Tahu Kukutai
Biographic Data
| ID | 128593 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tahu Kukutai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tahu |
| FAMILY NAME | Kukutai |
| SIGNATURE | KUKUTAI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waikato |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5080-2296 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Indigenous fertility in Aotearoa New Zealand: How does ethnic identity affect birth spacing and timing
The survival of Indigenous peoples in the CANZUS states of Canada, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the United States is nothing short of remarkable. Not only have Indigenous peoples thwarted colonial tropes of the vanishing native but, for decades, Indigenous population growth rates have significantly outpaced those of the dominant settler populations. The future survival of Indigenous peoples fundamentally rests on continued natural increas…
Indigenous Peoples, Data, and the Coloniality of Surveillance
In Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa NZ), Māori (the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) have long been objects of surveillance by state institutions and agents. State representations have centred on constructions of difference and deviance, on understandings of Indigenous peoples as dangerous, and on the management of Indigenous resistance to colonialism. This chapter considers how contemporary state surveillance practices in Aotearoa NZ, enabled by…
Indigenous Peoples' Data During Covid-19: From External to Internal
Global disease trackers quantifying the size, spread, and distribution of COVID-19 illustrate the power of data during the pandemic. Data are required for decision-making, planning, mitigation, surveillance, and monitoring the equity of responses. There are dual concerns about the availability and suppression of COVID-19 data; due to historic and ongoing racism and exclusion, publicly available data can be both beneficial and harmful. Systemic po…
Fixed not fluid: European identification in the Aotearoa New Zealand census
The (not so) silent centre: New Zealander ethnicity responses in the census
Recent census-based studies suggest that the identification patterns of dominant ethnic groups vary dramatically from those of minorities, being less likely to change. An important exception has been "national naming", where individuals shift their identification to take on national identifiers, such as "Canadian" or "New Zealander". National identity, often considered supraethnic, is usually claimed in census counts by members of dominant groups…
Introduction: Indigenous Perspectives on Genealogical Research
Indigenous genealogies encompass complex layers of connection within and between human, environment and spirit, realms
The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology
Indigenous sociology makes visible what is meaningful in the Indigenous social world. This core premise is demonstrated here via the use of the concept of the Indigenous lifeworld in reference to the dispossessed Indigenous Peoples from Anglo-colonized First World nations. Indigenous lifeworld is built around dual intersubjectivities: within peoplehood, inclusive of traditional and ongoing culture, belief systems, practices, identity, and ways of…
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy
New normal - Same inequities or engaged Te Tiriti partnership
The Covid-19 lockdown over March to May 2020 meant households became their own "bubbles", with residents physically interacting only with those in their household and staying close to home.Mäori leaders recognised the potential of the lockdown to exacerbate whänau vulnerability due to confinement, financial hardship and, depending on their household, issues of crowding or isolation.Steps were quickly taken to support households with care packages…
Voices from a Ngāti Tiipa oral history project
For Indigenous peoples, and Mori specifically, storytelling and oral history are crucial to the survival of our collective identities, culture and language. Retold across generations, our stories are often explicit and interwoven narratives of personal and collective memories. Drawing on Native American scholar Gerald Vizenor's (2009) concept of "survivance stories", this article explores a set of three oral history narratives of kaumtua from Ngt…
Mana motuhake ā‐raraunga: Datafication and social science research in Aotearoa
Social practices, interactions and relations are increasingly being turned into data, driven by technologies that enable new methods of data accumulation, digitisation, integration and manipulation (Taylor and Broeders 2015; Couldry and Yu 2018; Mann and Daly 2019). This ‘datafication’ is not only transforming social relations, it is also reshaping social science through the generation of datasets that open up new avenues for research and methodo…
Fair Borders? Migration Policy in the Twenty-First Century
In recent years, discontent with migration and migrants in the wealthy global north has manifested in disturbing ways: cue Brexit, xenophobia, border paranoia, far-right nationalism and its bedfellow white supremacy. On the surface, Aotearoa New Zealand appears to have escaped the uglier aspects of this nativism. Despite the grumblings of the New Zealand First Party, no serious popular or political anti-immigration movement has appeared, and raci…
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda
"As the global ‘data revolution’ accelerates, how can the data rights and interests of indigenous peoples be secured? Premised on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this book argues that indigenous peoples have inherent and inalienable rights relating to the collection, ownership and application of data about them, and about their lifeways and territories. As the first book to focus on indigenous data sovereignty,…
The field of Indigenous health and the role of colonisation and history
From colonial categories to local culture: Evolving state practices of ethnic enumeration in Oceania, 1965–2014
Numerous scholars have examined how governments in particular times and places have classified their populations by ethnicity, but studies that are both cross-national and longitudinal are rare. Using a unique database of census questionnaires, we examine state practices of ethnic enumeration over a 50-year period (1965–2014) in the 24 countries and areas that comprise Oceania. The region’s extraordinary linguistic and cultural diversity, combine…
‘Inside Out’: The Politics of Enumerating the Nation by Ethnicity
Since the 1990s, state practices of counting and classifying populations by ethnicity have come under increased scrutiny within the social sciences (Arel 2002; Kertzer and Arel 2002; Nobles 2000; Perlmann and Waters 2002; Petersen 1997; Statistics Canada and U.S. Census Bureau 1993). A number of excellent case studies have provided critical insights into how and why ethnic enumeration is pursued in particular times and places. However, with some …
Censuses, Population: Comparative International Aspects
Whither the census? Continuity and change in census methodologies worldwide, 1985–2014
Postcolonial Profiling of Indigenous Populations: Limitations and Responses in Australia and New Zealand
La construction sociale des populations indigènes est source de contradiction, dans la mesure où les catégories et conditions de la démographie postcoloniale reflètent nécessairement les institutions sociales et économiques qui encadrent le vivant du plus grand nombre. Puisque les modes d’existence des populations indigènes ne sont que rarement pris en compte par ces mêmes catégories, les statistiques officielles omettent ou présentent à tort des…
Re-making the majority? Ethnic New Zealanders in the 2006 census
The national census is often seen as a site of struggle for minorities seeking recognition and equality. Much less is known about the conditions under which ethnic majorities are galvanized to stake identity claims in the census. This article examines recent trends in New Zealand where an increasing number of people from the dominant New Zealand European group are redefining themselves as ethnic New Zealanders. Drawing from the literature on ethn…
White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand
Studies of multiethnic families often assume the ethnic identification of children with the minority group results from the minority parent. This study examines an alternate view that mainstream parents also play an important role in transmitting minority ethnicity. It explores this argument using data from New Zealand on the ethnic labels mothers assign to their Maori-European children. It finds that European mothers are just as disposed as Maor…
The field of Indigenous health and the role of colonisation and history
The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology
Indigenous sociology makes visible what is meaningful in the Indigenous social world. This core premise is demonstrated here via the use of the concept of the Indigenous lifeworld in reference to the dispossessed Indigenous Peoples from Anglo-colonized First World nations. Indigenous lifeworld is built around dual intersubjectivities: within peoplehood, inclusive of traditional and ongoing culture, belief systems, practices, identity, and ways of…
Re-making the majority? Ethnic New Zealanders in the 2006 census
The national census is often seen as a site of struggle for minorities seeking recognition and equality. Much less is known about the conditions under which ethnic majorities are galvanized to stake identity claims in the census. This article examines recent trends in New Zealand where an increasing number of people from the dominant New Zealand European group are redefining themselves as ethnic New Zealanders. Drawing from the literature on ethn…
White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand
Studies of multiethnic families often assume the ethnic identification of children with the minority group results from the minority parent. This study examines an alternate view that mainstream parents also play an important role in transmitting minority ethnicity. It explores this argument using data from New Zealand on the ethnic labels mothers assign to their Maori-European children. It finds that European mothers are just as disposed as Maor…
From colonial categories to local culture: Evolving state practices of ethnic enumeration in Oceania, 1965–2014
Numerous scholars have examined how governments in particular times and places have classified their populations by ethnicity, but studies that are both cross-national and longitudinal are rare. Using a unique database of census questionnaires, we examine state practices of ethnic enumeration over a 50-year period (1965–2014) in the 24 countries and areas that comprise Oceania. The region’s extraordinary linguistic and cultural diversity, combine…
Whither the census? Continuity and change in census methodologies worldwide, 1985–2014
Indigenous Peoples' Data During Covid-19: From External to Internal
Global disease trackers quantifying the size, spread, and distribution of COVID-19 illustrate the power of data during the pandemic. Data are required for decision-making, planning, mitigation, surveillance, and monitoring the equity of responses. There are dual concerns about the availability and suppression of COVID-19 data; due to historic and ongoing racism and exclusion, publicly available data can be both beneficial and harmful. Systemic po…
Introduction: Indigenous Perspectives on Genealogical Research
Indigenous genealogies encompass complex layers of connection within and between human, environment and spirit, realms
Fixed not fluid: European identification in the Aotearoa New Zealand census
The (not so) silent centre: New Zealander ethnicity responses in the census
Recent census-based studies suggest that the identification patterns of dominant ethnic groups vary dramatically from those of minorities, being less likely to change. An important exception has been "national naming", where individuals shift their identification to take on national identifiers, such as "Canadian" or "New Zealander". National identity, often considered supraethnic, is usually claimed in census counts by members of dominant groups…
Mana motuhake ā‐raraunga: Datafication and social science research in Aotearoa
Social practices, interactions and relations are increasingly being turned into data, driven by technologies that enable new methods of data accumulation, digitisation, integration and manipulation (Taylor and Broeders 2015; Couldry and Yu 2018; Mann and Daly 2019). This ‘datafication’ is not only transforming social relations, it is also reshaping social science through the generation of datasets that open up new avenues for research and methodo…
White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand
Studies of multiethnic families often assume the ethnic identification of children with the minority group results from the minority parent. This study examines an alternate view that mainstream parents also play an important role in transmitting minority ethnicity. It explores this argument using data from New Zealand on the ethnic labels mothers assign to their Maori-European children. It finds that European mothers are just as disposed as Maor…
Postcolonial Profiling of Indigenous Populations: Limitations and Responses in Australia and New Zealand
La construction sociale des populations indigènes est source de contradiction, dans la mesure où les catégories et conditions de la démographie postcoloniale reflètent nécessairement les institutions sociales et économiques qui encadrent le vivant du plus grand nombre. Puisque les modes d’existence des populations indigènes ne sont que rarement pris en compte par ces mêmes catégories, les statistiques officielles omettent ou présentent à tort des…
Re-making the majority? Ethnic New Zealanders in the 2006 census
The national census is often seen as a site of struggle for minorities seeking recognition and equality. Much less is known about the conditions under which ethnic majorities are galvanized to stake identity claims in the census. This article examines recent trends in New Zealand where an increasing number of people from the dominant New Zealand European group are redefining themselves as ethnic New Zealanders. Drawing from the literature on ethn…
Whither the census? Continuity and change in census methodologies worldwide, 1985–2014
‘Inside Out’: The Politics of Enumerating the Nation by Ethnicity
Since the 1990s, state practices of counting and classifying populations by ethnicity have come under increased scrutiny within the social sciences (Arel 2002; Kertzer and Arel 2002; Nobles 2000; Perlmann and Waters 2002; Petersen 1997; Statistics Canada and U.S. Census Bureau 1993). A number of excellent case studies have provided critical insights into how and why ethnic enumeration is pursued in particular times and places. However, with some …
Censuses, Population: Comparative International Aspects
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Toward an agenda
"As the global ‘data revolution’ accelerates, how can the data rights and interests of indigenous peoples be secured? Premised on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this book argues that indigenous peoples have inherent and inalienable rights relating to the collection, ownership and application of data about them, and about their lifeways and territories. As the first book to focus on indigenous data sovereignty,…
The field of Indigenous health and the role of colonisation and history
From colonial categories to local culture: Evolving state practices of ethnic enumeration in Oceania, 1965–2014
Numerous scholars have examined how governments in particular times and places have classified their populations by ethnicity, but studies that are both cross-national and longitudinal are rare. Using a unique database of census questionnaires, we examine state practices of ethnic enumeration over a 50-year period (1965–2014) in the 24 countries and areas that comprise Oceania. The region’s extraordinary linguistic and cultural diversity, combine…
Fair Borders? Migration Policy in the Twenty-First Century
In recent years, discontent with migration and migrants in the wealthy global north has manifested in disturbing ways: cue Brexit, xenophobia, border paranoia, far-right nationalism and its bedfellow white supremacy. On the surface, Aotearoa New Zealand appears to have escaped the uglier aspects of this nativism. Despite the grumblings of the New Zealand First Party, no serious popular or political anti-immigration movement has appeared, and raci…
Mana motuhake ā‐raraunga: Datafication and social science research in Aotearoa
Social practices, interactions and relations are increasingly being turned into data, driven by technologies that enable new methods of data accumulation, digitisation, integration and manipulation (Taylor and Broeders 2015; Couldry and Yu 2018; Mann and Daly 2019). This ‘datafication’ is not only transforming social relations, it is also reshaping social science through the generation of datasets that open up new avenues for research and methodo…
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Policy
New normal - Same inequities or engaged Te Tiriti partnership
The Covid-19 lockdown over March to May 2020 meant households became their own "bubbles", with residents physically interacting only with those in their household and staying close to home.Mäori leaders recognised the potential of the lockdown to exacerbate whänau vulnerability due to confinement, financial hardship and, depending on their household, issues of crowding or isolation.Steps were quickly taken to support households with care packages…
Voices from a Ngāti Tiipa oral history project
For Indigenous peoples, and Mori specifically, storytelling and oral history are crucial to the survival of our collective identities, culture and language. Retold across generations, our stories are often explicit and interwoven narratives of personal and collective memories. Drawing on Native American scholar Gerald Vizenor's (2009) concept of "survivance stories", this article explores a set of three oral history narratives of kaumtua from Ngt…
Indigenous Peoples' Data During Covid-19: From External to Internal
Global disease trackers quantifying the size, spread, and distribution of COVID-19 illustrate the power of data during the pandemic. Data are required for decision-making, planning, mitigation, surveillance, and monitoring the equity of responses. There are dual concerns about the availability and suppression of COVID-19 data; due to historic and ongoing racism and exclusion, publicly available data can be both beneficial and harmful. Systemic po…
Fixed not fluid: European identification in the Aotearoa New Zealand census
The (not so) silent centre: New Zealander ethnicity responses in the census
Recent census-based studies suggest that the identification patterns of dominant ethnic groups vary dramatically from those of minorities, being less likely to change. An important exception has been "national naming", where individuals shift their identification to take on national identifiers, such as "Canadian" or "New Zealander". National identity, often considered supraethnic, is usually claimed in census counts by members of dominant groups…
Introduction: Indigenous Perspectives on Genealogical Research
Indigenous genealogies encompass complex layers of connection within and between human, environment and spirit, realms
The Oxford Handbook of Indigenous Sociology
Indigenous sociology makes visible what is meaningful in the Indigenous social world. This core premise is demonstrated here via the use of the concept of the Indigenous lifeworld in reference to the dispossessed Indigenous Peoples from Anglo-colonized First World nations. Indigenous lifeworld is built around dual intersubjectivities: within peoplehood, inclusive of traditional and ongoing culture, belief systems, practices, identity, and ways of…
Indigenous Peoples, Data, and the Coloniality of Surveillance
In Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa NZ), Māori (the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand) have long been objects of surveillance by state institutions and agents. State representations have centred on constructions of difference and deviance, on understandings of Indigenous peoples as dangerous, and on the management of Indigenous resistance to colonialism. This chapter considers how contemporary state surveillance practices in Aotearoa NZ, enabled by…
Indigenous fertility in Aotearoa New Zealand: How does ethnic identity affect birth spacing and timing
The survival of Indigenous peoples in the CANZUS states of Canada, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the United States is nothing short of remarkable. Not only have Indigenous peoples thwarted colonial tropes of the vanishing native but, for decades, Indigenous population growth rates have significantly outpaced those of the dominant settler populations. The future survival of Indigenous peoples fundamentally rests on continued natural increas…
Sociology (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Indigenous (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Demography (8 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Ethnic group (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works)