Māori and social issues / edited by Tracey McIntosh and Malcolm Mulholland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Tracey McIntosh -- Contemporary issues in Māori demography / Tahu Kukutai -- Māori education and achievement / Elizabeth McKinley and Te Kawehau Hoskins -- Māori perspectives on parenting in Aotearoa New Zealand / Averil M.L. Herbert -- Māori mental health : past, present and future / Te Kani R. Kingi -- Obesity / Isaac Warbrick -- Māori smoking : a epic saga of love and abuse / Marewa Glover -- Poverty / Fional Cram -- Healing : towards an understanding of Māori child maltreatment / Erana Cooper and Julie Wharewera-Mika -- Māori women and gambling : a social issue for Māori communities and whanau ora / Laurie Morrision -- Māori gangs / Rawiri Taonui and Greg Newbold -- Māori and homelessness / Shiloh Groot, Darrin Hodgetts, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Mohi Rua -- Incarceration / Robert Webb -- Marginalisation : a case study, confinement / Tracey McIntosh -- Resilience as a conceptual framework for understanding the Māori experience : positions, challenges and risks / Amohia Boulton and Heather Gifford.

Māori and Social Issues is a collection of chapters by specialists in their disciplinary areas from various social and health sciences. This book is the first of a series of edited collections that will look at Māori research in areas that are critical for Māori and for the broader society. This volume canvases a range of social issues that are significant for a better understanding of the experiences and social environment of Māori and highlight the need to ensure research-based solutions to the challenges presently faced. While a number of chapters play the important role of contexualising Māori experience, the majority of the contributions engage with social problems. However, this book is not a call to a return to deficit research. Rather it is an opportunity to provide power-centred, Māori-centred perspectives and solutions.