MHS8.443 Health in Aotearoa New Zealand HB Campus Assessment One: Report Semester 1, 2025/26 | EIT

MHS8.443 HEALTH IN AOTEAORA NEW ZEALAND HB CAMPUS, ASSESSMENT ONE, SEM 1, 2025

Assessment topic	Impact of Colonisation on Health in Aotearoa
Assessment type	Report
Word restriction	2000-word report (excluding 20-30 references)
Submission details	Note: Submission will only be accepted via EIT online. Your assignment will be checked for plagiarism, which will be considered a breach of EIT’s academic honesty policy. Use of Artificial Intelligence tools: Do not use Artificial Intelligence tools to create or modify any part of your assessments, except as explicitly permitted by the assessment instructions. Artificial Intelligence tools include generative tools such as ChatGPT, paraphrasing tools such as Grammarly, translation tools such as Google Translate, and grammar checking tools such as the MS Word Editor function. If an assessment is found to contain any AI generated content, then this will be treated as a serious breach of Academic Integrity, and in most cases the assessment will receive a grade of 0. Repeated breaches of Academic Integrity may result in termination of your studies.
Weighting	45 % of overall course grade
Due Date	Fri 11^th April 2025, no later than 5 pm
Assessment last reviewed	Feb 2024
Course learning outcomes covered	1. Evaluate the historical, socio-cultural, legal and economic contexts of health in Aotearoa New Zealand, including Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Background to this assessment	Te Tiriti o Waitangi is the founding document that forms a relationship between the Crown (government) and Māori whānau, hapū and iwi. The colonisation of Aotearoa has been associated with disparities in health, and has impacted the sociocultural, political and economic status of indigenous Māori.
Assessment Task	How has colonization and the resulting changes in their socio-economic statusimpacted the health of Māori in Aotearoa? Write a 2000-word report that provides a critical analysis of your research to provide an answer to the above question.
	Guidelines: Please carefully read all of the information provided in this document and in the assessment marking criteria below.Provide a title of your own, an abstract, a table of contents, an introduction, your method, a review of the literature, your results or main findings, a critical discussion, a conclusion(s) and recommendation(s) all with appropriate headings. APA 7^th edition reference list with in-text references must be used in your report.In this task, you are required mainly to show your ability of your foundation of knowledge, your ability to synthesize knowledge, your application of knowledge and academic scholarship in accordance with the assessment marking criteria below.
Be sure to consider the assessment marking criteria below.

Format Guide for MHS8.443 Assessment 1 Report

Please include the headings below to format your report

Name of the Course, Assessment number, Assessment Title, Student Name, Due date. (Not included in your WC)

List all section headings and sub-headings in your report. (Not included in your WC)

Provide some background and discuss the contents of your report. This should prepare the reader for what to expect in the upcoming report.

State the method used for your investigation. Provide enough detail so that someone else can replicate your research.

Literature Review Topics

Below are some topic suggestions that you might want to include, although you are not obligated to do what is exactly written below. These are just some guidelines to help you:

The reasons why the British government decided to colonize Aotearoa New Zealand.
Evaluate the reasons why the British government sought a treaty with Māori leaders.

Examine the relationship between socio-economic changes for Māori since the formal colonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand in 1840. Explain how these have impacted Māori health up to the present day:
Consider some important factors such as:

Access to healthcare
Life spans
Morbidity and mortality
Education
Land ownership
Incomes
Housing

Results/ Findings

Briefly and objectively and report the findings or results, avoid reptation. This may be collated.

Discussion

Interpret and critically discuss the results, avoid repetition.
Indicate how these results fit with current literature.
Acknowledge any limitations of your research.

Conclusion(s)

Summarise the conclusions from each section. Avoid repetition.
Provide an overall conclusion for your report. This should provide a clear answer to the assessment question.
No new material should appear in your Conclusion.

Recommendation(s)

State recommendations.
These should relate directly to the conclusions and
provide possible solutions to problems identified in the report.'

References

List all the references used in this report. Use APA formatting.

Appendices Identify these as Appendix A, Appendix B, etc., and only include if they are referred to in the report.
Glossary Alphabetically list key terms and abbreviations, and their definitions.
Index Alphabetically list report topics and the relevant page number.

ASSESSMENT MARKING CRITERIA – MHS8.443 Health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Grade description
	‘A’ grade (> 80%)	‘B’ grade (65% – 79.9%)	‘C’ grade (50% – 64.9%)	Fail grade (<50%)
Knowledge base 10%	5 Demonstrates a proficient command of the subject matter. 5 Demonstrates a consistent ability to seek out reliable information to improve knowledge.	5 Demonstrates an adequate level of knowledge of subject matter with only minor gaps in knowledge-base. 5 Demonstrates an adequate ability to seek out reliable information to improve knowledge.	5 Demonstrates a general, fundamental understanding of the subject matter but with some obvious gaps in the knowledge base. 5 Demonstrates some ability to seek out information to improve knowledge.	5 Demonstrates little or no understanding of the subject matter. 5 Demonstrates very little or no ability to seek out information to improve knowledge.
Synthesis and analysis of information 30%	5 Demonstrates a clear understanding of the assessment requirements. 5 Provides a comprehensive analysis and synthesis of details, facts and concepts.	5 Demonstrates a generally adequate level of understanding of the assessment requirements. 5 Provides a moderate level of analysis of details, facts and concepts.	5 Demonstrates some understanding of the assessment requirements but has not fully understood them. 5 Provides some analysis of details, facts and concepts.	5 Demonstrates little or no understanding of the assessment requirements. 5 Shows no or little evidence of analysis of details, facts and concepts.
	5 Provides a robust conclusion after presenting a variety of well-supported points for discussion.	5 Provides a conclusion after presenting some well-supported points for discussion.	5 Provides a conclusion after presenting a limited number of well- supported points for discussion.	5 Presents a weak conclusion with very few or no well-supported points for discussion.
	5 Presents a highly structured argument, using information from a variety of robust sources. 5 Proficiently explains complex ideas or concepts in simple terms. 5 Proficiently explains medical terminology and/or physiological processes in simple terms.	5 Presents a structured argument, using information from robust sources. 5 Adequately explains complex ideas or concepts in simple terms. 5 Adequately explains medical terminology and/or physiological processes in simple terms.	5 Presents a structured argument, but supported with limited information from robust sources. 5 Explains some complex ideas or concepts in simple terms. 5 Explains some medical terminology and/or physiological processes in simple terms.	5 Demonstrates little or no ability to present a structured argument and support it with information from robust sources. 5 Explains few or no complex ideas or concepts in simple terms. 5 Explains little or no medicalterminology and/or physiological processes in simple terms.

Evidence of critical
thinking 30%

5 Highly competent critiquing of information
presented.

5 Proficiently discusses conflicting pieces of
information to produce an evidence-based conclusion.

5 Proficiently supports a conflicting viewpoint
when responding to information presented.

5 Demonstrates a proficient level of clinical /
diagnostic reasoning.

5 Adequate critiquing of information presented.

5 Adequately discusses conflicting pieces of information to produce an evidence-based conclusion.

5 Adequately supports a conflicting viewpoint when responding to information presented.

5 Demonstrates an adequate level of clinical / diagnostic reasoning.

5 Some critiquing of information presented.

5 Some discussion of conflicting pieces of information to produce an evidence- based conclusion.

5 Some support of a conflicting viewpoint when responding to information presented.

5 Demonstrates some clinical / diagnostic reasoning.

5 Poor or no critiquing of information presented.

5 Little or no discussion of conflicting pieces of information to produce an evidence-based conclusion.

5 Little or no support of a conflicting viewpoint when responding to information presented.

5 Demonstrates little or no clinical / diagnostic reasoning.

Use of academic literature15%

5 Uses a wide variety of relevant and up-to-date
sources of information, primarily from peer-reviewed
literature.

5 Presents all sources of information accurately
in APA 7th style in the text and reference list.

5 Consistently integrates the literature as a
foundation for well-argued reasoning.

5 Proficient in paraphrasing academic
literature accurately and concisely.

5 Uses a range of relevant sources of information but not always the latest and/or peer-reviewed literature.

5 Presents most sources of information accurately in APA 7th style in the text and reference list, with some errors/omissions.

5 Generally integrates the literature as a foundation for argument.

5 Adequate in paraphrasing academic literature accurately and concisely.

5 Uses some relevant literature but little of the latest and/or peer-reviewed literature.

5 Presents some sources of information accurately in APA 7th style in the text and reference list, with many errors/omissions.

5 Some integration of the literature.

5 Demonstrates some ability to paraphrase academic literature accurately and concisely.

5 Uses little relevant literature and/or peer-reviewed literature, and/or uses outdated literature.

5 Presents sources of information inaccurately and/or not in APA 7th style.

5 Very few or no links made between the literature and the assessment topic/ subject.

5 Demonstrates little ability to paraphrase academic literature accurately and concisely.

Academic writing skills 15%

5 Consistently presents information in a logical sequence.

5 Proficient formulation of sentences and use of grammar.

5 Consistently adheres to the
EIT‘Academic Writing Style’ guidelines.

5 Presents most of the information in a logical sequence.

5 Adequate formulation of sentences and use of grammar.

5 Generally adheres to the EIT‘Academic Writi