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Māori research ethics must be grounded in evolving, community-led tikanga Māori, where concepts like koha represent deep ethical relationships of reciprocity rather than mere transactional reimbursement. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine how ethical research frameworks grounded in tikanga Māori address past research harms and support community self-determination.

August 31, 2026Research EthicsOpen Access

Wānanga ki te Tika: Māori-led understandings of research ethics in Aotearoa

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HKHector KaiwaiAuckland Institute of Studies TATanya AllportWhakauae Research (New Zealand)TDTia DawesBrain Research New Zealand

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates how tikanga Māori shapes relational research ethics in Indigenous communities, highlighting koha as an enduring framework of reciprocity and self-determination.

Key Points

To examine how ethical research frameworks grounded in tikanga Māori address past research harms and support community self-determination.
Synthesized discussions and findings from a Māori Research Ethics Symposium held in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Analyzed foundational cultural principles—including whakapapa, whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, mana, tapu, hau, and utu—within institutional research ethics contexts.
Demonstrates that koha transcends transactional reimbursement or participant inducement, functioning instead as an enduring ethical relationship of reciprocity, mutual obligation, and accountability.
Establishes that Indigenous ethical frameworks must remain dynamic, community-led, and responsive rather than restricted to static institutional rules.

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Kaiwai et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95427bf20e493292a74dcb https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161261481910

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August 31, 2026Research EthicsOpen Access

Wānanga ki te Tika: Māori-led understandings of research ethics in Aotearoa

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Authors

HKHector KaiwaiAuckland Institute of Studies TATanya AllportWhakauae Research (New Zealand)TDTia DawesBrain Research New Zealand

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Overview

Conceptual analysis demonstrates how tikanga Māori shapes relational research ethics in Indigenous communities, highlighting koha as an enduring framework of reciprocity and self-determination.

Key Points

To examine how ethical research frameworks grounded in tikanga Māori address past research harms and support community self-determination.
Synthesized discussions and findings from a Māori Research Ethics Symposium held in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
Analyzed foundational cultural principles—including whakapapa, whanaungatanga, manaakitanga, mana, tapu, hau, and utu—within institutional research ethics contexts.
Demonstrates that koha transcends transactional reimbursement or participant inducement, functioning instead as an enduring ethical relationship of reciprocity, mutual obligation, and accountability.
Establishes that Indigenous ethical frameworks must remain dynamic, community-led, and responsive rather than restricted to static institutional rules.

Cite This Study

Kaiwai et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a95427bf20e493292a74dcb https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161261481910

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