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Concurrent Session 1Eb: Yarning Circle - Narratives of wairua, sprit, and wellbeing for Māori through times of psychological distress and healing

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Monday, November 9, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker

Dr Eleanor Brittain
Senior Lecturer
Massey University

Narratives of wairua, sprit, and wellbeing for Māori through times of psychological distress and healing

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Biography

My iwi (nations) are Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa and Ngāti Rakaipaaka, in Aotearoa New Zealand. I am a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist in the School of Psychology, and also CoDirector for Te Toi Arapaki, the Centre for Indigenous Psychologies, at Massey University, based in Wellington.
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