Abstract：
Whānau (Māori understandings of family) are comprised of unique and vital relationships that support and scaffold rangatahi (youth) wellbeing, yet are often reduced to nuclear family structures within individualised notions of wellbeing. While rangatahi contend with racialised discourses in a colonial socio-cultural context, their whānau can be an important site for mitigating these challenges, supporting rangatahi agency and wellbeing. This article explores how whānau practices inform rangatahi wellbeing, drawing upon photo-projects and interviews with 51 rangatahi and their whānau. Interviews were thematically analysed, informing four themes that drew on Māori (the Indigenous people of Aotearoa) concepts and whakataukī: te haerenga whakamua, kotahitanga, he toa takitini and tātai hono. These themes speak to the significance of vitalising relationships between rangatahi, their whānau and beyond. We outline a strengths-based activity with rangatahi and their whānau, identifying and drawing from the delightful array of whānau relationships, qualities and characteristics that may be likened to a \'whānau chocolate box\' for rangatahi to derive influence, systems of support and inspiration for future identities and inspiration.
摘要：
Whānau（毛利人对家庭的理解）由独特而重要的关系组成，这些关系可以支持和支撑rangatahi（青年）的幸福，然而，在个性化的福祉概念中，往往被简化为核心家庭结构。虽然rangatahi在殖民地社会文化背景下与种族化的话语作斗争，他们的whānau可以成为缓解这些挑战的重要场所，支持rangatahi机构和福祉。这篇文章探讨了whhānau实践如何为rangatahi福祉提供信息，Drawinguponphoto-projectsandinterviationswith51rangatahiandtheirwhānau.对访谈进行了主题分析，通报了四个主题，这些主题借鉴了毛利人（奥特罗阿的土著人民）的概念和whakataukí：tehaerengawhakamua，Kotahitanga,他对塔基蒂尼和塔泰霍诺。这些主题说明了使rangatahi之间的关系充满活力的重要性，theirwhānauandbeyond.我们概述了rangatahi及其whānau的基于优势的活动，从令人愉快的whānau关系中识别和绘制，品质和特性可以比作“whānau巧克力盒”，以使rangatahi产生影响，为未来的身份和灵感提供支持和灵感的系统。
