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Prof John Broughton

Ngai Tahu, Ngati Kahunguna Ki Heretaunga
ED BSc(Massey) BDS PhD PGDipComDent DipGrad(Otago) JP

Professor John Broughton is Director of the Ngai Tahu Maori Health Research Unit. He is also associated with the Department of Preventive and social medicine and the Department of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences.

He is also a New Zealand Maori playwright and recipient of the Bruce Mason Playwright Award. His plays include

  • Michael James Manaia, Te Hokinga Mai (The Return Home);
  • Nga Puke (The Hills)
  • 1981
  • ANZAC and The Private War of Corporal Cooper

He wrote the libretto for the musical ShowBand Aotearoa with music by Rim D Paul.

Research interests

  • Oranga niho (Maori oral health)
  • Maori and injury prevention


Publications

Broughton, J. (2010). An oral health intervention for the Māori Indigenous population of New Zealand: Oranga niho Māori (Māori oral health) as a component of the undergraduate dental curriculum in New Zealand. International Dental Journal, 60(3, Suppl. 2), 223-228.

Parker, E. J., Jamieson, L. M., Broughton, J., Albino, J., Lawrence, H. P., & Roberts-Thomson, K. (2010). The oral health of indigenous children: A review of four nations. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 46(9), 483-486. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01847.x

Broughton, J. R. (2011). Hei Tiki (4p.). Exhibition catalogue essay for Te Ao Māori: Māori Treasures from the Otago Museum, New Zealand, Shanghai Museum, China. [Exhibition Catalogue].

Broughton, J. R. (2011). The Māori world of New Zealand (Te Ao Māori o Aotearoa) (6p.). Exhibition catalogue essay for Te Ao Māori: Māori Treasures from the Otago Museum, New Zealand, Shanghai Museum, China. [Exhibition Catalogue].

McDowell, A., Begg, D., Connor, J., & Broughton, J. (2011). Road safety attitudes and opinions of newly licensed Māori car drivers: New Zealand Drivers Study [Letter]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35(1), 93. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00672.x

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