AUTHOR=Te One Annie , Clifford Carrie TITLE=Tino Rangatiratanga and Well-being: Māori Self Determination in the Face of Covid-19 JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sociology VOLUME=6 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340 DOI=10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340 ISSN=2297-7775 ABSTRACT=

The New Zealand government has been globally praised for its response to Covid-19. Despite the global accolades, little attention has been given to the swift and innovative Māori response to Covid-19. This paper will detail some of this rapid Māori response to Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand and argue the response can be understood as key examples of Māori exercising tino rangatiratanga (self-determination), independent of the government’s measures and policies. We suggest that this exploration of tino rangatiratanga during Covid-19 demonstrates central aspects of Māori well-being that move beyond a government focus on statistics as the key measure of well-being and how tikanga Māori (Māori values) are being used to develop successful responses to the global pandemic.