. Pacific Health Dialog, 7(1), 13–16.
Noddings, N. (1992). The challenge to care in schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
Noddings, N. (2013). Caring: A relational approach to ethics and moral education. Univ of California Press.
Pohatu, T. W. (2005). Ata: Growing respectful relationships. Unpublished manuscript. Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Manukau, NZ.
Royal, T. (2008). Te ngākau: He wānanga i te mātauranga: Kia puta he aroha, he māramatanga. Wellington, New Zealand: Mauriora ki te Ao/Living Universally.
Royal, T. (2005). The purpose of education: Perspectives arising from Mātauranga Māori. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Education.
Royal, T. (2006, September). A modern view of mana. Keynote address at the Joint Conference of the Australian Psychological Society and the New Zealand Psychological Society, Auckland, New Zealand.
Smith, L. T. (2005). Building a research agenda for indigenous epistemologies and education. Anthropology & education quarterly, 36(1), 93–95.
Madison, S. D. (2008). Narrative poetics and performative interventions. In N. K. Denzin, Y. S. Lincoln, & L. T. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of critical and indigenous methodologies (pp. 407–428). London: SAGE.
Smith, G. H. (1997). The development of Kaupapa Māori: Theory and Praxis (Unpublished Ph.D. thesis). University of Auckland.
Smith, L. T. (2007). On tricky ground. The landscape of qualitative research, 1, 85–113.
Smith, L. T. (2013). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. Zed Books Ltd.
Tafoya, T. (1995). Finding Harmony: Balancing traditional values with Western science in therapy. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 21, 7–27.
Walker, P. (2003). Partnership models within a Māori social service provider. Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago.
Wilson, S. (2008). Research is ceremony: Indigenous research methods. Winnipeg, CAN: Fernwood Publishing.
Wilson, D., & Neville, S. (2009). Culturally safe research with vulnerable populations. Contemporary Nurse, 33(1), 69–79.
Wilson, D., & Webber, M. (2014). The people’s report: The people’s inquiry into addressing child abuse and domestic violence. The Glenn Inquiry.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Webber, M. (2019). Writing Narratives of Hope: An Act of Aroha. In: Farquhar, S., Fitzpatrick, E. (eds) Innovations in Narrative and Metaphor. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6114-2_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6114-2_8
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-6113-5
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-6114-2
eBook Packages: Social SciencesSocial Sciences (R0)