@ARTICLE{10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340, AUTHOR={Te One, Annie and Clifford, Carrie}, TITLE={Tino Rangatiratanga and Well-being: Māori Self Determination in the Face of Covid-19}, JOURNAL={Frontiers in Sociology}, VOLUME={6}, YEAR={2021}, URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340}, DOI={10.3389/fsoc.2021.613340}, ISSN={2297-7775}, ABSTRACT={The New Zealand government has been globally praised for its response to Covid-19. Despite the global accolades, little attention has been given to the swift and innovative Māori response to Covid-19. This paper will detail some of this rapid Māori response to Covid-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand and argue the response can be understood as key examples of Māori exercising tino rangatiratanga (self-determination), independent of the government’s measures and policies. We suggest that this exploration of tino rangatiratanga during Covid-19 demonstrates central aspects of Māori well-being that move beyond a government focus on statistics as the key measure of well-being and how tikanga Māori (Māori values) are being used to develop successful responses to the global pandemic.} }