Current Projects

Kia Puāwai

Our study is a community research project between Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae, Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Te Aratiatia ki te Hauroa. The idea of our project comes from the fact that mental health concerns are a big issue for many Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. Normally, the ways to understand if a person has mental health problems is based on Western frameworks and ideas of wellbeing which is often limited in relevance and applicability to Māori worldviews, Māori culture and lived realities of communities. This is why the aim of this research project is to develop and test a novel Māori mental wellbeing assessment tool with the help of the community of Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae.

Mana Wahine Kaupapa Inquiry

"Wai 2700 – the Mana Wahine Kaupapa Inquiry – will hear outstanding claims which allege prejudice to wāhine Māori as a result of Treaty breaches by the Crown. These claims extend across many fields of Crown policy, practice, acts, and omissions, both historical and contemporary, and of related legislation, service provision, and State assistance."

We are assisting with the writing of background reports to support Wai 2700 claimants.

2024 Conference evaluation

In 2024 Katoa Ltd was invited to undertake the evaluation of the TOAH-NNEST Sexual Violence Conference. Five volunteers were tasked with helping with the evaluation and along with Dr Fiona Cram, Katoa Ltd, over 60 attendees at the Conference were asked about their motivations for attending, their expectations, and what they were valuing about the Conference. In addition, 111 attendees responded to a post-conference survey.

Report on 2025 Te MataTini Survey

TOAH-NNEST (Te Ohaakii a Hine – National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together) used a short survey to collect the perspectives of Te Matatini attendees, with 1,260 people responding in person or online. The survey included three open-ended questions: what does feeling safe look like; who would you turn to if you felt unsafe or were experiencing sexual violence; and what does sexual violence prevention look like to you?

He Waka Eke Noa, Te Wairoa

Development of evaluation framework (2025) and evaluation (2026) of a Waka Ama initiative running in Te Wairoa, funded by the MAS Foundation.

Hine Ora Hine Tū Evaluation

Hine Ora Hine Tū is a partnership between Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Aotearoa (PADA) and the MAS Foundation established to transform perinatal mental health outcomes for Māori and Pasifika whānau.

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