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Anaru Eketone imagePhD(Otago) MCApSc DPH DipSCWk CertHProm (Otago)

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Room 6C20, Richardson Building

Anaru Eketone is from the Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato Iwi and is an Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Otago. Anaru has a background in youth work, community development, social work and health promotion. While his primary research interests are in contemporary Māori economic and social development, he also has an interest on the impact of religious movements in his tribal area and their impact on Māori economic and social development.

Teaching

I co-ordinate and teach:
SOWK 236 The Treaty and Social Services
SOWK 304 Kaupapa Māori, and Indigenous Approaches to Social Work
SOWK 515 Iwi Social Services I - Contextual Issues

I teach sections of:
SOWK 111 Working with People: The New Zealand Context

Postgraduate supervision

  • Kaupapa Māori
  • Māori community development
  • Māori economic and social development

Current and recent students

Vicki Murray MSW

How do ancestral sites contribute to the supervisory experience in cultural and professional social work supervision?

Lisa-Marie King MSW

The role and application of tribal narrative to the development of a Maori collectives' practice framework and its possibilities for conscientisation

Shona Kapea-Maslin MSW

Kaupapa Māori: Fact or Fiction

Ana Beaton MSW

Tahuri Atu Mentoring Programme

Sharon Schwalger MSW

Long term psychiatric patients

Awhina Hollis PhD

Māori Social Workers: Experiences within social services organisations

Justine Camp MCApSc

Social Impact of Type II Diabetes

Vanessa Poihipi MSCW

Seeing Iwi Māori, Being Iwi Māori

Tala Aionon-Faletolu MSW

Assumed Voices of Samoa

Sally Marshall MSW

Weaving and Healing with Whanau

Awhina Hollis MA

Puaoteatatu and Māori Social Work Methods

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Publications

Eketone, A. (2023). Wētere Te Rerenga and the murder of Rev. John Whiteley. In A. Wanhalla, L. Ryan & C. Nurka (Eds.), Aftermaths: Colonialism, violence and memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. (pp. 59-70). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A. (2023). “To His Majesty, King Edward the Seventh”. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 35, 58-69. doi: 10.26686/jnzs.iNS35.8116
Journal - Research Article
Ruwhiu, D., Amoamo, M., Ruckstuhl, K., Kapa, J., & Eketone, A. (2021). Success factors of Māori entrepreneurs: A regional perspective. Journal of Management & Organization, 27(1), 41-61. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2018.45
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2020). Principled action. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(3), 1-4. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss3id764
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2020). Introduction to the three viewpoints on "The most important thing I learned in practice". Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(3), 80. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss3id771
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Eketone, A. (2023). Wētere Te Rerenga and the murder of Rev. John Whiteley. In A. Wanhalla, L. Ryan & C. Nurka (Eds.), Aftermaths: Colonialism, violence and memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. (pp. 59-70). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A. (2020). Wiremu Patene and the early peace movement at Karakariki. In R. Jackson, J. Llewellyn, G. Leonard, A. Gnoth & T. Karena (Eds.), Revolutionary nonviolence: Concepts, cases and controversies. (pp. 181-199). London, UK: Zed Books.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A. (2017). Land, politics & faith: Pepene Eketone. In S. Katene (Ed.), By their fruits you will know them: Early Maori leaders in the Mormon church. (pp. 75-97). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A., & Walker, S. (2015). Bicultural practice: Beyond mere tokenism. In K. van Heugten & A. Gibbs (Eds.), Social work for sociologists: Theory and practice. (pp. 103-119). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Book - Research
Walker, S., & Eketone, A. (2014). Biculturalism as an approach to social work. In L. H. Kee, J. Martin & R. Ow (Eds.), Cross-cultural social work: Local and global. (pp. 67-86). Melbourne, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A. (2013). Māori development and Māori communities. In J. Aimers & P. Walker (Eds.), Community development: Insights for practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 185-197). Auckland, New Zealand: Dunmore.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A., & Walker, S. (2013). Kaupapa Māori social work research. In M. Gray, J. Coates, M. Yellow Bird & T. Hetherington (Eds.), Decolonizing social work. (pp. 259-270). Farnham, UK: Ashgate.
Chapter in Book - Research
Eketone, A., & Shannon, P. (2006). Community development and empowerment. In M. Thompson-Fawcett & C. Freeman (Eds.), Living together: Towards inclusive communities in New Zealand. (pp. 207-226). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
Chapter in Book - Other
Eketone, A. (2023). “To His Majesty, King Edward the Seventh”. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 35, 58-69. doi: 10.26686/jnzs.iNS35.8116
Journal - Research Article
Ruwhiu, D., Amoamo, M., Ruckstuhl, K., Kapa, J., & Eketone, A. (2021). Success factors of Māori entrepreneurs: A regional perspective. Journal of Management & Organization, 27(1), 41-61. doi: 10.1017/jmo.2018.45
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2015). Refugees, immigration, multiculturalism, and their implications for biculturalism. Scope: Kaupapa Kai Tahu, 3, 42-47.
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2012). The purposes of cultural supervision. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 24(3&4), 20-30.
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2008). Male relationship building that makes women roll their eyes: Implications for social work. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 4, 41-45.
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2008). Theoretical underpinnings of Kaupapa Māori directed practice. MAI Review, 1. Retrieved from http://ojs.review.mai.ac.nz/index.php/MR/issue/view/9
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2006). Tapuwae: A vehicle for community change. Community Development Journal, 41(4), 467-480.
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A., Routledge, R., & Shannon, P. (2006). Community development in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Community Quarterly, 4(1), 43-46.
Journal - Research Article
Walker, S., Eketone, A., & Gibbs, A. (2006). An exploration of kaupapa Maori research, its principles, processes and applications. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 9(4), 331-344.
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2002). Te Waka Tangata: Using Waka as a model for the structures of Maori organisations. Social Work Review, XIV(2), 14-16.
Journal - Research Article
Eketone, A. (2020). Principled action. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(3), 1-4. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss3id764
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2020). The "Hidden Depression" that never really went away. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(2), 37-40. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss2id740
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2015). Will the oppressed ever be able to participate in the social work profession? Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 27(4), 1-4. [Editorial].
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2013). Māori concepts for social and community work. Scope: Kaupapa Kai Tahu, 2, 33-43.
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2013). The potential for the use of karakia at the beginning of the restoration process. MAI Journal, 2(2), 150-157. [Commentary].
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2012). Māori parenting, from deficit to strength. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 24(3&4), 75-80.
Journal - Research Other
Eketone, A. (2020). Introduction to the three viewpoints on "The most important thing I learned in practice". Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 32(3), 80. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol32iss3id771
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
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