This is the first literature review in the Ao Mai te Rā series. This review traces how understandings of racism and anti-racism have shifted over time and explores various concepts, language and definitions that have been used to date.
The review considers how we might frame and think about racism and anti-racism within the Aotearoa New Zealand context and has been used to inform the Ministry’s position statement and working definitions for racism and anti-racism in health.
This literature review is part of an integrated portfolio of work for phase one of Ao Mai te Rā and was completed by researchers at the University of Canterbury and Tokona Te Raki Māori Futures Collective, on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
You can learn more about this initiative at Ao Mai te Rā: The Anti-Racism Kaupapa.
Ao Mai te Rā publications are published by the Ministry of Health to make the ideas and analyses they contain available to a wider health sector audience, and to inform and encourage constructive dialogue and public debate.
Publications include work undertaken for us by external researchers and consultants. They do not themselves represent policy advice.
The views, opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in these publications are strictly those of the author(s). They do not necessarily reflect Ministry of Health views.
The Ministry of Health and the New Zealand Government take no responsibility for any errors or omissions in, or for the correctness of, information in these publications.
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- Evolution of Racism and Anti-Racism – Lessons for the Aotearoa New Zealand Health System (pdf, 1.4 MB)
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Ahuriri-Driscoll A, Williams M, Vakalalabure-Wragg U. 2022. Evolution of Racism and Anti-racism – Lessons for the Aotearoa New Zealand Health System (Stage One Literature Review). Wellington: Ministry of Health.
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