Lay summary
Hāpai te hauora’ as ‘breathing your ancestors into life’, captures the breadth & connections of a generation – rangatahi Māori–a generation moving forward together. This proposal builds on an HRC funded project (18/651) exploring the ways rangatahi Māori make sense of & live hāpai te hauora through navigating journeys of hauora & wellbeing. We found that rangatahi have serious concerns about their future wellbeing in light of environmental degradation. With the recent climate impacts & extreme weather events in Te Tairāwhiti, this reality has become front & centre for our communities. “Papatuanuku is battered & bleeding, Ranginui a fury, & Tane Mahuta bent & breaking". As a kaupapa Māori qualitative project, this research will advance knowledge about the nature of hapai te hauora by eliciting te tai ao-based, localised kaupapa Māori co-design projects, that provide safe supportive environments for rangatahi & their whānau to connect, regenerate & heal.