Dr Paula King

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 4 918 5811
- paula.king@otago.ac.nz
- Position
- Senior Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Public Health (Wellington)
- Research summary
- Māori health
Research
Dr Paula King is a Māori public health physician and clinical research fellow at the University of Otago in Wellington. She is interested in Māori health and health inequities.Publications
Paki Paki, N., King, P. T., Lewis, L., Walker, S., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Anderson, D., … Kemp, S. P. (2023). Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13100
Ingham, T. R., Jones, B., Perry, M., von Randow, M., Milne, B., King, P. T., … Te Ao Mārama Study Group. (2023). Measuring Māori health, wellbeing, and disability in Aotearoa using a web-based survey methodology. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20, 6797. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20186797
Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio: See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: Courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 12(1), 3-27.
Moton, T. M., King, P. T., Dalziel, S. R., Merry, S., Robertson, S. P., & Day, A. S. (2023). The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 549-552. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2219409
Jones, B., King, P. T., Baker, G., Nikora, L. W., Hickey, H., Perry, M., … Ingham, T. R. (2023). Karanga rua, karanga maha: Māori with lived experience of disability self-determining their own identities. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2224422
Ingham, T., Jones, B., King, P. T., Smiler, K., Tuteao, H., Baker, G., & Hickey, H. (2022). Decolonising disability: Indigenous Māori perspectives of disability research in the modern era. In M. H. Rioux, J. Viera, A. Buettgen & E. Zubrow (Eds.), Handbook of disability. (Online ed.) Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-1278-7_68-1
Chapter in Book - Research
Ingham, T. R., Jones, B., Perry, M., von Randow, M., Milne, B., King, P. T., … Te Ao Mārama Study Group. (2023). Measuring Māori health, wellbeing, and disability in Aotearoa using a web-based survey methodology. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20, 6797. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20186797
Journal - Research Article
Jones, B., King, P. T., Baker, G., Nikora, L. W., Hickey, H., Perry, M., … Ingham, T. R. (2023). Karanga rua, karanga maha: Māori with lived experience of disability self-determining their own identities. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2224422
Journal - Research Article
Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Ka mua, ka muri: Walking backwards into the future: Partnering with mainstream child protection services as a community-based Māta Waka organisation. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(1), 5-20. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol35iss1id1016
Journal - Research Article
Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio: See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: Courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 12(1), 3-27.
Journal - Research Article
Paki Paki, N., King, P. T., Lewis, L., Walker, S., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Anderson, D., … Kemp, S. P. (2023). Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13100
Journal - Research Article
Cunningham, R., King, P. T., Telfer, K., Crengle, S., Carr, J., Stanley, J., Gibb, S., & Robson, B. (2022). Mortality after release from incarceration in New Zealand by gender: A national record linkage study. SSM Population Health, 20, 101274. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101274
Journal - Research Article
Harris, R. B., Paine, S.-J., Atkinson, J., Robson, B., King, P. T., Randle, J., Mizdrak, A., & McLeod, M. (2022). We still don't count: The under-counting and under-representation of Māori in health and disability sector data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1567), 54-78. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Journal - Research Article
Ingham, T. R., Jones, B., Perry, M., King, P. T., Baker, G., Hickey, H., … Nikora, L. W. (2022). The multidimensional impacts of inequities for tāngata whaikaha Māori (indigenous Māori with lived experience of disability) in Aotearoa, New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 13558. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013558
Journal - Research Article
Kemp, S. P., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Egan-Bitran, M., King, P. T., Smith, A., Valente, S., … Baldwin, S. (2022). Kia Tika, Kia Pono - honouring truths: Ensuring the participatory rights of tamariki and rangatahi who are care experienced. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2094968
Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., & Cormack, D. (2022). ‘It feels special when you’re Māori’: Voices of mokopuna Māori aged 6 to 13 years. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(4), 376-395. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2064520
Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., & McLeod, M. (2022). ‘Never-ending beginnings’: A qualitative literature review of Māori temporal ontologies. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2022.2138467
Journal - Research Article
Baker, G., King, P. T., Jones, B., & Ingham, T. R. (2021). Meeting the Crown's te Tiriti o Waitangi commitments and obligations to Māori with lived experience of disability through the Health and Disability System Review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1535), 44-54. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
King, P., Baker, G., Jones, B., & Ingham, T. (2021). The Official Information Act: Māori with lived experience of disability, and New Zealand disability data: A case study. Policy Quarterly, 17(1), 72-78.
Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., Cormack, D., & Keenan, R. (2020). COVID-19 and the mass incarceration of Indigenous peoples. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 9(3), 141-157. Retrieved from https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jisd/article/view/70937
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., King, P., Lacey, C., Abel, G., & Signal, L. (2020). Rights-based approaches to improving food availability for tamariki Māori: A narrative literature review and theory-based synthesis. MAI Journal, 9(3), 237-248. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.6
Journal - Research Article
Talamaivao, N., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Paine, S.-J., & King, P. (2020). Racism and health in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systematic review of quantitative studies. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1521), 55-68. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Chin, M. H., King, P. T., Jones, R. C., Jones, B., Ameratunga, S. N., Muramatsu, N., & Derrett, S. (2018). Lessons for achieving health equity comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States. Health Policy, 122(8), 837-853. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.05.001
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, M., King, P., Stanley, J., Lacey, C., & Cunningham, R. (2017). Ethnic disparities in the use of seclusion for adult psychiatric inpatients in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1454), 30-39. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Moton, T. M., King, P. T., Dalziel, S. R., Merry, S., Robertson, S. P., & Day, A. S. (2023). The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 549-552. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2219409
Journal - Research Other
King, P. T., & Robson, B. (2022). Coloniality and racism impacts the health of young people. Lancet, 400, 1084-1085. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01878-5
Journal - Research Other
King, P. T., Cormack, D., Edwards, R., Harris, R., & Paine, S.-J. (2022). Co-design for indigenous and other children and young people from priority social groups: A systematic review. SSM Population Health, 18, 101077. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101077
Journal - Research Other
Moton, T. M., King, P. T., Dalziel, S. R., Merry, S., Robertson, S. P., & Day, A. S. (2022). The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 1. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(4), 313-317. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2093434
Journal - Research Other
Jones, B., King, P. T., Baker, G., & Ingham, T. (2020). COVID-19, intersectionality, and health equity for indigenous peoples with lived experience of disability. American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 44(2), 71-88. doi: 10.17953/aicrj.44.2.jones
Journal - Research Other
McLeod, M., Gurney, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & King, P. (2020). COVID-19: We must not forget about Indigenous health and equity. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(4), 253-256. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13015
Journal - Research Other
Carr, J., & King, P. (2019). The use of 'tie down' in New Zealand prisons: What is the role of the health sector? New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1493), 60-68. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Bennett, H., & King, P. (2018). Pro-equity climate change and environmental sustainability action by district health boards in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1481), 56-63. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
King, P., Blaiklock, A., Stringer, C., Amaranathan, J., & McLean, M. (2017). Slavery in New Zealand: What is the role of the health sector? New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1463), 63-69. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other