Rate My Professor Terina Raureti

Raureti's research specializations lie in indigenous science, focusing on Māori water safety, whānau-centred swimming practices, and their contributions to health and wellbeing. Through her PhD, she developed the Kauora model to understand and promote swimming from a whānau Māori perspective, aiming to strengthen connections to wai (water) for hauora (health) and reduce drowning disparities in Māori communities. As part of Te Koronga, the kaupapa Māori research and teaching rōpū, she established Whānau Fit in 2016 within the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences to promote te reo Māori and physical activity. Currently, as a Coastal Peoples Southern Skies (CPSS) Postdoctoral Fellow, she applies her research by developing self-sustaining swimming programmes for kura. Key publications include 'Mukukai: kaitiaki o te ao kauhoe: the influence of swimming on whānau engagement with water' in MAI Journal (2023, with Anne-Marie Jackson and Chelsea Cunningham), 'Stable prevalence of obesity among Ngāti Whātua 4-year-old preschoolers' in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (2019, co-authored), and 'Setting sail and returning home: Research voyaging in Aotearoa' (2020, co-authored). Her contributions advance decolonised approaches in physical education and indigenous health research.