May 10, 2022
Whanganui Research Institute receives funding to support ending intergenerational trauma
WHANGANUI RESEARCH INSTITUTE RECEIVES FUNDING TO SUPPORT ENDING INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA
Te Atawhai o Te Ao 10 May 2022
Health and environmental research institute Te Atawhai o Te Ao has secured a further seven years worth of funding to support research to end intergenerational trauma.
The Whanganui based organisation is one of four independant research orgnisations (IROs) to receive a share of $38 million of Health Research Council (HRC) funding. This funding recognises research organisations who are undertaking nationally and internationally significant work outside of university and crown structures.
“We are incredibly thankful to the Health Research Council for its continued support of the work being undertaken by independant research organisations throughout the country. Our team at Te Atawhai o Te Ao, though small, have for a number of years been undertaking important research in relation to intergenrational trauma and healing, and it’s great that the Health Research Council have continued to recognise this” said Dr Rāwiri Tinirau, Te Atawhai o Te Ao Director.
As a kaupapa Māori organisation, Te Atawhai o Te Ao continues to have a focus on reducing inequitable outcomes for Māori. He Kokonga Ngākau: Māori ways of healing, recovery and wellbeing research programme, previously funded by HRC, has contributed to a growing body of work in a space that requires on-going by Māori for Māori voices, in order to effect change.
“We also congratulate Whakauae Research Services on their successful application. It really speaks to the calibre of research in Whanganui to have two independent Māori research organisations operating at a nationally funded and recognised level” said Dr Tinirau.
The HRC funding will support Te Atawhai o Te Ao to work with whānau to understand their histories, develop healthy and resilient strategies for living and for addressing, healing from and preventing intergenerational trauma. Doing this allows future generations to flourish, exercise their rangatiratanga into the future, whilst honouring the past.
Funding has also been awarded to the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research for biomedical research in cancer, asthma, allergy and microbiome research, and the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand for improving clinical management, clinical trial translation and implementation.
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