Helen Moewaka Barnes

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Helen Moewaka Barnes {{Postnominals|country=NZL|FRSNZ}} is a New Zealand academic. She is Māori, of Te Kapotai (Ngāpuhi) and Ngapuhi-nui-tonu descent, and is currently a full professor at Massey University. In 2021 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Academic career

After a 2008 PhD thesis titled Arguing for the spirit in the language of the mind: a Māori practitioner's view of research and science, Moewaka Barnes joined Massey University staff, becoming a full professor in 2013.{{cite web |title=Prof Helen Moewaka Barnes - Director Whariki & Co-Director SHORE Research Centre - Massey University |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=986630 |accessdate=5 February 2018 |publisher=Massey.ac.nz}}{{cite web |date=31 October 2013 |title=Promotions for 33 Massey academics - Massey University |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle=promotions-for-33-massey-academics-31-10-2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126164026/http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=7BF56DA6-9900-8403-C608-1A4457D30902 |archive-date=2013-11-26 |accessdate=5 February 2018 |website=Massey University }}{{Cite thesis |title=Arguing for the spirit in the language of the mind: a Maori practitioner's view of research and science |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111965383 |publisher=Massey Research Online |date=2008-01-01 |language=English |first=Helen |last=Moewaka Barnes}}

In 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, she received four separate grants from the Health Research Council,{{cite web |title=Helen Moewaka Barnes • Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre |url=https://www.hiirc.org.nz/page/27134/helen-moewaka-barnes/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905180036/https://www.hiirc.org.nz/page/27134/helen-moewaka-barnes/ |archive-date=2018-09-05 |accessdate=5 February 2018 |website=Health Improvement and Innovation Resource Centre |publisher=Hiirc.org.nz}}{{cite web |date=2013-06-06 |title=Pesticide studies lead awards of research grants |url=http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=EC2B2497-DB1C-ADAC-4804-5D7B28B829B2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129102646/http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=EC2B2497-DB1C-ADAC-4804-5D7B28B829B2 |archive-date=2015-01-29 |accessdate=5 February 2018 |website=Massey University |publisher=Massey.ac.nz}} and a 2012 Marsden Fund award (funding for 2013–17).{{Cite web |last=The Royal Society of New Zealand |date=25 October 2012 |title=Media Pack: $54.6 million for Marsden Fund research {{!}} Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1210/S00050/media-pack-54-6-million-for-marsden-fund-research.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208222837/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1210/S00050/media-pack-546-million-for-marsden-fund-research.htm |archive-date=2013-02-08 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}

Moewaka Barnes is part of the New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring project, which surveys arrestees in the criminal justice system to compile statistics on drug use.{{cite web |title=Helen Moewaka Barnes | Superu's research Hub |url=http://thehub.superu.govt.nz/author/helen-moewaka-barnes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212124933/http://thehub.superu.govt.nz/author/helen-moewaka-barnes |archive-date=2018-02-12 |accessdate=5 February 2018 |website=The Hub by superu |publisher=superu}}

Moewaka Barnes' work looks at health from a kaupapa Māori perspective.

Awards

In March 2021, Helen Moewaka Barnes was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising her "significant international impact in the field of Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing".{{Cite web |date=11 March 2021 |title=Researchers and scholars elected to Academy |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/researchers-and-scholars-elected-to-academy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528005835/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/researchers-and-scholars-elected-to-academy/ |archive-date=2023-05-28 |access-date=2021-03-11 |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}{{Cite news |last=Massey University |date=12 March 2021 |title=Four new Royal Society Te Apārangi Fellows |url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/four-new-royal-society-te-ap%C4%81rangi-fellows/ |url-status=live |access-date=2023-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226144851/https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/four-new-royal-society-te-ap%C4%81rangi-fellows/ |archive-date=2023-02-26}}

Selected works

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Helen Moewaka Barnes (2000). "Collaboration in community action: a successful partnership between indigenous communities and researchers." Health Promotion International. 15 (1): 17–25.
Tim McCreanor; Alison Greenaway; Helen Moewaka Barnes; Suaree Borell; Amanda Gregory (2005). "Youth identity formation and contemporary alcohol marketing." Critical Public Health. 15 (3): 251–262.
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References

External links

[https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Helen-Moewaka-Barnes-14740030 ResearchGate] - Helen Moewaka Barnes's research
[http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=986630 Massey University] - staff profile for Helen Moewaka Barnes
[https://shoreandwhariki.ac.nz/helen-moewaka-barnes/ SHORE & Whariki Research Centre] - profile page for Helen Moewaka Barnes
[https://www.maramatanga.co.nz/person/professor-helen-moewaka-barnes Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga] - profile page for Helen Moewaka Barnes

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