Project update
Photo taken at the NZDF wānanga held in the New Zealand Army National Marae (Rongomaraeroa o ngā hau e whā)
Tēnā koutou e hoa mā,
Ka nui ngā mihi ki a koutou, warm greetings to all of our veterans and whānau members who are a part of our project ‘He Toa Taumata Rau—the Many Resting Places of Courage’. This is the first update of many so that we can let you all know what has happened this year, what we are up to, and what is to come.
Interviews
To date we have interviewed 20 participants which includes three whānau interviews. This is a mixture of Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as both men and women. These interviews took place all over Aotearoa—Palmerston North, Rotorua, Christchurch, Lake Coleridge, Dunedin, Gore, Hamilton, Ōpotiki, Tauranga and Wellington. We have a couple final interviews that we are hoping to finish in the next couple of months but as of right now we are at various stages of writing, reviewing and editing of the stories.
As of right now:
11 stories are in final draft form (they have been reviewed with the veteran)
6 further stories to be reviewed
2 stories to write up from transcripts
3 short stories completed/in progress
2 draft analyses done, 4 are being worked on
1 interview locked in, a further 3 or 4 in the works
Tepora and Cheyenne presented the research project at a NZDF wānanga in Waiouru
Tepora has been invited to be a part of the NZDF Research Advisory Group
Website has launched https://www.hetoataumatarau.net/
Analysis wānanga with the team will be the 15th to 18th November—two days of Te Matapihi ki te Ora analysis and then a day of generating initial findings
End of year team meeting is booked in for 3rd and 4th of December
Wānanga with the team and veteran participants to go over stories and data findings—potentially 1st March 2024 to 3rd March 2024. Venue TBC
Achieving these milestones in our first year is all due to your participation and contribution to the research, and we cannot thank you enough.
Keep an eye out for more posts to come!