Māori Psychology Workforce
Organisations
He Paiaka Totara is a national organisation for Māori psychologists. Their website also has some useful resources.
Te Rau Ora is a national Māori health workforce development organisation that aims to progress Māori workforce development to enhance whānau ora, mental health, and wellbeing. It coordinates a range of national programmes that contribute to health, Māori mental health, primary health, and public health workforce priorities. Te Rau Ora also has reources on its website and has developed Whiria Te Oranga 2025–2035, a national kaumātua workforce development and wellbeing strategy for Aotearoa.
Ministry of Health information on the health workforce is available at Ngā kaimahi hauora.
Resources
Levy, M. (2002). Barriers and Incentives to Māori Participation in the Profession of Psychology. Wellington: New Zealand Psychologists Board.
Levy, M. (2018). Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa: Reaching Our Highest Peaks. New Zealand Psychological Society and New Zealand College of Clinical Practitioners, NZ.
Levy, M. (2018). The health services and outcomes kaupapa inquiry: Statement of Claim (No. Wai 2725, #1.1.1). Waitangi Tribunal.
Levy, M., Love, C., Cherrington, L., & Lawson-Te Aho, K. (2024). The health services and outcomes kaupapa inquiry: Amended Statement of Claim (No. Wai 2725, #1.1.1a). Waitangi Tribunal.
Masters, B., Levy, M., Thompson, K., Donnelly, A., & Rawiri, C. Creating a Sense of Community: Kaupapa Māori Support in the Psychology Department at the University of Waikato
Milne, M. (2025). Māori Perspectives on Kaupapa Māori and Psychology: A discussion document. Wellington: New Zealand Psychologists Registration Board.
Waitoki, W., & Levy M. (Eds). (2016). Te Manu Kai i Te Mātauranga: Indigenous Psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Psychological Society.
Waitoki, W., Feather, J.S., Robertson, N.R., Rucklidge J.J. (Eds.) (2021). Professional Practice of Psychology in Aotearoa New Zealand (3rd edition). New Zealand Psychological Society, Wellington, New Zealand.
Waitoki, W., Tan, K., Stolte, O., Chan, J., Hamley, L., Scarf, D. (2023). Four decades after a ‘Whiter Shade of Pale’: An update on professional psychology programme responsiveness to Indigenous Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 52(2), 4-14. https://www.psychology.org.nz/application/files/9317/1697/3381/WAITOKI_4-14.pdf
Waitoki, W., Tan, K., Hamley, L., Stolte, O., Chan, J., & Scarf, D. (2024). Systemic Racism and Oppression in Psychology: Voices from Psychologists, Academic Staff, and Students. WERO and University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/entities/publication/fea1f10e-20f1-4fa9-9ad2-71457f47698a
Waitoki, W., Rowe, L., Brittain, E., Clifford, C., & Skirrow, P. (2025). Marginalisation, Migration, and Movement: Responding to the Underrepresentation of Māori in the Clinical Psychology Workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, 35(1), 2–20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16743704
