Deborah Heke
Publications
Stewart, G.T., Phillips, M., Barbarich-Unasa, T. W., Henare, D., Matelau, T., Coomber, S., Henry, A., Teaurere, R., Ualesi, Y., & Heke, D. (2025). Indigenous (Māori/Pasifika) Perspectives on Building an Ecological Civilization. In M.A. Peters, B.J. Green, G.W. Misiaszek & X. Zhu (Eds.), Handbook of Ecological Civilization. Springer International Handbooks of Education. ed. (pp. 1-15). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-8101-0_19-1
Heke, D. (2025). Te tangi o te kumara—a sweet exclamation: Mana Wahine perspectives on universal humility and humble boasting. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 21(1), 188-192. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801241312417
Heke, D., Vera, M., & Mato Bartlett, L. (2024). Korikori Kōrero: Reflecting on the Use of Mobile Methods as a Way to Balance Power and Establish Rapport in Kaupapa Māori Research. Sage Publications. DOI:10.4135/9781529689822
Heke, D., & Vera, M. (2024). Whakaāria—A Māori Approach to Reflexive Thematic Analysis: Exploring the Active Identities of Māori Women. Sage Publications. DOI:10.4135/9781529681611
Heke, D., Aronui, W., & et.al. (2024). Kei kōnei Aronui -the collective experiences of MAI ki Aronui, a Māori and Indigenous doctoral scholar support network. Journal of Global Indigeneity, 8(1), 1-30.
Brame, J. E., Warbrick, I., Heke, D., Liddicoat, C., & Breed, M. F. (2024). Short-term passive greenspace exposures have little effect on nasal microbiomes: A cross-over exposure study of a Māori cohort. Environmental Research, 252(1), 1-7. DOI:10.1016/j.envres.2024.118814
Heke, D. (2023, June 14-16). Korikori Kōrero - moving and making meaning of Māori women’s knowledges. [Paper presentation]. Lowitja Institute 3rd International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference, Cairns, Australia.
Heke, D. (2023, June 14-16). Wāhine Identities Reimagined. [Paper presentation]. Lowitja Institute 3rd International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference, Cairns, Australia.
Stewart, G T., Babarich-Unasa, T W M., Enari, D., Faumunia, C., & Heke, D. (2023). Experiences of indigenous (Māori/Pasifika) early career academics. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 56(1), 1-15. DOI:10.1080/00131857.2023.2271649
Warbrick, I., Heke, D., & Breed, M F. (2023). Indigenous Knowledge and the Microbiome-Bridging the Disconnect between Colonized Places, Peoples, and the Unseen Influences That Shape Our Health and Well-Being. American Society for Microbiology, 8(1), 1-8. DOI:10.1128/msystems.00875-22
Heke, D. (2023). Korikori Kōrero: a mobile method of inquiry for moving Māori women and their knowledges. Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 18(1), 1-15. DOI:10.1080/1177083X.2023.2177176
Heke, D. (2023). Te Kupenga. A woven methodology for collecting, interpreting, and stor(y)ing Māori women’s knowledges. MAI Journal A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship, 12(2), 146-157. DOI: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.4
Warbrick, I., Heke, D., Hikuroa , D C H., & Makiha, R. (2023). Te Maramataka—An Indigenous System of Attuning with the Environment, and Its Role in Modern Health and Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), 20(3), 1-12. DOI:10.3390/ijerph20032739
Heke, D., & Mato Bartlett, L. (2022, November 15-18). Mahi ā wānanga – Mahi ā wāhine. A mana wāhine-led collaboration to co-construct meaning. [Paper presentation]. International Indigenous Research Conference Online, Auckland, New Zealand.
Heke, D., Came, H., & Birk, M. (2022). Exploring anti-racism within the context of human resource management in the health sector in Aotearoa. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 14(2), 114-130. DOI:10.5204/2100
Came, H., Kidd, J., Heke, D., & McCreanor, T. (2021). Te Tiriti o Waitangi compliance in regulated health practitioner competency documents in Aotearoa. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134 (1535), 35-43. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34012139/
Heke, D. (2020, November 18- 20). Tracing the whakapapa of physical activity among Māori women. [Paper presentation]. International Indigenous Research Conference Online, Auckland, New Zealand.
