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Volunteering New Zealand, 2022

Māori are amongst the highest likely to volunteer yet their contributions are under-represented in volunteering research. This gap has been filled by this important work stemming from focus group and surveys of volunteers as part of the State of Volunteering research 2021-22.

Grouped around five themes, the report has recommendations for organisations engaging with Māori, and commitments for Volunteering New Zealand to advocate for support for Tūao Māori.

Recognising and celebrating Pacific unpaid work and volunteering
Ministry for Pacific Peoples, 2021

This report captures Pacific peoples’ insights on volunteering and unpaid productive work. Guided by Pacific research principles and methodologies, data was collected through focus groups, talanoa – discussion – and a survey..

Mahi aroha: Māori work in times of trouble and disaster as an expression of a love for the people

Cram, Fiona. (2021) Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 16, No. 2. 356-370.

This paper uses the concept of Mahi Aroha (work done out of love and duty to the people) to understand how Māori volunteers responded to the Canterbury earthquakes and the Covid-19 pandemic. Cram details how these social arrangements helped promote Māori culture, identity and wellbeing and mitigate further impact of these disasters.

Community resilience demonstrated through a Te Ao Maori (Ngati Manawa) lens: The Rahui

Rewi, Leila-Dawn; Hastie, Jeanette Louise. (2021). Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, Volume 33, Number 3.

This research explores Ngati Manawa’s volunteer efforts following the Covid-19 pandemic of March 2020 in Murupara. The research explores the adaption of tīkanga and social relations to fit the protocol during the first wave of COVID-19.

Mahi Aroha: Māori perspectives on volunteering and cultural obligations
Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector, 2007.

This document looks at the relationship between the fulfillment of cultural obligations and volunteering for Māori. It also discusses ideas of whanaungatanga and Mahi Aroha (work performed out of love, sympathy or caring and through a sense of duty). Finally, it describes the range of Mahi Aroha activities undertaken by Māori and the motives for doing so.