Seeking the Summit of Health for a Māori Tribe in Aotearoa

Join Dr Lily George as she explores the impact of trauma on Indigenous health, and how Indigenous groups can take charge of their health decisions in this Macgeorge Lecture.

When cultural health and healing patterns have been disrupted over generations, the impact of unresolved trauma can be exacerbated. When a group of people are denuded of opportunities for learning and growing and kept from the depth and beauty of their traditional knowledges, negative responses to trauma can have significant impact on health. Historical trauma theory provides a positive signpost forward in that the main objective is not to dwell on the losses incurred by the processes of colonisation and other features, but to transcend trauma and seek healing in culturally appropriate ways.