title: Love and sacrifice in Louisa Baker’s fiction

authors: Moffat, Kirstine

abstract: Paper given at Religious History Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ) Conference.

Louisa Alice Baker, the pioneering New Zealand woman novelist, authored seventeen books between 1894 and 1913. While most of her fiction was set in the New Zealand she lived in from the ages of 7 to 38, all of her novels were published in Britain and America. Baker's works gained popularity in these regions due to their colonial settings and her exploration of marriage and morality, drawing comparisons with acclaimed authors like Olive Schreiner and Sarah Grand. The use of the pseudonym "Alien" suggests a deep sense of dislocation from her New Zealand home and conveys a moral message challenging patriarchal hierarchies. Interestingly, Baker's novel "Not in Fellowship" features the term 'alien' in the context of a Calvinist church service, where those 'not in fellowship' are asked to sit 'behind the board.' The heroine in this narrative is profoundly affected by the imposed sense of "alienship," evoking emotions of harshness and suggesting pitiful restrictions in contrast to individual charity.

text: Love and sacrifice in Louisa Baker’s fiction Paper given at Religious History Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ) Conference.

Louisa Alice Baker, the pioneering New Zealand woman novelist, authored seventeen books between 1894 and 1913. While most of her fiction was set in the New Zealand she lived in from the ages of 7 to 38, all of her novels were published in Britain and America. Baker's works gained popularity in these regions due to their colonial settings and her exploration of marriage and morality, drawing comparisons with acclaimed authors like Olive Schreiner and Sarah Grand. The use of the pseudonym "Alien" suggests a deep sense of dislocation from her New Zealand home and conveys a moral message challenging patriarchal hierarchies. Interestingly, Baker's novel "Not in Fellowship" features the term 'alien' in the context of a Calvinist church service, where those 'not in fellowship' are asked to sit 'behind the board.' The heroine in this narrative is profoundly affected by the imposed sense of "alienship," evoking emotions of harshness and suggesting pitiful restrictions in contrast to individual charity.

year: 2019-11-27

title: Film, Spirituality and Hierophany

authors: Hardy, Ann

subjects: Cinema

abstract: The satirical drama American Beauty (1999), winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in the year 2000 is not, at first sight, a film everyone would include in a grouping of significant movies. It is a tale of two families, the Burnhams and the Fitts, whose members, bored, depressed, angry and alienated, are set on a path of destruction from which they cannot seem to deviate.

text: Film, Spirituality and Hierophany The satirical drama American Beauty (1999), winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in the year 2000 is not, at first sight, a film everyone would include in a grouping of significant movies. It is a tale of two families, the Burnhams and the Fitts, whose members, bored, depressed, angry and alienated, are set on a path of destruction from which they cannot seem to deviate.

year: 2002

title: Haumanu Hauora: refining public health institution policy to include Māori and climate change

authors: Masters-Awatere, Bridgette

abstract: The deepening climate crisis generates specific impacts that will exacerbate the already disproportionately negative health outcomes experienced by Indigenous people. Disparate health outcomes have not spontaneously emerged, but rather have been foreshadowed by existing inequities. This article summarizes a sample of the work from a two-year research project in Aotearoa New Zealand to understand existing policy processes and ascertain the extent to which health institutions give serious consideration to climate change impacts on Māori (Indigenous people) with health vulnerabilities. Speaking to tāngata whenua (Indigenous Māori), District Health Board (DHB) employees, and subject matter experts (SMEs), it was clear that policy processes were ad hoc and problematically silenced consistent Māori input. While research participants expressed their experiences of, and aspirations for, dealing with climate change, their voices were not evident in DHB policy development processes. The deficit within existing policy process reflects a lack of preparedness in the face of climate change. Despite clear resilience and adaptation strategies, structural change is needed to address identified disadvantages. Through a co-designed policy framework (“Haumanu Hauora”), we guide policy formation to mitigate climate change risk to Māori (and others). Central to the revised policy framework is the creation of space for both internal and external Māori voices to ensure consistent Māori input throughout the policy process. We also introduce a commissioning, refining, and monitoring stage (that includes evaluation). Haumanu Hauora considers whānau-centered healthcare knowledge, needs, resources, and aspirations, to contribute to a transformed and responsive health system. Above all, we believe that strengthening health institution responsiveness to Māori health needs is essential.

text: Haumanu Hauora: refining public health institution policy to include Māori and climate change The deepening climate crisis generates specific impacts that will exacerbate the already disproportionately negative health outcomes experienced by Indigenous people. Disparate health outcomes have not spontaneously emerged, but rather have been foreshadowed by existing inequities. This article summarizes a sample of the work from a two-year research project in Aotearoa New Zealand to understand existing policy processes and ascertain the extent to which health institutions give serious consideration to climate change impacts on Māori (Indigenous people) with health vulnerabilities. Speaking to tāngata whenua (Indigenous Māori), District Health Board (DHB) employees, and subject matter experts (SMEs), it was clear that policy processes were ad hoc and problematically silenced consistent Māori input. While research participants expressed their experiences of, and aspirations for, dealing with climate change, their voices were not evident in DHB policy development processes. The deficit within existing policy process reflects a lack of preparedness in the face of climate change. Despite clear resilience and adaptation strategies, structural change is needed to address identified disadvantages. Through a co-designed policy framework (“Haumanu Hauora”), we guide policy formation to mitigate climate change risk to Māori (and others). Central to the revised policy framework is the creation of space for both internal and external Māori voices to ensure consistent Māori input throughout the policy process. We also introduce a commissioning, refining, and monitoring stage (that includes evaluation). Haumanu Hauora considers whānau-centered healthcare knowledge, needs, resources, and aspirations, to contribute to a transformed and responsive health system. Above all, we believe that strengthening health institution responsiveness to Māori health needs is essential.

year: 2023-05-05