RANGATAHI MĀORI AND THE WHĀNAU CHOCOLATE BOX: Rangatahi wellbeing in whānau contexts.

Whānau (Māori understandings of family) are comprised of unique and vital relationships that support and scaffold rangatahi (youth) wellbeing, yet are often reduced to nuclear family structures within individualised notions of wellbeing. While rangatahi contend with racialised discourses in a colonial socio-cultural context, their whānau can be an important site for mitigating these challenges, supporting rangatahi agency and wellbeing. This article explores how whānau practices inform rangatahi wellbeing, drawing upon photo-projects and interviews with 51 rangatahi and their whānau.

Teeth are for chewing: a critical review of the conceptualisation and ethics of a controversial intraoral weight-loss device.

We are a diverse collective of researchers who are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of marginalised individuals. This article is a response to, and critique of, the DentalSlim Diet Control research. This device revises a controversial 1970s weight-loss technology connected to poor health outcomes, which is indicative of a culture that consistently promotes harm to fat and other marginalised communities.

Enhancing responsiveness to Māori in a publicly funded bariatric service in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Background: Health equity is a fundamental right afforded to all regardless of ethnicity. However, in New Zealand (NZ), health inequities are most compelling for Indigenous Māori who experience inadequate access to services, poorer quality of care and poor health outcomes as a result. Bariatric surgery is the most effective intervention for weight loss and remission of obesity-related disease where all other interventions have been exhausted.

Portrayal of bariatric surgery in the New Zealand print news media.

Background: Bariatric surgery has become topical in the media worldwide, influencing wider societal attitudes towards obesity and obesity management. This study aims to explore the media portrayal of bariatric surgery in all print news articles published in New Zealand (NZ) over a decade.

Methods: An electronic search of two databases (Proquest Australia/NZ Newsstream and Newztext) and two NZ news media websites (Stuff and the NZ Herald) was performed to retrieve print news articles reporting stories, opinion pieces or editorials regarding bariatric surgery published between January 2007 to June 2017.

Media portrayal of Māori and bariatric surgery in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Aim: Media constructs in Aotearoa, New Zealand naturalise the dominant Western culture. Conversely, mainstream news about Māori is rare and prioritises negative stereotypical constructs that are often centred on Māori as economic threats via resource control and political activism. These narratives influence continued discrimination against Māori in New Zealand.