Rotorua Daily Post
  • Rotorua Daily Post home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
    • All Lifestyle
    • Residential property listings
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Rural
  • Sport

Locations

  • Tauranga
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō & Tūrangi

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales

Weather

  • Rotorua
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Tokoroa
  • Taupō

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Rotorua Daily Post

Toi Ohomai awarded $1.2 million research grant for veteran-based project

Rotorua Daily Post
7 Jul, 2022 07:53 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Toi Ohomai head of research Dr Heather Hamerton (left) and He Toa Taumata Rau lead investigator Dr Tepora Emery. Photo / Supplied mata Rau lead investigator Dr Tepora Emery. Photo / Supplied

Toi Ohomai head of research Dr Heather Hamerton (left) and He Toa Taumata Rau lead investigator Dr Tepora Emery. Photo / Supplied mata Rau lead investigator Dr Tepora Emery. Photo / Supplied

Applying a mātauranga Māori lens on a veteran's transition from the military to civilian life will be the focus of a new research project.

The research project is being undertaken by Toi Ohomai Te Pūkenga Kaihautū Rangahau Māori Dr Tepora Emery.

The project has been named as a recipient of Health Research Council (HRC) funding, and at almost $1.2million, it is one of the largest funding grants Toi Ohomai has received.

Dr Emery says the project, He Toa Taumata Rau (The Many Resting Places of Courage), will look at the transition from military to civilian life and the effects on veterans and their whānau.

She says the grant is significant.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"It's a huge milestone in a research career and we will work hard to ensure our rangahau has impact. But it's also significant given the current merge of all the polytechnics into Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.

"He Toa Taumata Rau can assist in establishing the place of Te Pūkenga in the rangahau-research landscape of Aotearoa," she says.

The inspiration for the project was drawn from veteran Calvin Mitchell (Mitch) of Instinctive Fitness, who wanted to establish a fitness programme for fellow veterans, catering to their various physical and mental needs.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Having been on the rangahau development journey from its inception, Mitch is a named investigator.

"We want to explore what a mātauranga Māori-based transition process might look like," Dr Emery says.

He Toa Taumata Rau is a narrative-based project and Dr Emery and her team will be collecting stories from contemporary veterans and their whānau, nationwide.

They will look at the veterans' histories, backgrounds and military life and experiences, as well as their transition to civilian life.

Discover more

Soroptimist International Rotorua helping warm up winter

30 Jun 09:01 PM

Toi Ohomai and Pūhoro STEMM join forces

30 Jun 07:09 PM

Celebration and creation at Whangamarino School

30 Jun 08:59 PM
Kahu

Blending mātauranga Māori and science

22 Jun 05:57 PM

"Working alongside and with veterans and their whānau, we will explore and examine their life course and, from their stories, co-create a range of holistic, pro-life, mātauranga Māori-based health and wellbeing tools, including web based, to support transition."

The mental health of veterans will be a focus and exploring ways to improve their experiences going forward.

"For veterans with a strong attachment to military culture, assimilation into the civilian world can be doubly difficult; loneliness and social isolation are possible outcomes and the risk of suicide is palpable."

Dr Emery hopes the collection of stories will enable a better understanding of the military- to-civilian transition and associated struggles, as well as identify key themes in their transition enabling them to create health and wellbeing tools to improve outcomes.

Partnered with Associate Professor David McBride (Lt Col), the director of the University of Otago's Health of Veterans research theme, the He Toa Taumata Rau project team also includes: Dr Heather Hamerton, Dr Candy Cookson Cox, Anna Elders and former Rotorua RSA secretary/manager Maxwell Rolston.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Rotorua Daily PostUpdated

Family seeks answers over woman's death on Mt Ruapehu

13 Jul 09:12 PM
Rotorua Daily Post

Move or rehome? Owner's choice if dog's 'dangerous' label sticks

13 Jul 06:00 PM
Premium
Opinion

Opinion: Why Mary Meeker's latest AI insights can't be ignored

13 Jul 05:00 PM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Rotorua Daily Post

Family seeks answers over woman's death on Mt Ruapehu

Family seeks answers over woman's death on Mt Ruapehu

13 Jul 09:12 PM

The coroner's report is pending, adding to their long wait for closure.

Move or rehome? Owner's choice if dog's 'dangerous' label sticks

Move or rehome? Owner's choice if dog's 'dangerous' label sticks

13 Jul 06:00 PM
Premium
Opinion: Why Mary Meeker's latest AI insights can't be ignored

Opinion: Why Mary Meeker's latest AI insights can't be ignored

13 Jul 05:00 PM
Premium
Letters to the editor: Praise for Rotorua Hospital

Letters to the editor: Praise for Rotorua Hospital

13 Jul 04:30 PM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Rotorua Daily Post e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Rotorua Daily Post
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP