Abstract:
We report the findings of an exploratory study of 20 Māori who participated in a 12- or 14-week programme which used Commission for Financial Capability Sorted Resilience Workshops adapted to align with Kaupapa Māori principles. The study incorporated tikanga Māori and culturally tailored spending diaries. Analysis of diary and narrative data shows that effective financial education for Māori should acknowledge coloniser/colonised values, whanaungatanga and relational wealth. Despite the study’s limitations, the breakthrough changes in money use by participants permit cautious policy recommendations, the foremost of which being the conducting of further research.