Professor Brendan Hokowhitu
Centre Director of ARC COE for Indigenous Futures
ARC COE for Indigenous Futures
Professor and ARC Future Fellow
TC Beirne School of Law
Books
Hokowhitu, Brendan, Moreton-Robinson, Aileen, Tuhiwai-Smith, Linda, Andersen, Chris and Larkin, Steve (2020). Routledge handbook of critical Indigenous studies. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429440229
Hokowhitu, Brendan and Devadas, Vijay (2013). The fourth eye: Māori media in Aotearoa New Zealand. University of Minnesota Press.
Book Chapters
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2022). Māori and indigenous sport histories: hero/ine or dupe?. Routledge handbook of sport history. (pp. 279-286) edited by Murray G. Phillips, Douglas Booth and Carly Adams. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429318306-39
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2021). The emperor’s ‘new’ materialisms: indigenous materialisms and disciplinary colonialism. Routledge handbook of critical indigenous studies. (pp. 131-146) edited by Brendan Hokowhitu, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Linda Tuhiwai-Smith, Chris Andersen and Steve Larkin. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429440229-13
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2020). Introduction. Routledge handbook of critical Indigenous studies. (pp. 1-6) edited by Brendan Hokowhitu. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429440229-1
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2019). Un-charting the course: critical indigenous research into sport, health and physical education. Critical research in sport, health and physical education: how to make a difference. (pp. 228-240) edited by Richard Pringle, Håkan Larsson and Göran Gerdin. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203702598-17
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2017). History and masculinity. Sources and methods in Indigenous Studies. (pp. 195-204) edited by Chris Andersen and Jean M. O'Brien. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2014). Haka: Colonized physicality, body-logic, and embodied sovereignty. Performing Indigeneity: Global Histories and Contemporary Experiences. (pp. 273-304) University of Nebraska Press.
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2014). If you are not healthy, then what are you? Healthism, colonial disease and body-logic. Health Education: Critical Perspectives. (pp. 31-47) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203387993
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2014). Māori: Mua ki muri, front to back. The World of Indigenous North America. (pp. 446-466) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203122280-36
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2013). 'Educating Jake': A genealogy of Māori masculinity. Gender, Masculinities and Lifelong Learning. (pp. 47-57) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203115374
Fisher, Kevin and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2013). Viewing against the grain: Postcolonial remediation in rain of the children. The Fourth Eye: Maori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 60-75) University of Minnesota Press.
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2013). Theorizing indigenous media. The Fourth Eye: Maori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 101-123) University of Minnesota Press. doi: 10.5749/minnesota/9780816681037.003.0006
Journal Articles
Nock, Sophie, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Meha, Pare, Huriwaka, Huia, Vercoe, Maramena, Tahu, Tania, Urlich, Joanne, Warbrick, Rachel, Vercoe, Honor, Brown, George, Keown, Shirley, Rewi, Poia, Erueti, Bevan, Perry, Tracy, Reddy, Rangimahora, Zhang, Yingsha and Oetzel, John G (2025). He Huarahi Tautoko: intergenerational model for learning. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 11771801251374127. doi: 10.1177/11771801251374127
Black, Jack, Cherrington, Jim, Graeff, Billy, Hokowhitu, Brendan and Thorpe, Holly (2025). From local fields to global spectacles: Sport in the shadow of the Anthropocene-An interview with Billy Graeff, Brendan Hokowhitu, and Holly Thorpe. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 60 (8) 10126902251342265, 1553-1569. doi: 10.1177/10126902251342265
Oetzel, John G., Simpson, Mary, Meha, Pare, Cameron, Michael P., Zhang, Yingsha, Nock, Sophie, Reddy, Rangimahora, Adams, Hariata, Akapita, Ngapera, Akariri, Ngareo, Anderson, Justina, Clark, Marama, Ngaia, Kawarau and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2024). Tuakana-teina peer education programme to help Māori elders enhance wellbeing and social connectedness. BMC Geriatrics, 24 (1) 114, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-04703-0
Oetzel, John G., Zhang, Yingsha, Nock, Sophie, Meha, Pare, Huriwaka, Huia, Vercoe, Maramena, Tahu, Tania, Urlich, Joanne, Warbrick, Rachel, Brown, George, Keown, Shirley, Rewi, Poia, Erueti, Bevan, Warbrick, Isaac, Jackson, Anne-Marie, Perry, Tracy, Reddy, Rangimahora, Simpson, Mary Louisa, Cameron, Michael P. and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2023). Enhancing health outcomes for Māori elders through an intergenerational cultural exchange and physical activity programme: a cross-sectional baseline study. Frontiers in Public Health, 11 1307685, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1307685
Simpson, Mary Louisa, Ruru, Stacey, Oetzel, John, Meha, Pare, Nock, Sophie, Holmes, Kathrine, Adams, Hariata, Akapita, Ngapera, Clark, Marama, Ngaia, Kawarau, Moses, Reuben, Reddy, Rangimahora and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2022). Adaptation and implementation processes of a culture-centred community-based peer-education programme for older Māori. Implementation Science Communications, 3 (1) 123, 123-1. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00374-3
Hokowhitu, Brendan, Oetzel, John, Jackson, Anne-marie, Simpson, Mary, Ruru, Stacey, Cameron, Michael, Zhang, Yingsha, Erueti, Bevan, Rewi, Poia, Nock, Sophie and Warbrick, Isaac (2022). Mana motuhake, Indigenous biopolitics and health. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18 (1), 104-113. doi: 10.1177/11771801221088448
Oetzel, John G., Ruru, Stacey, Zhang, Yingsha, Simpson, Mary Louisa, Nock, Sophie, Meha, Pare, Holmes, Kath, Clark, Marama, Adams, Hariata, Akapita, Ngapera, Ngaia, Kawarau, Murphy, Shane, Moses, Reuben, Reddy, Rangimahora and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2021). Enhancing well-being and social connectedness for Māori elders through a peer education (tuakana-teina) programme: A cross-sectional baseline study. Frontiers in Public Health, 9 775545, 775545. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.775545
Kidd, Jacquie, Cassim, Shemana, Rolleston, Anna, Chepulis, Lynne, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Keenan, Rawiri, Wong, Janice, Firth, Melissa, Middleton, Karen, Aitken, Denise and Lawrenson, Ross (2021). Hā Ora: secondary care barriers and enablers to early diagnosis of lung cancer for Māori communities. BMC Cancer, 21 (1) 121. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-07862-0
Cassim, Shemana, Kidd, Jacquie, Keenan, Rawiri, Middleton, Karen, Rolleston, Anna, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Firth, Melissa, Aitken, Denise, Wong, Janice and Lawrenson, Ross (2021). Indigenous perspectives on breaking bad news: ethical considerations for healthcare providers. Journal of Medical Ethics, 47 (12), e62-e62. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106916
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2021). Indigenous materialisms and disciplinary colonialism. Somatechnics, 11 (2), 157-173. doi: 10.3366/soma.2021.0349
Simpson, Mary Louisa, Oetzel, John, Nock, Sophie, Greensill, Hine-Iti-Moana, Meha, Pare, Reddy, Rangimahora, Johnston, Kirsten, Cameron, Michael, Harding, Truely, Shelford, Pita, Smith, Linda Tuhiwai and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2021). Māori becoming peer educators in later life: impacts on identity, well-being, and social connectedness. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76 (6), 1140-1150. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa078
Cassim, Shemana, Kidd, Jacquie, Rolleston, Anna, Keenan, Rawiri, Aitken, Denise, Firth, Melissa, Middleton, Karen, Chepulis, Lynne, Wong, Janice, Hokowhitu, Brendan and Lawrenson, Ross (2021). Hā Ora: Barriers and enablers to early diagnosis of lung cancer in primary healthcare for Māori communities. European Journal of Cancer Care, 30 (2) e13380. doi: 10.1111/ecc.13380
Kidd, Jacquie, Cassim, Shemana, Rolleston, Anna, Keenan, Rawiri, Lawrenson, Ross, Sheridan, Nicolette, Warbrick, Isaac, Ngaheu, Janette and Hokowhitu, Brenda (2021). Hā Ora: reflecting on a Kaupapa Māori community-engaged co-design approach to lung cancer research. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 16 (2). doi: 10.32799/ijih.v16i2.33106
Hokowhitu, Brendan, Oetzel, John G., Simpson, Mary Louisa, Nock, Sophie, Reddy, Rangimahora, Meha, Pare, Johnston, Kirsten, Jackson, Anne-Marie, Erueti, Bevan, Rewi, Poia, Warbrick, Isaac, Cameron, Michael P., Zhang, Yingsha and Ruru, Stacey (2020). Kaumātua Mana Motuhake Pōi: a study protocol for enhancing wellbeing, social connectedness and cultural identity for Māori elders. BMC Geriatrics, 20 (1) 377, 377. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01740-3
Simpson, Mary Louisa, Greensill, Hineiti-Moana, Nock, Sophie, Meha, Pare, Harding, Truely, Shelford, Pita, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Oetzel, John and Reddy, Rangimahora (2020). Kaumatua mana motuhake in action: developing a culture-centred peer support programme for managing transitions in later life. Ageing and Society, 40 (8) PII S0144686X19000370, 1822-1845. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X19000370
Rolleston, Anna K, Cassim, Shemana, Kidd, Jacquie, Lawrenson, Ross, Keenan, Rawiri and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2020). Seeing the unseen: evidence of kaupapa Māori health interventions. AlterNative, 16 (2), 129-136. doi: 10.1177/1177180120919166
Oetzel, John G., Cameron, Michael P., Simpson, Mary L., Reddy, Rangimahora, Nock, Sophie, Greensill, Hineitimoana, Meha, Pare, Johnston, Kirsten, Harding, Truely, Shelford, Pita, Smith, Linda Tuhiwai and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2020). Kaumātua Mana Motuhake: peer education intervention to help Māori elders during later-stage life transitions. BMC Geriatrics, 20 (1) 186. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01590-z
Oetzel, John G., Hokowhitu, Brendan, Simpson, Mary, Reddy, Rangimahora, Nock, Sophie, Greensill, Hineitimoana, Cameron, Michael P., Meha, Pare, Johnston, Kirsten, Harding, Truely, Shelford, Pita and Smith, Linda Tuhiwai (2019). Kaumātua Mana Motuhake: a study protocol for a peer education intervention to help Māori elders work through later-stage life transitions. BMC Geriatrics, 19 (1) 36. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1041-2
Oetzel, John G., Hokowhitu, Brendan, Simpson, Mary, Reddy, Rangimahora, Cameron, Michael P., Meha, Pare, Johnston, Kirsten, Nock, Sophie, Greensill, Hineitimoana, Harding, Truely, Shelford, Pita and Smith, Linda Tuhiwai (2019). Correlates of health-related quality of life for Māori elders involved in a peer education intervention. Journal of Health Communication, 24 (5), 559-569. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2019.1637483
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2016). Challenges to state physical education: Tikanga Māori, physical education curricula, historical deconstruction, inclusivism and decolonisation. Waikato Journal of Education, 10 (1), 71-83. doi: 10.15663/wje.v10i1.332
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2016). Empire in waves: a political history of surfing. Journal of Tourism History, 8 (1), 92-93. doi: 10.1080/1755182x.2016.1167871
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2016). Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life across the Borders of Settler States by Audra Simpson. Native American and Indigenous Studies, 3 (1), 162-164. doi: 10.5749/natiindistudj.3.1.0162
Langley, John Desmond, Lilley, Rebbecca, Wilson, Suzanne, Derrett, Sarah, Samaranayaka, Ari, Davie, Gabrielle, Ameratunga, Shanthi N., Wyeth, Emma H., Hansen, Paul and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2013). Factors associated with non-participation in one or two follow-up phases in a cohort study of injured adults. Injury Prevention, 19 (6), 428-433. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040685
Maclennan, Brett, Wyeth, Emma, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Wilson, Suzanne and Derrett, Sarah (2013). Injury severity and 3-month outcomes among Māori: Results from a New Zealand prospective cohort study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126 (1379).
Wyeth, Emma H., Derrett, Sarah, Hokowhitu, Brendan and Samaranayaka, Ari (2013). Indigenous injury outcomes: life satisfaction among injured Māori in New Zealand three months after injury. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 11 (1) 120. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-120
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2013). Foreword. Research in the Sociology of Sport, 7. doi: 10.1108/s1476-2854(2013)0000007004
Hokowhitu, Brendan and Devadas, Vijay (2013). Introduction: Fourth eye: The indigenous mediascape in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Fourth Eye: Maori Media in Aotearoa New Zealand, xv-l.
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2012). Seres físicos: estereótipos, esporte e a educação física dos Maori na Nova Zelândia. Pensar a Prática, 15 (1). doi: 10.5216/rpp.v15i1.18010
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2012). Producing Elite Indigenous Masculinities. Settler Colonial Studies, 2 (2), 23-48. doi: 10.1080/2201473X.2012.10648840
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2012). Te Kapa o Taika: a commentary on Boy. MEDIANZ: Media Studies Journal of Aotearoa New Zealand, 13 (1), 109-119. doi: 10.11157/medianz-vol13iss1id33
Hokowhitu, B. and Page, T. (2011). Postcolonial Peace. Junctures (14), 13-25.
Derrett, Sarah, Davie, Gabrielle, Ameratunga, Shanthi, Wyeth, Emma, Colhoun, Sarah, Wilson, Suzanne, Samaranayaka, Ari, Lilley, Rebbecca, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Hansen, Paul and Langley, John (2011). Prospective Outcomes of injury study: Recruitment, and participant characteristics, health and disability status. Injury Prevention, 17 (6), 415-418. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040044
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2010). Bridging national borders in North America: transnational and comparative histories. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 3 (2), 57-58. doi: 10.5204/ijcis.v3i2.52
Wyeth, Emma H., Derrett, Sarah, Hokowhitu, Brendan, Hall, Craig and Langley, John (2010). Rangatiratanga and Oμritetanga: Responses to the Treaty of Waitangi in a New Zealand study. Ethnicity and Health, 15 (3), 303-316. doi: 10.1080/13557851003721194
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2009). Māori rugby and subversion: creativity, domestication, oppression and decolonization. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 26 (16), 2314-2334. doi: 10.1080/09523360903457023
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2009). Indigenous existentialism and the body. Cultural Studies Review, 15 (2). doi: 10.5130/csr.v15i2.2040
Derrett, S., Langley, J., Hokowhitu, B., Ameratunga, S., Hansen, P., Davie, G., Wyeth, E. and Lilley, R. (2009). Prospective outcomes of injury study. Injury Prevention, 15 (5), 1-9. doi: 10.1136/ip.2009.022558
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2008). Authenticating Mäori physicality: translations of ‘games’ and ‘pastimes’ by early travellers and missionaries to New Zealand. The International Journal of the History of Sport, 25 (10), 1355-1373. doi: 10.1080/09523360802212289
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2008). The death of Koro Paka: "Traditional" Māori Patriarchy. Contemporary Pacific, 20 (1), 115-141. doi: 10.1353/cp.2008.0000
Hokowhitu, Brendan and Scherer, Jay (2008). The Maori All Blacks and the decentering of the white subject: Hyperrace, sport, and the cultural logic of late capitalism. Sociology of Sport Journal, 25 (2), 243-262. doi: 10.1123/ssj.25.2.243
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2007). Understanding Whangara: ‘Whale Rider’ as simulacrum. MEDIANZ: Media Studies Journal of Aotearoa New Zealand, 10 (2), 53-70. doi: 10.11157/medianz-vol10iss2id65
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2004). Tackling Māori masculinity: A colonial genealogy of savagery and sport. Contemporary Pacific, 16 (2), 259-284. doi: 10.1353/cp.2004.0046
Hokowhitu, Brendan (2003). 'Physical beings': stereotypes, sport and the 'physical education' of New Zealand Ma‾ori. Culture, Sport, Society, 6 (2-3), 192-218. doi: 10.1080/14610980312331271599
Jackson, Steven J. and Hokowhitu, Brendan (2002). Sport, Tribes, and Technology: The New Zealand all Blacks Haka and the Politics of Identity. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 26 (2), 125-139. doi: 10.1177/0193723502262002