Isaac Warbrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 107019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isaac Warbrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isaac |
| FAMILY NAME | Warbrick |
| SIGNATURE | WARBRICK I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0281-2542 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Indigenising 'Research' and Reconnecting Knowledge to Place - Indigenous Compositions, Songs, and Chants as Research Methods
The decolonisation and Indigenisation of research have been central to ongoing debates among Indigenous scholars, as they seek to reclaim knowledge systems disrupted by colonisation. In Aotearoa (New Zealand), Māori methodologies grounded in ancestral knowledge systems challenge Western paradigms and emphasise a connection between knowledge, place, and identity. Storytelling, in its many forms-including chants, songs, and other 'artistic' composi…
Understanding the workforce for Diabetes management with Māori and Pacific Peoples - Using Tangata Hourua as the framework method for analysis of qualitative research
The aim of the study reported in this article was to explore the experiences of (1) people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their whānau, and (2) kai manaaki, community health workers and dieticians who provide care to Māori and Pacific peoples living with T2D in the community. A key objective for this research was for its findings to inform workforce development strategies that will achieve equity for Māori and Pacific peoples with T2D and …
Enhancing health outcomes for Māori elders through an intergenerational cultural exchange and physical activity programme
Background The study offers baseline data for a strengths-based approach emphasizing intergenerational cultural knowledge exchange and physical activity developed through a partnership with kaumātua (Māori elders) and kaumātua service providers. The study aims to identify the baseline characteristics, along with correlates of five key outcomes. Methods The study design is a cross-sectional survey. A total of 75 kaumātua from six providers complet…
Te Maramataka—An Indigenous System of Attuning with the Environment, and Its Role in Modern Health and Well-Being
The connection between the natural environment and human health is well documented in Indigenous narratives. The maramataka-a Māori system of observing the relationships between signs, rhythms, and cycles in the environment-is underpinned by generations of Indigenous knowledge, observation, and experimentation. The maramataka enabled Māori and our Pacific relatives to attune with the movements of the environment and ensure activities essential fo…
How do Māori navigate advice about nutrition? A review that spans the mātauranga Māori, western science, and social media divides
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Life expectancy for Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa) is 7 years less than that for non-Māori. Maintaining a healthy nutrition lifestyle is vital to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and improve overall well-being. Though diet and nutrition campaigns are standard parts of health promotion and campaigns have been developed to target Māori, little is known …
Tangata Hourua
Despite a growing amount of research with Māori and Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand, frameworks that support robust research methodologies with these peoples are limited. This is particularly so for research involving both Māori and Pacific people, which acknowledges the connections between the two and the uniqueness of all Pacific people. Tangata Hourua (Strength in Combining) is a research framework developed in response to this gap, dra…
Mana motuhake, Indigenous biopolitics and health
The majority of Indigenous health models do not directly acknowledge that health is a contested political space. Providing a Foucauldian analysis, this article suggests a function of biopower is to naturalise discourses such as the poor Māori health statistic to appear based on factual evidence and thus are apolitical. Employing Foucault’s triad of power—sovereign, disciplinary and biopower—to understand the genealogy of Māori health, this articl…
Hā Ora
Co-designed research is gaining prominence within the health care space. Community engagement is a key premise of co-design and is also particularly vital when carrying out kaupapa Māori research. Kaupapa Māori describes a “by Māori, for Māori” approach to research in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This article discusses the research process of Hā Ora: a co-design project underpinned by a kaupapa Māori approach. The objective was to explore the barriers t…
‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that were responsible for the feelings of satisfaction and the behaviours of adherence to an intense exercise intervention recently completed by resistance-trained older adults. A total of 21 healthy, high functioning, resistance-trained older adults (aged 60–77 years) participated in one of four focus group discussions where qualitative data were collected. Our study utilised a convenience sa…
Becoming active
Objective: To understand what motivates sedentary indigenous and ethnic minority men to become more physically active. Design: We use thematic analysis to present data from a qualitative study exploring 23 sedentary indigenous Māori (New Zealand) men's experiences of completing a 12-week exercise intervention to improve their metabolic health. Results: Four themes emerged: The Bros - having fellowship and mutual motivation; Being better informed …
Provider, father, and bro – Sedentary Māori men and their thoughts on physical activity
Sedentary Māori men understand the importance of physical activity well, and have a desire to be more active. Nevertheless, they find it difficult to do so while balancing other priorities, especially cultural obligations to community and whānau (immediate and wider family). This research provides valuable insight for those promoting physical activity or designing health initiatives so that they better resonate with indigenous and minority men
The biopolitics of Māori biomass
In this paper we consider what impact a biopolitics that creates a compliant self-governing weight-focused population has had on Māori health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We frame this discussion with three vignettes that in different ways demonstrate the deleterious effects of the individualisation of health on Māori. We argue that the current biopolitics is best explained as ‘the health of Maoris’ not ‘Māori Health’. To counter this current biopoli…
Indigenising 'Research' and Reconnecting Knowledge to Place - Indigenous Compositions, Songs, and Chants as Research Methods
The decolonisation and Indigenisation of research have been central to ongoing debates among Indigenous scholars, as they seek to reclaim knowledge systems disrupted by colonisation. In Aotearoa (New Zealand), Māori methodologies grounded in ancestral knowledge systems challenge Western paradigms and emphasise a connection between knowledge, place, and identity. Storytelling, in its many forms-including chants, songs, and other 'artistic' composi…
The biopolitics of Māori biomass
In this paper we consider what impact a biopolitics that creates a compliant self-governing weight-focused population has had on Māori health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We frame this discussion with three vignettes that in different ways demonstrate the deleterious effects of the individualisation of health on Māori. We argue that the current biopolitics is best explained as ‘the health of Maoris’ not ‘Māori Health’. To counter this current biopoli…
Provider, father, and bro – Sedentary Māori men and their thoughts on physical activity
Sedentary Māori men understand the importance of physical activity well, and have a desire to be more active. Nevertheless, they find it difficult to do so while balancing other priorities, especially cultural obligations to community and whānau (immediate and wider family). This research provides valuable insight for those promoting physical activity or designing health initiatives so that they better resonate with indigenous and minority men
‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that were responsible for the feelings of satisfaction and the behaviours of adherence to an intense exercise intervention recently completed by resistance-trained older adults. A total of 21 healthy, high functioning, resistance-trained older adults (aged 60–77 years) participated in one of four focus group discussions where qualitative data were collected. Our study utilised a convenience sa…
Becoming active
Objective: To understand what motivates sedentary indigenous and ethnic minority men to become more physically active. Design: We use thematic analysis to present data from a qualitative study exploring 23 sedentary indigenous Māori (New Zealand) men's experiences of completing a 12-week exercise intervention to improve their metabolic health. Results: Four themes emerged: The Bros - having fellowship and mutual motivation; Being better informed …
Hā Ora
Co-designed research is gaining prominence within the health care space. Community engagement is a key premise of co-design and is also particularly vital when carrying out kaupapa Māori research. Kaupapa Māori describes a “by Māori, for Māori” approach to research in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This article discusses the research process of Hā Ora: a co-design project underpinned by a kaupapa Māori approach. The objective was to explore the barriers t…
Tangata Hourua
Despite a growing amount of research with Māori and Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand, frameworks that support robust research methodologies with these peoples are limited. This is particularly so for research involving both Māori and Pacific people, which acknowledges the connections between the two and the uniqueness of all Pacific people. Tangata Hourua (Strength in Combining) is a research framework developed in response to this gap, dra…
Mana motuhake, Indigenous biopolitics and health
The majority of Indigenous health models do not directly acknowledge that health is a contested political space. Providing a Foucauldian analysis, this article suggests a function of biopower is to naturalise discourses such as the poor Māori health statistic to appear based on factual evidence and thus are apolitical. Employing Foucault’s triad of power—sovereign, disciplinary and biopower—to understand the genealogy of Māori health, this articl…
Enhancing health outcomes for Māori elders through an intergenerational cultural exchange and physical activity programme
Background The study offers baseline data for a strengths-based approach emphasizing intergenerational cultural knowledge exchange and physical activity developed through a partnership with kaumātua (Māori elders) and kaumātua service providers. The study aims to identify the baseline characteristics, along with correlates of five key outcomes. Methods The study design is a cross-sectional survey. A total of 75 kaumātua from six providers complet…
Te Maramataka—An Indigenous System of Attuning with the Environment, and Its Role in Modern Health and Well-Being
The connection between the natural environment and human health is well documented in Indigenous narratives. The maramataka-a Māori system of observing the relationships between signs, rhythms, and cycles in the environment-is underpinned by generations of Indigenous knowledge, observation, and experimentation. The maramataka enabled Māori and our Pacific relatives to attune with the movements of the environment and ensure activities essential fo…
How do Māori navigate advice about nutrition? A review that spans the mātauranga Māori, western science, and social media divides
Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Life expectancy for Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa) is 7 years less than that for non-Māori. Maintaining a healthy nutrition lifestyle is vital to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and improve overall well-being. Though diet and nutrition campaigns are standard parts of health promotion and campaigns have been developed to target Māori, little is known …
Understanding the workforce for Diabetes management with Māori and Pacific Peoples - Using Tangata Hourua as the framework method for analysis of qualitative research
The aim of the study reported in this article was to explore the experiences of (1) people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their whānau, and (2) kai manaaki, community health workers and dieticians who provide care to Māori and Pacific peoples living with T2D in the community. A key objective for this research was for its findings to inform workforce development strategies that will achieve equity for Māori and Pacific peoples with T2D and …
Indigenising 'Research' and Reconnecting Knowledge to Place - Indigenous Compositions, Songs, and Chants as Research Methods
The decolonisation and Indigenisation of research have been central to ongoing debates among Indigenous scholars, as they seek to reclaim knowledge systems disrupted by colonisation. In Aotearoa (New Zealand), Māori methodologies grounded in ancestral knowledge systems challenge Western paradigms and emphasise a connection between knowledge, place, and identity. Storytelling, in its many forms-including chants, songs, and other 'artistic' composi…
Indigenous (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Aotearoa (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works)