Cannabis

Fiona Cram
AwardsMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Otago, Mangapapa School, Ilminster Intermediate School, Lytton High School
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Doctoral studentsLeonie Pihama
Notable studentsSue Crengle

Fiona May Cram MNZM is a New Zealand social psychologist and researcher, of Ngāti Pāhauwera descent. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cram was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to Māori health and education.

Early life and education

[edit]

Cram was born in Gisborne, and attended Mangapapa Primary School, Ilminster Intermediate and Lytton High School.[1] She is of Māori descent, and affiliates to Ngāti Pāhauwera.[2] Cram completed a Bachelor of Arts, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a PhD at the University of Otago in social and developmental psychology.[1]

Research career

[edit]

Cram joined the faculty of the University of Auckland in 1990 as a lecturer in the Department of Psychology, and from 1998 until 2003 she was Director of the university's International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education.[3][1] Cram also held a position as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Otago School of Medicine in Wellington, at the Eru Pomare Māori Health Research Centre.[3] In 2003 Cram set up Katoa Limited, which conducts Kaupapa Māori research, evaluation and training.[2] Her research interests include Māori justice, education and health, Māori and science, and Māori language.[2][4][5][6][7] Cram's notable students include Leonie Pihama and Sue Crengle.[8][9]

Cram has been on the board of the Health Research Council, as well as sitting on a number of committees, including the Māori Health Research Committee and the Public Health Research Committee. She has served as the Editor in Chief of the journal Evaluation Matters - He Take To Te Aromatawai, published by the New Zealand Association for Educational Research.[3] As of 2023 she is the Chair of Te Tāhū Hauora (the Health Quality and Safety Commission)'s Family Violence Death Review Committee.[10][11] In 2023 the committee released their eighth report, which recommended a new system be set up to better support child survivors of family violence resulting in death.[10][12]

Honours and awards

[edit]

In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Cram was appointed a Member of the Order of New Zealand, for services to Māori health and education.[3] She has been named as one of 100 Māori leaders recognised 'for their contributions, service, vision, dedication and expertise towards constructive change and improvement to Māori health'.[4]

Selected works

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Fiona May Cram". Kōmako: A bibliography of writing by Māori in English. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "The Team – Homes for Generations". homesforgenerations.goodhomes.co.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Queen's Birthday Honours 2019 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Fiona Cram | 100 Maori Leaders". 100maorileaders.com. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Katoa Ltd - Fiona Cram, PhD". www.katoa.net.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Dr Fiona Cram – Homes for Generations". homesforgenerations.goodhomes.co.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Maori child abuse linked to poverty and discrimination". NZ Herald. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  8. ^ Pihama, Leonie (2001). Tīhei mauri ora : honouring our voices : mana wahine as a kaupapa Māori : theoretical framework (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/1119.
  9. ^ Crengle, Sue (1997). Mā Papatuanuku, ka Tipu ngā Rākau: a case study of the well child health programme provided by Te Whānau O Waipareira Trust (Master's thesis thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/5995.
  10. ^ a b "Committee recommends new system to support survivors of family violence homicide". Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Victim details life-long trauma of family abuse - 'I used to lie there and let her hurt me'". RNZ. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  12. ^ "News | New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse". nzfvc.org.nz. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
[edit]

Leave a Reply