Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

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“Zero F@#ks” (and insights into what our rangatahi do care about)

Kaitāia, in the Far North of Aotearoa New Zealand. Just this week I’ve seen so many examples of people beyond caring what other people…

Nov 19, 2023

“Zero F@#ks” (and insights into what our rangatahi do care about)

Nov 19, 2023

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

TE TOTORONGĀ

(the way forward is reaching back)

Feb 11, 2021

Feb 11, 2021

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

Reflections from the crypt: Far North issues need Far North solutions (#1 of #2)

I remember early-2016 and being newly-wed after many years of cohabitating with my hoa tane with Far North whakapapa, and on top of that…

Jun 14, 2020

Reflections from the crypt: Far North issues need Far North solutions (#1 of #2)

Jun 14, 2020

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

THE ACTIVATING PRINCIPLE OF MAURI: A COVID-19 RESPONSE

This current pandemic has afforded many of those advocating for systemic change in Aotearoa a real opportunity to critique, and also to…

Jun 2, 2020

THE ACTIVATING PRINCIPLE OF MAURI: A COVID-19 RESPONSE

Jun 2, 2020

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

POU: manifesting paradigm shifts for engaging in kaupapa, tikanga and kawa

Before reading on, please note my disclaimer. This is my interpretation of a body of work that my husband, Hone (John) Wikitera has spent…

Oct 15, 2019

POU: manifesting paradigm shifts for engaging in kaupapa, tikanga and kawa

Oct 15, 2019

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

TUATAHI: KA AO (IT IS DAWN)

I don’t know how I arrived here. I was sure that academia had given me so much insight into my life, but I can see now that it has also…

Jul 23, 2018

Jul 23, 2018

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

Another email. Another government (associate this time) minister…*

Kia ora e te rangatira

Jul 11, 2018

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

Associating ‘mana enhancing’ social work with healing-centred practices

What does it mean to social work in a ‘mana enhancing’ way with whānau? The complexities involved in hazarding a neatly packaged up…

Jun 19, 2018

Associating ‘mana enhancing’ social work with healing-centred practices

Jun 19, 2018

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

Systemic Thinking and Whakawhanaungatanga: Weaving in Two Worldviews

I’m sharing some of my thoughts on systemic thinking, in a particularly ‘me’ way of looking at it. What I understand of systemic thinking…

Jun 10, 2018

Systemic Thinking and Whakawhanaungatanga: Weaving in Two Worldviews

Jun 10, 2018

Dr. Moana Mitchell (Ph.D., RSW)

What I would put in an email to the Minister of Education about the situation in the Far North of…

Kia ora koe e te rangatira Ko Moana Mitchell-Wikitera tôku ingoa. I am currently teaching a social work degree programme in Kaitaia. It is…

Jun 8, 2018