Indigenous Māori perspectives on urban transport patterns linked to health and wellbeing |
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| Institution: | 1. Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand;2. School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;1. School of the Built Environment, Built Environment Research Institute, University of Ulster, Jordanstown Campus, Newtownabbey, Co., Antrim, United Kingdom;2. Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom;1. Transport Studies Unit, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, United Kingdom;2. Centre for Sustainability (CSAFE), University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand;1. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), New Zealand;2. University of Canterbury, New Zealand;1. UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK;2. Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, UK;3. Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Programme, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria;4. Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;5. Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;6. Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK;7. Centre for Diet and Activity Research, MRC Epidemiology Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;8. Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;9. Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK;1. Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;2. Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge, Box 285 Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK |
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| Abstract: | There is a growing body of research linking urban transport systems to inequities in health. However, there is a lack of research providing evidence of the effect of transport systems on indigenous family wellbeing. We examined the connections between urban transport and the health and wellbeing of Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. We provide an indigenous exploration of current urban transport systems, with a particular focus on the impacts of car dependence and the need for culturally relevant travel. We interviewed nineteen Māori participants utilising qualitative research techniques underpinned by an indigenous research methodology (Kaupapa Māori). The data highlighted the importance of accessing cultural activities and sites relevant to ‘being Māori’, and issues with affordability and safety of public transport. Understanding the relationship between indigenous wellbeing and transport systems that goes further than limited discourses of inequity is essential to improving transport for indigenous wellbeing. Providing an indigenous voice in transport decision-making will make it more likely that indigenous health and wellbeing is prioritised in transport planning. |
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| Keywords: | Urban Transport systems Indigenous Māori Health and wellbeing |
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