Mau Te Rangimarie Clark

2026

Journal - Research Article

Clark, M. t. R., Jordan, J., Summers, N., Clarke, R., & McKerchar, C. (2026). Enacting policy: Mapping Kaupapa Māori aspirations onto the New Zealand Eating Issues and Eating Disorders Strategy. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 139(1635), 68-80. doi: 10.26635/6965.7275

Clark, M. t. R., Clark, R. T., Jordan, J., Porter, R., & Pitama, S. (2026). Shifting the Overton Window: Enhancing therapeutic outcomes for Māori experiencing Ngā Māuiui kai (eating disorders) through the integration of traditional Māori and Western healing systems in Aotearoa New Zealand. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, 1795945. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1795945

Pettie, M. A., Simcock, W., Whiskin, A., Clark, M. T. R., Kennedy, H., Kennedy, M., & Jordan, J. (2026). Māori experiences of eating disorders: A scoping review of how little we know. European Eating Disorders Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/erv.70076

2024

Journal - Research Article

Fraser, G., Clark, M. T. R., Rose, B. M., Martin, K., Beavis, B., Pettie, M., Jordan, J., & Opai, K. (2024). Ngā Māuiui Kai: Creating indigenous Māori terms for eating disorders in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Eating Disorders, 12, 205. doi: 10.1186/s40337-024-01179-6

Cunningham, R., Stanley, J., Imlach, F., Haitana, T., Lockett, H., Every-Palmer, S., Clark, M. T. R., Lacey, C., Telfer, K., & Peterson, D. (2024). Cancer diagnosis after emergency presentations in people with mental health and substance use conditions: A national cohort study. BMC Cancer, 24, 546. doi: 10.1186/s12885-024-12292-9

Manuel, J., Crengle, S., Crowe, M., Lacey, C., Cunningham, R., Clark, M. T. R., Petrović-van der Deen, F., Porter, R., & Pitama, S. (2024). Institutional pathways to psychosis for Indigenous Māori: A qualitative exploration of experiences. SSM Qualitative Research in Health, 5, 100435. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100435

Haitana, T., Clark, M. T. R., Crowe, M., Cunningham, R., Porter, R., Pitama, S., Mulder, R., & Lacey, C. (2024). The right to equal health: Best practice priorities for Māori with bipolar disorder from staff focus groups. Healthcare, 12, 793. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12070793

Cunningham, R., Imlach, F., Haitana, T., Clark, M. T. R., Every-Palmer, S., Lockett, H., & Peterson, D. (2024). Experiences of physical healthcare services in Māori and non-Māori with mental health and substance use conditions. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(7), 591-602. doi: 10.1177/00048674241238958

Clark, M. T. R., Manuel, J., Lacey, C., Pitama, S., Cunningham, R., & Jordan, J. (2024). ‘E koekoe te Tūī, e ketekete te Kākā, e kuku te Kererū, The Tūī chatters, the Kākā cackles, and the Kererū coos’: Insights into explanatory factors, treatment experiences and recovery for Māori with eating disorders: A qualitative study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(4), 365-372. doi: 10.1177/00048674231207583

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2024). How does the health system structure influence the experience of bipolar disorder care? Learning from the expertise of indigenous patients and their family. Bipolar Disorders, 26(Suppl. 1), (pp. 60-61). doi: 10.1111/bdi.13475

Clark, M. T. R., Haitana, T., Pitama, S., & Lacey, C. (2024). Indigenising healthcare delivery for Māori with bipolar disorder: Centering indigenous voices, and indigenous pūrākau (storytelling) as a conceptual framework. Bipolar Disorders, 26(Suppl. 1), (pp. 60). doi: 10.1111/bdi.13475

Other Research Output

Fraser, G., Clark, M. T. R., Rose, B., Martin, K., Beavis, B., Pettie, M., Jordan, J., ..., & Opai, K. (2024). He Papakupu: Ngā Māuiui Kai: A Te Reo Māori glossary for eating disorders. Te Tira Wānaga Māuiui Kai. 10p. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/ngamauiuikai

2023

Journal - Research Article

Manuel, J., Pitama, S., Clark, M. T. R., Crowe, M., Crengle, S., Cunningham, R., Gibb, S., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Porter, R. J., & Lacey, C. (2023). Racism, early psychosis, and institutional contact: A qualitative study of Indigenous experiences. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(8), 2121-2127. doi: 10.1177/00207640231195297

Cunningham, R., Imlach, F., Lockett, H., Lacey, C., Haitana, T., Every-Palmer, S., Clark, M. T. R., & Peterson, D. (2023). Do patients with mental health and substance use conditions experience discrimination and diagnostic overshadowing in primary care in Aotearoa New Zealand? Results from a national online survey. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(2), 112-121. doi: 10.1071/HC23015

Manuel, J., Pitama, S., Clark, M. T. R., Crowe, M., Crengle, S., Cunningham, R., Gibb, S., Petrović-van der Deen, F. S., Porter, R. J., & Lacey, C. (2023). Racism, early psychosis and institutional contact: A qualitative study of Indigenous experiences. International Review of Psychiatry, 35(3-4), 323-330. doi: 10.1080/09540261.2023.2188074

Clark, M. T. R., Manuel, J., Lacey, C., Pitama, S., Cunningham, R., & Jordan, J. (2023). Reimagining eating disorder spaces: A qualitative study exploring Māori experiences of accessing treatment for eating disorders in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11, 22. doi: 10.1186/s40337-023-00748-5

Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2023). ‘It absolutely needs to move out of that structure’: Māori with bipolar disorder identify structural barriers and propose solutions to reform the New Zealand mental health system. Ethnicity & Health, 28(2), 234-256. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2022.2027884

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Clark, M. T. R., & Haitana, T. (2023, September). What is Kaupapa Māori research? Workshop presentation at the New Zealand Medical Students' Association (NZMSA) and New Zealand Medical Students' Journal (MZMSJ) Student Research Forum, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2022). "If we can just dream…": Māori talk about healthcare for bipolar disorder in New Zealand: A qualitative study privileging Indigenous voices on organisational transformation for health equity. International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 37(5), 2613-2634. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3486

Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2022). Culturally competent, safe and equitable clinical care for Māori with bipolar disorder in New Zealand: The expert critique of Māori patients and Whānau. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56(6), 648-656. doi: 10.1177/00048674211031490

2020

Journal - Research Article

Cunningham, R., Crowe, M., Stanley, J., Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Porter, R., Baxter, J., Huria, T., Mulder, R., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2020). Gender and mental health service use in bipolar disorder: National cohort study. BJPsych Open, 6(6), 138. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2020.117

Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2020). The transformative potential of Kaupapa Māori Research and indigenous methodologies: Positioning Māori patient experiences of mental health services. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/1609406920953752

Lacey, C., Cunningham, R., Rijnberg, V., Manuel, J., Clark, M. T. R., Keelan, K., Pitama, S., Huria, T., Lawson, R., & Jordan, J. (2020). Eating disorders in New Zealand: Implications for Māori and health service delivery. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53, 1974-1982. doi: 10.1002/eat.23372

Journal - Research Other

Lacey, C., Clark, M. T. R., Manuel, J., Pitama, S., Cunningham, R., Keelan, K., Rijnberg, V., Cleland, L., & Jordan, J. (2020). Is there systemic bias for Māori with eating disorders? A need for greater awareness in the healthcare system. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1514), 71-76. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal