{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Cultural and co-designed principles for developing a Māori kaumātua housing village to address health and social wellbeing.
{Author}: Oetzel JG;Bragg C;Wilson Y;Reddy R;Simpson ML;Nock S;
{Journal}: BMC Public Health
{Volume}: 24
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 2024 May 15
{Factor}: 4.135
{DOI}: 10.1186/s12889-024-18771-9
{Abstract}: <B>BACKGROUND: </B>The current study is a case study of a Māori (Indigenous people of New Zealand) organisation and their developmental processes in creating a kaumātua (older people) housing village for health and social wellbeing. This study identifies how a set of established co-design and culturally-centred principles were enacted when creating and developing the village.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>A mixed-method concurrent design was used in creating the case with interviews (n = 4), focus groups (N = 4 with 16 total participants) and survey questionnaires (n = 56) involving kaumātua and organisation members.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Survey results illustrate that suitable and affordable housing are associated with self-rated health, loneliness, and life satisfaction. The primary purpose of the housing village was to enable kaumātua to be connected to the marae (community meeting house) as part of a larger vision of developing intergenerational housing around the marae to enhance wellbeing. Further, key themes around visioning, collaborative team and funding, leadership, fit-for-purpose design, and tenancy management were grounded in cultural elements using te ao Māori (Māori worldview).<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>This case study illustrates several co-design and culturally-centred principles from a previously developed toolkit that supported the project. This case study demonstrates how one community enacted these principles to provide the ground for developing a housing project that meets the health and social wellbeing of kaumātua.