Whakaora, Pae Ora:

Keith Tudor; Kris Gledhill; Maria Haenga-Collins

doi:10.24135/ajpanz.2024.08

Keith Tudor Auckland University of Technology
Kris Gledhill Auckland University of Technology
Maria Haenga-Collins Auckland University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/ajpanz.2024.08

Keywords: Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019; Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022; health principles; equity; Māori; psychotherapy; ethics.

Abstract

The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Amendment Act 2019 and the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 have had major implications for the delivery of health services in Aotearoa New Zealand, especially with regard to equity of provision and delivery and to engaging and working with Māori as tangata whenua. As part of the previous New Zealand government’s restructuring of the health service, the Pae Ora Act set out certain principles for the health sector which this article discusses and applies to psychotherapy, and, specifically, with reference to two ethical codes and the standards of ethics for psychotherapists working in Aotearoa New Zealand. Notwithstanding the fact that the current New Zealand Parliament, dominated by the coalition government elected in October 2023, has repealed that part of the Pae Ora Act that established a separate Māori Health Authority as a way of delivering better outcomes, its principles remain in place and are important for psychotherapists practicing as health practitioners in this country.

Author Biographies

Keith Tudor, Auckland University of Technology

Keith Tudor is Professor of Psychotherapy at Auckland University of Technology, where he is also a co-lead, with Maria Haenga-Collins, Folasāitu Professor Julia Ioane, and Dr Elizabeth Day, of Moana Nui –Research in the Psychological Therapies. He is previously published with both Maria (on bicultural encounter, and on racism), and with Kris (on psychotherapy, note-taking and record-keeping), with whom he is also working on a project on health professions and disability in the context of human rights. He has a small independent practice in West Auckland as a health care provider, supervisor, and trainer.

Kris Gledhill, Auckland University of Technology

Kris Gledhill spent the first part of his career as a lawyer; as a barrister in London, his main work was representing detained people, including those subject to mental health legislation. He always maintained an academic side, publishing articles and books, and lecturing both in academic settings and in continuing professional development settings. In 2006, he moved to Aotearoa New Zealand and academia became the forefront of his work. He is currently a Professor of Law based in the Law School at Auckland University of Technlogy. He has published several further books in the areas of human rights law, mental health law and criminal law, and a large number of academic articles and op-ed pieces; he edits two journals and a book series. His teaching, in the areas of criminal law, human rights law, clinical legal education and prison law, has included numerous courses taught as a visiting professor at various overseas universities. Kris remains grounded outside academia, working with lawyers and governmental bodies, lecturing in various continuing professional development settings for various professions, and serving on various committees. His particular interest is in developing arguments based on the Human Rights Framework that allow social progress to be made, whether through legislation, policy development or litigation. This has led to his involvement in several cross-disciplinary research projects (see academics.aut.ac.nz/kris.gledhill)

Maria Haenga-Collins, Auckland University of Technology

Dr Maria Haenga-Collins (Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Ngāi Tahu, Pākehā) is a lecturer and researcher at the Auckland University of Technology. She has a background in social work, Māori-centered research, and history. As a social worker (kaimanaaki) Maria worked in a specialist community mental health team with young people experiencing first episode psychosis. As an oral historian Maria has specific experience in working with Indigenous Peoples. Her most recent publication, with Dr Anne Else, A Question of Adoption: Closed Stranger Adoption in New Zealand 1944–1974 and Adoption, State Care, Donor Conception and Surrogacy 1975–2022, is a comprehensive study of adoption and reproductive rights in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Whakaora, Pae Ora

Health Principles and Psychotherapy

Abstract

Author Biographies