Indigenising your space: Why it’s ‘crucial’ and where to begin

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Indigenising your space: Why it’s ‘crucial’ and where to begin

Miss Taipa plaiting tieke. Photo: Helen Buttfield on WikiCommons
An image from “Māori Foods: Kiekie” – School Journal 1968: “Miss Taipa plaiting tieke”. [Photo: Helen Buttfield on WikiCommons]

It is “crucial” to indigenise your pharmacy in order to establish a culturally safe environment as the existing one-sided systems fail, according to health researcher and psychiatrist Diana Kopua. Anna Lee reports

Diana Kopua (Ngāti Porou) developed Mahi a Atua in 1996, a programme which encourages institutions to reinstate mātauranga Māori and develop indigenou, Diana Kopua 2021, Health academic and clinical psychiatrist Diana Kopua