The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index
Place-based, Indigenous ways of knowing have real relevance in a context of urban system change. Indigenous approaches have developed over time in places that are understood as ecological entities and venerated kin, not geological resource. Such socio-ecological and nature-responsive models are evid...
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| description | Place-based, Indigenous ways of knowing have real relevance in a context of urban system change. Indigenous approaches have developed over time in places that are understood as ecological entities and venerated kin, not geological resource. Such socio-ecological and nature-responsive models are evidenced to offer the adaptive, ecologically ethical and responsive strategies needed at this time of complex ecological crisis. The research discussed here is founded in a complex Indigenous wellbeing concept – mauri ora - that links social and ecological wellbeing together as an indissoluble whole. Earlier research developed an urban mauri-centered “compass” that oriented users towards nature-based and socio-ecological approaches to urban wellbeing. An urban wellbeing data display was also developed that measured and visualised current states of social, cultural and ecological wellbeing. This mauri-centered research methodology was then tested out in place, in Waitaha/Canterbury, in the South Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Working with Te Kāhui Kahukura, a group of Māori Iwi kin authorities, a wellbeing index was developed. In this paper we describe the research context, the place-based index and its key domains and measures that assess socio-ecological wellbeing as a complex whole in the context of urban environments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e78fdebb251d4ba4a7d3e1288e54637b2025-08-20T04:00:32ZengElsevierNature-Based Solutions2772-41152025-12-01810025710.1016/j.nbsj.2025.100257The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing indexJohn Reid0Amanda Yates1Ngai Tahu Research Centre, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand; Ngāti Pikiao, Tainui, Tauiwi (Iwi kin affiliations)Te Wānanga Aronui O Tāmaki Makau Rau Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand; Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Te Aitanga a Mahaki, Rongowhakaata (Iwi kin affiliations); National Science Challenge Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities (BBHTC) Huritanga – The Urban Wellbeing programme; Corresponding author at: 55 Wellesley Street, CBD, Auckland, New Zealand.Place-based, Indigenous ways of knowing have real relevance in a context of urban system change. Indigenous approaches have developed over time in places that are understood as ecological entities and venerated kin, not geological resource. Such socio-ecological and nature-responsive models are evidenced to offer the adaptive, ecologically ethical and responsive strategies needed at this time of complex ecological crisis. The research discussed here is founded in a complex Indigenous wellbeing concept – mauri ora - that links social and ecological wellbeing together as an indissoluble whole. Earlier research developed an urban mauri-centered “compass” that oriented users towards nature-based and socio-ecological approaches to urban wellbeing. An urban wellbeing data display was also developed that measured and visualised current states of social, cultural and ecological wellbeing. This mauri-centered research methodology was then tested out in place, in Waitaha/Canterbury, in the South Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Working with Te Kāhui Kahukura, a group of Māori Iwi kin authorities, a wellbeing index was developed. In this paper we describe the research context, the place-based index and its key domains and measures that assess socio-ecological wellbeing as a complex whole in the context of urban environments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411525000461Indigenous knowledgeMauri oraUrban well-beingTransition toolsUrban system change |
| spellingShingle | John Reid Amanda Yates The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index Nature-Based Solutions Indigenous knowledge Mauri ora Urban well-being Transition tools Urban system change |
| title | The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index |
| title_full | The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index |
| title_fullStr | The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index |
| title_short | The Te Kāhui Kuhukura wellbeing index |
| title_sort | te kahui kuhukura wellbeing index |
| topic | Indigenous knowledge Mauri ora Urban well-being Transition tools Urban system change |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772411525000461 |
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