John Renata Broughton

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu

1947 -

John Broughton was born and raised in Hastings and educated at Frimley Primary School, Hastings Intermediate School and Hastings Boys’ High School. He graduated with a B.Sc in Microbiology from Massey University in 1971. During his university holidays he wrote for the Hastings Musical Comedy Company and from 1972-1973 he worked on Haka boogie at the Polynesian Cultural Centre in Hawaii. On returning to New Zealand Broughton studied dentistry and graduated with a BDS from Otago University in 1977. He worked as a dental house surgeon at the Dunedin Hospital and joined the University Medical Unit, a territorial army unit, and was commissioned in 1977. In 1989 Broughton became Lecturer in Māori Health at the University of Otago and in 1996 was appointed Kaihautu, Te Roopu Tangahau Hauora Māori o Ngāi Tahu (Director of the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit). In 1997 he was appointed to sit on the new Māori Health Commission. He is currently Associate Professor in Māori Health.

In 1988 Broughton wrote two short one-act plays: Te Hara (The Sin) and Te Hokinga Mai (The Return Home) while attending Roger Hall’s playwright class. He was commissioned in 1991 by the International Arts Festival Committee to write “a play with music” for the 1992 International Arts Festival in Wellington; the title of this work is Marae. In August 1991 he was featured in a BNZ Kiwi Excellence advertisement on national television. Broughton won the Dominion Sunday Times Bruce Mason Playwright Award in 1990 and in 1994 was shortlisted for the Adam Foundation Award. His qualifications include BSc, BDS, and Diploma for Graduates (Māori Studies) Otago, 1995. He was awarded the Efficiency Decoration in 1992 and is a Justice of the Peace.

"John has spearheaded two recent oranga niho research projects. The first is the International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership which is a multinational, multi-million dollar Health Research Council funded project with Indigenous research partners in Australia and Canada. In Aotearoa, the research partners are Raukura Hauora O Tainui and the Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development. The project focusses upon the oral health on mothers and their new born babies who will be followed through as infants. The second oranga niho research project is with research partners Te Manu Toroa in Tauranga. This project, also funded by the Health Research Council will focus upon the oral health of tangata whaiora.

John was a co-curator of the exhibition “Te Ao Māori: Māori Treasures from the Otago Museum”, which opened at the Shanghai Museum in China in July 2011 where he also presented a public lecture and had two papers published in Mandarin. John is also an internationally recognized Māori playwright and a recipient of the Bruce Mason Playwright Award. A new production of his acclaimed play, Michael James Manaia, was a standout hit at the International Festival of the Arts in Wellington at the beginning of this year, and will open in Auckland in September and Melbourne in October. He was a commissioned officer in the New Zealand Territorial Force and was awarded the Efficiency Decoration and the New Zealand Defence Services Medal."



Biographical sources

  • Phone conversation and correspondence from John Broughton, 26 Mar. 1993, 17 Nov. 1997, 30 Aug. 1998, and 6 May 2004.
  • Te Ha questionnaire, 1992.
  • Lee Harris. "Playwright Places Māori Values Centre Stage." Otago Daily Times 11 April 1991:19.
  • http://teaomarama.org.nz/about/life-members/professor-john-broughton.html#.V60WJq1CarB 4 September 2016

    Children's literature

  • A Time Journal For Halley’s Comet. Dunedin, N.Z.: Double B, 1985.
  • Co-authored and compiled with Gordon T. Brown and John Broughton. The authors state that this journal was designed for children to record their "sightings, observations and impressions of Halley’s Comet", which can be kept as a family record until the next sighting of Halley’s Comet in 76 year’s time when more observations can be written in the book by children or grandchildren. A history and description of Halley’s Comet is provided and there is room for personal biographical and family tree information to be recorded.

    • Films/Video

  • Mana Whenua and the Otago Museum. Dunedin, N.Z.: Otago Museum. No further details.
  • Broughton scripted this audiovisual presentation.
  • Nga Mahi Ora (Careers in the Health Workforce). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Health, 1990.
  • A 30-minute video film aimed at Māori youth that outlines options for careers in the health workforce. It was commissioned by the Māori Health Workforce Development Group and funded by the Department of Health. It was filmed in Dunedin, N.Z. in 1989 by Television New Zealand and sent to all New Zealand secondary schools.
  • "Tears Of Stone." Television film screenplay for Comedia Productions, 1992.
  • This programme deals with "a conflict between Te Ao Māori and contemporary New Zealand society." The scene break down was completed in January 1992, but the programme is yet to be produced.
  • Māori Entering the Health Service: a Module Within a Better Way. Standards for Needs Assessment for People with Disabilities. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Health, June 1994.

  • Music

  • Ka Awatea (The New Dawn). Libretto by John Broughton. Music by Rim D. Paul. Aoraki Festival, Timaru. 1994.
  • This libretto for an opera for the National Māori Choir was commissioned by the Aoraki Festival and was performed at the Aoraki Festival in Timaru in 1994. The opera was also performed in Wanganui in October, 1994, and in Rotorua in February 1995. The opera deals with "the realities for a whanau when confronted with the decision to turn off, or not turn off, the life support system of a whanau member in intensive care." The libretto can be purchased from Playmarket http://www.playmarket.org.nz/our_playwrights_plays/_details/id_1663/ka_awatea_the_new_dawn 20 March 2008.

    • Non-fiction

  • "Everything You Wanted To Know About Mouthguards." Te Hou Ora (The Breath Of Life): The Official Magazine Of The New Zealand Māori Sports Federation 2.2 (1985): 34.
  • Broughton writes of the merits of wearing a mouthguard during contact sports and answers commonly-asked questions of the use and styles of mouthguards available.
  • "Polymorphism of Debrisoquine Oxidation in New Zealand Caucasians." European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 42 (1992): 349-350.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, S. Wanwimolruk, J. R. Denton, D. G. Ferry, and M. Beasley. The authors provide the results of a study conducted on 111 New Zealand caucasians "as part of an investigation to determine the incidence of oxidation phenotype in New Zealand populations." They conclude that the incidence of poor metabolizers in this population is estimated at 7.2% which is similar to "that observed in most European countries." At the time of publication the authors were still assessing the Polynesian groups in New Zealand.
  • "Parata, Tame Haereroa 1832-38? -1917." Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 2: 1870-1900. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books; Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1993. 373-374.
  • Co-author John Broughton and Matapura Ellison. A biographical essay on Ngāi Tahu leader Tame Parata who was born on Ruapuke Island to an American whaler, Captain Trapp, and Ngāti Huirapa mother Koroteke. Parata became a successful farmer and from 1885-1911 was member for Southern Māori in the House of Representatives. From 1912-1917 he was a member of the Legislative Council. In politics he devoted himself to seeking redress for Ngāi Tahu land grievances.
  • "Te Niho Waiora Me Te Iwi Māori: Dental Health and Māori People." New Zealand Dental Journal 88.393 (1993): 15-18.
  • Broughton notes the "poor dental health status of the Māori people compared with non-Māori", and discusses an innovative Māori dental health clinic attached to the Department of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery at Otago University’s School of Dentistry that provides an environment and treatment culturally sensitive to the needs of Māori patients. He writes of a marae-based dental clinic adopting the same measures that was pioneered in February 1992 on marae along the Wanganui River.
  • "Being Māori." New Zealand Medical Journal 106.968 (1993): 506-508.
  • Broughton provides a detailed essay on aspects of Māori identity and definitions of Māori.
  • Nga Wahine Māori Me Te Kai Paipa: He Rangahau Hauora Māori: Māori Women and Smoking. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1993.
  • Co-authors John Broughton and Mark Lawrence. In their abstract, the authors write that their aim in this project "was to record in their own words, the thoughts, feelings and attitudes Māori women [have] to smoking. The statistics regarding Māori people and smoking have been well documented. This project set out to put a human dimension on to the statistics of Māori women and smoking. The project was carried out by undertaking personal interviews with Māori women and documenting their stories." The research method involved listening to and documenting stories of 603 Māori women aged 15 and over who were smokers, non-smokers or ex-smokers. The authors drew their conclusions from these stories.
  • "Suicide Among New Zealand Māori: Is History Repeating Itself?" Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 92 (1995): 453-459.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, K. Skegg and B. Cox.
  • "Te Mahi Niho Hauora ki Ratana Pa: the Dental Health Project at Ratana Pa." New Zealand Dental Journal 91.405 (1995): 94-96.
  • Broughton provides a comprehensive report on a Dental Health project conducted at Ratana Pa in 1994 and discusses the dental health of the Ratana Pa inhabitants, notes the results of the treatment and assesses the success of the project.
  • "Evidence for the Polymorphic Oxidation of Debrisoquine and Proguanil in a New Zealand Māori Population." Pharmacogenetics 5 (1995): 193-198.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, S. Wanwimolruk, E. L. Pratt, J. R. Denton, S. C. W. Chalcroft, and P. A Barron.
  • "He Taru Tawhiti: Māori People And HIV/AIDS." Intimate Details & Vital Statistics: AIDS, Sexuality and the Social Order in New Zealand. Ed. Peter Davis. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland UP, 1996. 187-202.
  • Broughton discusses the impact of he taru tawhiti/imported diseases on the Māori and also provides "some Māori perspectives of HIV and AIDS." He includes the first person accounts of three Māori gay men who have HIV/AIDS; the men are Te Aoterangi McGarvey, Alexis Kennedy and Eddie Thomson-Shaw who died in 1993.
  • "Niho Taniwha: Te Hitori O Oranga Niho Me Te Iwi Māori." Journal of Te Ao Mārama: The New Zealand Māori Dental Association 1 (1996): 6-9.
  • Puffing Up A Storm: "Kapai Te Torori!" Māori people and Tobacco Use, 1769-1930. Vol. 1. Dunedin, N.Z.: Te Roopu Rangahau Hauora Māori o Ngāi Tahu (The Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit), Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1996.
  • Broughton writes that this is "the first of two volumes which documents how the smoking of tobacco became absorbed within the cultural framework of Māori people." This volume spans the period from Captain Cook’s arrival in 1769 up till the 1930s; Broughton looks at the introduction of tobacco and its early use by Māori and ponders on how smoking became "absorbed within the cultural framework of Māori". Broughton concludes that "tobacco played a significant role in the colonisation process that impacted detrimentally on the health and well being of Māori people. Puffing Up A Storm exposes 200 years of exploitation of tobacco at the expense of Māori people. The result today is that many Māori people are addicted to nicotine. That addiction to nicotine began well over 150 years ago."
  • Dental Health Services and Māori People. Dunedin, N.Z.: Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, U of Otago, 1996.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and P. Koopu.
  • Journal of Te Ao Marama: The New Zealand Māori Dental Association. Vol. I, 1996.
  • Edited by Broughton.
  • "A Partnership in Māori Health Research." Te Ao Mārama: The Journal of the New Zealand Māori Dental Association 2 (1997): 37-40.
  • Broughton discusses the recently established partnership between the University of Otago and Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu in forming Te Roopu Rangahau Hauora Māori o Ngāi Tahu (The Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit), and outlines necessary components in partnerships between Māori and the research agencies involved in Māori health research
  • Hauora Rangatahi: "Don’t Tell Me, Show Me!" Dunedin, N.Z.: Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, 1997.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and C. Rimene.
  • Journal of Te Ao Marama: The New Zealand Māori Dental Association. Vol. II, 1997.
  • Edited by Broughton.
  • "Essays on the Parata Family, Ani Parata Evans, Peti Evans, Wituroa Duff." Southern People, Dunedin, N.Z. City Council 150th Anniversary Publication for 1998. Ed. J. Thompson. [Dunedin, N.Z.: Dunedin City Council, 1998]
  • "Nga Rata Rangatahi (The Young Doctors)." Tihei Mauri Ora! The Māori Health Commission. Ed. J. Broughton. Wellington, N.Z.: The Māori Health Commission, 1998.
  • "The Development of a Dental Health Resource for Whanau." Journal of Te Ao Marama. The New Zealand Māori Dental Association 3 (1998): 12-16.
  • Ukaipo: Māori Women and Childbirth. Dunedin, N.Z.: Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, 1998.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, C. Rimene and C. Hassan.
  • Tihei Mauri Ora! The Māori Health Commission. Ed. J. Broughton. Wellington, N.Z.: Māori Health Commission, 1998.
  • Nga Tatauranga: Injury to Māori. Dunedin, N.Z.: Injury Prevention Research Unit and the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unity, U of Otago, 1998.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and J. Langley.
  • Injury to Māori: Does it Really Have to be Like This? Dunedin, N.Z.: Injury Prevention Research Unit and the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, U of Otago, 1998.
  • "Te Ara Hauora." Te Karaka: The Ngai Tahu Magazine Winter 1999: 25.
  • "Dental Treatment in the Pre-European World of the Māori." Journal of the New Zealand Dental Therapists Association Incorporated 6 (1999): 6-7.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and R. Nepia.
  • "Injury to Māori I: Fatalities." New Zealand Medical Journal 113.1123 (2000): 508-510.
  • Co-authors John Langley and John Broughton.
  • "Injury to Māori II: Serious Injury." New Zealand Medical Journal 113.1123 (2000): 511-513.
  • "The Development of Oranga Niho Services." Pacific Health Dialog. 7.1 (2000): 70-73.
  • "Injury to Māori I: Fatalities." New Zealand Medical Journal 113 (2000): 508-510.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and J. Langley.
  • "Injury to Mqaori II: Serious Injury." New Zealand Medical Journal 113 (2000): 511-513.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and J. Langley.
  • "Proposal 1: Do We Have The Right Work Force And Delivery System? Oranga Niho: Māori Oral Health Services." New Zealand Dental Journal 96 (2000): 97-100.
  • Nga Tini Aho O Te Ao Hou: The Many Strands of Contemporary Māori Society. Māori Ethnicity and Identity in the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Dunedin, N.Z.: Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit, Dunedin, N.Z. School of Medicine, 2000.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, D. Fergusson, C. Rimene, J. Horwood, and A Sporle.
  • "Current Issues in Māori Oral Health. New Zealand Dental Journal 97 (2001): 55-57.
  • Te Waka Tahuri. A Study of Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Māori. Dunedin, N.Z.: Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit and the Injury Prevention Research Unit, Dunedin, N.Z. School of Medicine, 2001.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, D. Begg and M. Sargent.
  • Child Oral Health Inequalities in New Zealand. A Report to the National Health Committee. 2002.
  • Co-authors John Broughton, W. M. Thomson and K. Ayers.
  • "New Zealand Drivers Study: Developing a Methodology for Conducting a Follow-up Study of Newly Licensed Drivers." Journal of Safety Research 34 (2003): 329-336.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, D. J. Begg, R. Brookland, J. Hope and J. Langley.
  • "New Zealand drivers study: Developing a methodology for conducting a follow-up study of newly licensed drivers." Journal of Safety Research 34.3 (February 2003): 329-36, DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(03)00022-7.
  • "Socio-Economic Inequalities in Oral Health in Childhood and Adulthood in a Birth Cohort." Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology 32.5 (2004): 345-353.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, W. M. Thomson, R. Poulton, B. J. Milne, A. Caspi, and K. M. S. Ayers.
  • "Socioeconomic inequalities in oral health in childhood and adulthood in birth cohort." Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology 325 (November 2004): 345-53, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2004.00173.x
  • "Motor vehicle traffic crashes involving Maori." The New Zealand medical journal 117.1188 (February 2004): U746.
  • "Te Waiora, The Water Of Life." New Zealand Dental Journal 104.4 (2008): 144.
  • "Te waiora, the water of life." New Zealand Dental Journal 104.4 (Dec 2008) 144.
  • "Te waiora, the water of life." New Zealand Dental Journal, 104.4 (2008): 144.
  • "Home or away? Differences between home- and clinic-based dental examinations for older people." Gerodontology, 26.3 (2009): 179-186, doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2008.00263.x.
  • T. J. Fairhall, M. W. Thomson, J. A. Kieser, J. R. Broughton, M. P. Cullinan and G. J. Seymour.
  • "The opinions of newly licensed drivers in New Zealand on the minimum car driver licensing age and reasons for getting a licence." New Zealand Medical Journal 122.1306 (2009).
  • Co-authors D. Begg, J. Langley, R. Brookland, A. McDowell, S. Ameratunga and J. Broughton.
  • "New Zealand drivers study: A follow-up study of newly licensed drivers." Injury Prevention, 15.4 (2009): e2.
  • Co-authors D. Begg, J. Langley, J. Broughton, R. Brookland, S.Ameratunga and A. McDowell.
  • "Unlicensed driving among urban and rural Māori drivers: New Zealand drivers study." Traffic Injury Prevention, 10.6 (2009): 538-545.
  • Co-authors A.McDowell, D. Begg and J. Connor.
  • "Unlicensed Driving Among Urban and Rural Māori Drivers: New Zealand Drivers Study." Traffic Injury Prevention 10.6 (December 2009): 538-45,  DOI: 10.1080/15389580903321727.
  • "The opinions of newly licensed drivers in New Zealand on the minimum car driver licensing age and reasons for getting a licence." The New Zealand medical journal 122.1306 (November 2009): 63-77.
  • "New Zealand Drivers Study: a follow-up study of newly licensed drivers." Injury Prevention 15.4 (September 2009): e2, DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.021998
  • "Te waiora, the water of life." The New Zealand dental journal 104.4 (January 2009): 144.
  • "The oral health of Indigenous children: A review of four nations." Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 46.9 (2010): 483–486. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01847.x.
  • Co-authors EJ Parker, L.M. Jamieson, J. Broughton, J. Albino, H.P Lawrence and Roberts-Thomson.
  • "The oral health of indigenous children: A review of four nations." Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 46.9 (2010): 483-486, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01847.x.
  • Co-authors E. J. Parker, L. M. Jamieson, J. Broughton, J. Albino, H. P. Lawrence and K. Roberts-Thomson
  • "An oral health intervention for the Māori Indigenous population of New Zealand: Oranga niho Māori (Māori oral health) as a component of the undergraduate dental curriculum in New Zealand." International Dental Journal 60. 3, Suppl. 2 (2010): 223-228.
  • "The oral health of Indigenous children: A review of four nations." Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 46.9 (September 2010): 483-6, DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01847.x
  • "Reducing dental disease burden and oral health inequalities among Indigenous populations." International Dental Journal 60.3 (June 2010): 211-211, DOI: 10.1922/IDJ_2564Forward01
  • "An oral health intervention for the Maori Indigenous population of New Zealand: Oranga niho Maori (Maori oral health) as a component of the undergraduate dental curriculum in New Zealand." International Dental Journal 60 (June 2010): 223-8, DOI: 10.1922/IDJ_2567Broughton06
  • "Road safety attitudes and opinions of newly licensed Māori car drivers: New Zealand Drivers Study [Letter]." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 35.1 (2011): 93.
  • Co-authors A. McDowell, D. Begg, J. Connor, & J. Broughton.
  • "Road safety attitudes and opinions of newly licensed Maori car drivers: New Zealand Drivers Study." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 35.1 (February 2011): 93, DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00672.x.
  • "Experiences and perceptions of oral health and oral health care among a sample of older New Zealanders." Gerodontology, 29.1 (2012): 54-63, doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2010.00402.x.
  • Co-authors J. Gregory, W. M. Thomson, M. P. Cullinan, G. J. Seymour, J. A. Kieser, M.-A. Donaghy, and D. M. Shearer.
  • "Self-reported oral health and dental service-use of rangatahi within the rohe of Tainui." The New Zealand dental journal 108.3 (September 2012): 90-4.
  • "Establishment of the New Zealand Drivers Study." The New Zealand medical journal 125.1357 (June 2012): 98-112.
  • "Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among Indigenous children: An early childhood caries intervention." BMC Public Health 12.1 (May 2012): 323, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-323.
  • "Experiences and perceptions of oral health and oral health care among a sample of older New Zealanders." Gerodontology 29.1 (March 2012): 54-63, DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2010.00402.x.
  • "Reducing disease burden and health inequalities arising from chronic disease among indigenous children: an early childhood caries intervention in Aotearoa/New Zealand." BMC Public Health. 2013 (13 December 2013): 1177.
  • Co-authors JR Broughton, JT Maipi, M. Person, WM. Thomson, KC. Morgaine, SJ. Tiakiwai, J. Kilgour, K. Berryman, HP. Lawrence, LM. Jamieson.
  • "The mortality and cancer experience of New Zealand Vietnam war veterans: A cohort study." BMJ Open 3.9 (September 2013): e003379, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003379.
  • "Improving Adolescent Utilisation of Dental Services: A Provider Perspective." March 2013 Conference: IADR/AADR/CADR General Session and Exhibition 2013
  • "A decade of a dental student community engagement in Rotorua." The New Zealand dental journal 109.1 (March 2013): 24-5.
  • "Experience of racism and tooth brushing among pregnant Aboriginal Australians: exploring psychosocial mediators." Community Dental Health 3 (2014): 1–8, doi: 10.1922/CDH_3298Ben08.
  • Co-authors Jehonathan Ben, Lisa M. Jamieson, Naomi C Priest, Emma Parker, Kaye Roberts-Thomson, Herenia Lawrence, John R Broughton, Yin Paradies.
  • "Ūkaipō niho: the place of nurturing for oral health." New Zealand Dental Journal, 110.1 (March 2014): 18–23.
  • Co-authors JR. Broughton, M. Person, JT. Maipi , R. Cooper-Te Koi, A. Smith-Wilkinson, S. Tiakiwai, J. Kilgour, K. Berryman, KC. Morgaine, LM. Jamieson, HP. Lawrence, WM. Thomson.
  • "Self-reported racism and experience of toothache among pregnant Aboriginal Australians: The role of perceived stress, sense of control, and social support." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 74.4 (July 2014), DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12059.
  • "Self-efficacy and self-rated oral health among pregnant aboriginal Australian women." BMC Oral Health 14.1 (April 2014): 29, DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-14-29.
  • "Health conditions in a cohort of New Zealand Vietnam veterans: Hospital admissions between 1988 and 2009." BMJ Open 5.12 (December 2015), DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008409.
  • "A qualitative study of the meaning of oral health self care for 40 Dunedin residents living on lower incomes." The New Zealand dental journal 111.2 (June 2015): 62-69.
  • "Preliminary findings from the Oranga Niho dental student outplacement project." The New Zealand dental journal 111.1 (March 2015): 6-14.
  • "Tikanga Māori (Māori Customary Practices) in Oral Health Research." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (February 2016): 101-109.
  • "Racism and Oral Health Outcomes among Pregnant Canadian Aboriginal Women." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 27.1A (February 2016): 178-206, DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0030.

  • Papers/Presentations

  • "Māori Welcome." International Conflict Resolution. Ed. Ramish Thakur. Dunedin, N.Z.: U of Otago P; Boulder & London: Westview, 1988. xii-xiv.
  • Pohatu translates into English the welcome speeches given by John Broughton, Dr Peter Matheson and Karaka Roberts during the Māori powhiri provided by Te Kapa Haka o Te Whare Wananga o Otakou at the Symposium on International Conflict Resolution held at the University of Otago from 26 October - 5 November 1987. In his welcome speech, Broughton speaks as Chair of the Araiteuru Marae Council, affirming the theme of the conference which was "man’s respect for man". He also states that it is the Marae Council’s wish "that this theme is heard throughout the world."
  • "A Model for Iwi Based Research – The Ngāi Tahu Hauora Rangatahi Research Programme." Massey, N.Z., 7-9 July 1998. 184-7.
  • "Making a Difference: Māori Dental Health Services." Proceedings of the NZ Hospital Dental Surgeons Association Conferences. Christchurch, N.Z, August 1999.
  • Co-authors J. Broughton and C. Rimene.
  • "Improving the Oral health of All New Zealanders – Oranga Niho: Māori Oral Health Services." Oral Health Forum 2000. Palmerston North, N.Z., May, 2000.
  • "Oranga Niho: Current Issues In Māori Dental Health." Twentieth Biennial Conf. of the New Zealand Dental Assn, Dunedin, 6 Oct. 2000. New Zealand Dental Journal 97.428 (2001): 55-57.
  • "Oral Health Promotion Initiatives in New Zealand." Proceedings of the 3rd National Colgate Oral Health Promotion Conference. Sydney, Austral. 8-9 March, 2001.
  • "New Zealand Driver Study: Results from a Pilot Study to Develop Procedures for a Cohort Study of Newly Licensed Drivers in New Zealand." Conference Proceedings of Road Safety Research, Policing, and Education Conference. "From research to action." Sydney 24-26 September 2003. http://www.iceaustralia.com/rta/
  • Co-authors J. Broughton, D. J. Begg, R. Brookland, J. Hope and J. Langley.
  • "Community partnerships as research methodology." January 2012 Conference: International Indigenous Development Conference, At Auckland, New Zealand
  • "Oral Health-Related Behaviours of Women Pregnant with Indigenous Australian Children." March 2013
  • "Development of the Stages of Change in Oral Health model." March 2013 Conference: IADR/AADR/CADR General Session and Exhibition 2013
  • "Access to Care and Oral Health among Prenatal Aboriginal Women." Conference Paper, June 2014 Conference: IADR General Session and Exhibition 2014
  • "Motivational Interviewing Among Women Pregnant With Indigenous Australian Children." Conference Paper, June 2014 Conference: IADR General Session and Exhibition 2014

  • Performing Arts

  • Mana. No details.
  • This play deals with "the impact of unemployment upon whanau". It was commissioned by Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Māori Theatre Company for a national tour of New Zealand secondary schools in 1995-1996. It was produced and directed by Jim Moriarty.
  • 1981. No details.
  • Broughton states that this play deals with "whanau dynamics set against the Springbok tour of New Zealand in 1981." It was commissioned and performed by The Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, N.Z., in May 1995, and was directed by Jim Moriarty. Jim Moriarty directed further performances for the New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington in March 1996. In October 1997 Tony Waho directed the play at Centre Point Theatre in Palmerston North, N.Z.
  • Peter’s Pantomime. U of Otago Capping Show, 1989.
  • Te Hokinga Mai: (The Return Home). Dunedin, N.Z.: Aoraki, 1990.
  • This play focuses on the whanau of John and Kuini Matthews, their two daughters Huia and Reihana and son John-Junior (J.J) who was killed in Vietnam. J.J’s army friend, Martin Balfour-Davies, visits Waimanaki Marae and acts out the story of his friendship with J.J. and returns J.J’s greenstone taonga to the family. This was one of two plays written by Broughton for Roger Hall’s "Theory and Practice of Playwriting" course at University of Otago in 1988. His first play was Te Hara (The Sin), and Te Hokinga Mai (The Return Home), his second play, was first performed for the public at Mataatua, the Otago Museum’s Māori meeting house, in October 1988. Subsequent performances include nine performances in April 1989 at the New Zealand Writers’ Week in Dunedin, N.Z.; and three performances in the Otago Museum in July 1989 in Dunedin, N.Z. The play toured Otago and Southland Secondary Schools for three weeks in August 1990 organised by the New Zealand Speech Communication Association and funded by the 1990 Commission. Rangi Chadwick directed four performances of the play in September 1990 at Te Koanga Spring Festival of Māori Arts in Auckland. In 1991 the play was produced by Te Whare Taonga O Aotearoa, The National Art Gallery, Wellington, and directed by Jim Moriarty (30 performances). In October 1991 it was produced by Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu at Aotea College, Wellington and directed by Jim Moriarty (12 performances).
  • Hokonui Jones And The Sword of Destiny. U of Otago Capping Show, 1990.
  • "Te Hara [The Sin]." He Reo Hou: 5 Plays by Māori Playwrights. Ed. Simon Garrett. Wellington, N.Z.: Playmarket, 1991. 222-239.
  • This play has three characters: Kuini Mathews, her adult daughter Dolly Maaka and her niece Marama Kingi. It is set in a farm kitchen and explores the dire consequences of breaking the laws of tapu. The play was written for the Otago University stage two paper "The Theory and Practice of Playwriting" in 1988. It was performed twice in June 1988 at the University of Otago Drama Department Lunchtime Theatre. In April 1989 it was produced for New Zealand Writers’ Week, Dunedin, N.Z. It was given a rehearsed reading by the Fortune Theatre and was directed by Richard Finn. In March 1990 it was presented at the NZ International Festival of Arts, Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu festival in Māori theatre at the Depot Theatre, Wellington directed by Anne Keating. In July 1990 it had a two-week season at the Theatre Marae in Dunedin, N.Z. directed by Rena Owens and Jim Moriaty.
  • Ngā Puke. (The Hills). Wellington, N.Z.: Aoraki, 1992.
  • Ngā Puke is a love story of two acts set during the Second World War with two characters: Waru Thompson, a young rural Māori, and Angela Duncan, a Pakeha artist in her twenties. The first act is set in Ngā Puke, a hill country sheep farm where Waru farms and Angie paints. The second act is set in a general hospital in Crete in 1941 where Angie is working as a nurse and Waru is recuperating as a wounded lieutenant from the 28th Māori Battalion. Interspersed between each scene are comments by the fathers of Waru and Angie on their experiences in the First World War. Included with the text of the play is a Preface by Lisa Warrington, background notes accompanying the waiata "I Runga o Nga Puke" which is sung at the beginning of the play, He Kupu Whakamaarama (Author’s Foreword), and Production and Performance history. The play was written and workshopped by Playmarket in 1989 and was produced twice in 1990 at the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, Wellington, as part of Te Rākau Hua O Te Wao Tapu, Depot Theatre. It was also performed at Theatre Marae. Broughton won the 1990 Bruce Mason Playwright Award for this story.
  • ANZAC. 1992. No details.
  • This play was commissioned and performed at the Fortune Theatre in Dunedin, N.Z. in 1992, and directed by Campbell Thomas. Broughton writes that it focuses on "the impact of the Great War on a Dunedin, N.Z. family."
  • Marae. No details.
  • This play with music was commissioned by the New Zealand Festival of the Arts and was premiered at the festival in February, 1992, at the Lower Hutt Town Hall. Broughton writes that this play deals with "the community dynamics when advancing local body development imposes upon the institution of the marae." The script can be purchased from Playmarket http://www.playmarket.org.nz/our_playwrights_plays/_details/id_1020/marae 20 March 2008.
  • Frankie and Hone. 1993. No details.
  • Broughton states that this one act play is "a contemporary reflection of the impact of colonisation upon tikanga Māori and the impact of tikanga Māori upon colonisation." This play was commissioned by Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu and toured nationally from June 1993-1994 under the direction of Jim Moriarty.
  • A Day At the Races. No details.
  • This play was commissioned by Te Puni Kokiri for the HIV/AIDS National Hui, Whai Maramatanga Whai Oranga, at Papakura Marae, 22 March 1995. It was performed at Taki Rua Depot in Wellington April 1995 and at the Public Health Association Conference in Dunedin, N.Z. on 29 June, 1995. Broughton writes that it was commissioned "to highlight issues about AIDS for whanau."
  • Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. Extract rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 194-208.
  • A powerful solo performance piece centred on the character of Michael James Manaia who, through the course of two acts, tells his life story with its underlying themes of tragedy, violence and death. The first act is filled with boyhood reminiscences and pranks, father-son altercations and the untimely death of his beloved brother Mattie. The second act sees Manaia entering the army, fighting in Vietnam, traumatised by the death of a close friend and becoming a victim of agent orange. The play was premiered at Downstage Theatre in Wellington in February 1991 (21 performances). In April 1991 it was performed 14 times at the New Zealand Writers’ Week at the Trust Bank Theatre in South Dunedin, N.Z. In August 1991 there were 18 performances of the play at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland for the 1991 Edinburgh Arts Festival. Colin McColl directed all the productions of this play. A further season of the play was produced for the 1992 New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington, March 1992. The play was adapted for Radio New Zealand in 1994.
  • "The Private War of Corporal Cooper." In Playlunch: Five Short New Zealand Plays. Ed. Christine Prentice and Lisa Warrington. Dunedin, N.Z.: U of Otago Press, 1996. 13-30.
  • This one-act play in nine scenes focuses on the long-distance relationship between Sister Mary Bartholomew who is living in a convent in Dunedin, N.Z. and Corporal Johnny Cooper who is fighting in the Great War in France. The two are brought together by an impetuous action by Sister Mary. Through the war their relationship deepens through correspondence and the prayers of Sister Mary. The play was premiered at the New Zealand Writers’ Week Festival in Dunedin, N.Z. in 1991, directed by Lisa Warrington. A radio adaptation of the stage play was made for Radio New Zealand and was recorded in May 1993 by Radio New Zealand Drama, Wellington.

    • Traditional

  • Summer Starlight Winter Moon. John Broughton. Aoraki Festival, Timaru. 7 Feb. 1998.
  • This full length puppet/karetao show for whanau was commissioned by the Aoraki Festival Committee and premiered at the 1998 Aoraki Festival. The show focuses on "two back-packers from the Netherlands who encounter Te Ao Māori ki Te Waipounamu.’

    Other

  • "Army Training Used for Play." Dominion 14 Feb. 1991: 25.
  • Broughton discusses Michael James Manaia.
  • Barrett, Tracie. "Dunedin, N.Z. Lecturer on New Māori Health Commission." Otago Daily Times 9 Aug 1997. No further details.
  • Bartley, Alison. "A Man of Many Talents." New Zealand General Practice 12 Mar. 1991: 8-9.
  • Profiles Broughton and his play Michael James Manaia.
  • Booth, Pat et al. "New Zealand Made Me." North and South (Jan. 1992): 64-123.
  • "Broughton, John." New Zealand Who’s Who Aotearoa. Volume One – 1992. Ed. Alister Taylor. Auckland, N.Z.: New Zealand Who’s Who Aotearoa, 1992. 37.
  • Contemporary Dramatists. London, 1992. No further details.
  • Dickson, Elizabeth. "Performance." Listener 25 Feb. 1991: 52-53.
  • "Drama’s Gentle Dentist." Northand South Dec. 1995. 84-93.
  • Ellison, Suzanne. "John Broughton: Dentist, Lecturer, Playwright." Te Karaka: The Ngai Tahu Magazine 2 (1995): 12, 23.
  • Findlay, Katherine. "The Tupuna Smile." Mana: The Māori News Magazine For All New Zealanders 89 (2009): 4041.
  • Gibb, John. "To Lecture in Māori Health." Otago Daily Times 29 May 1989. 9.
  • Gibb, John. "Taonga Show For Shanghai." Otago Daily Times 19 Feb. 2011. 4.
  • Gibb, John. "Professorships for 14 University Academics Showing ‘Excellence’; Female Dentistry Professor A First." Otago Daily Times 4 Jan. 2012. 24.
  • Glaap, Albert-Reiner. "Einblicke in Die Māori-Kultur." Derfremdsprachliche Unterricht.(The Journal of Foreign Language) 25.3 (1991). No further details.
  • Harris, Lee. "Playwright Places Māori Values Centre Stage." Otago Daily Times 11 Apr. 1991: 19.
  • Hotere, Andrea. "John Broughton: Drama’s Gentle Dentist." North and South 117 (1995): 84-93.
  • International Authors and Writers Who’s Who. 12th ed. Cambridge, UK: IBC, 1992. No further details.
  • "Māori Playwrights." Te Māori News 1.3 (1992): 11.
  • "New Zealand Made Me." North and South Jan. 1992: 64-123.
  • "Outlook: Theatre Marae." Dominion 4 Feb. 1992: 8.
  • O’Dea, Patrick. "Where Were You In ’81?" Listener 6 May 1995: 46.
  • Sarney, Estelle. "I Thought If I Sat Down and Wrote a Play - So What?" Dominion Sunday Times 11 Aug. 1991: 11.
  • Smeele, Astrid. "Family Slant for Māori Dental Clinic." Otago Daily Times 8 May 1991. 3.
  • Swain, Pauline. "Straddling our Two Cultural Camps." Dominion Sunday Times 27 Jan. 1991. 24.
  • An interview.
  • Wane, Joanna. "Versatility Pays." TV Viewer 15 Feb. 1991: 35.
  • Interview with Broughton and Jim Moriaty.
  • Who’s Who of Writers in the Pacific. [Hamilton, N.Z.]: University of Waikato, 1992. No further details.
  • "Writer Awarded." Otago Daily Times 27 Nov. 1990. 22.

  • Reviews

    1981
  • Cleave, Peter. "1981 And All That." Illusions 25 (1996): 48-51.
  • Smith, Charmian. "New NZ Play Excites Director." Otago Daily Times 9 May 1995: 19.
  • Anzac
  • Laube, Judith. "Fragments Of Success." Listener 19 Dec. 1992: 51-52.
  • Mana
  • Amery, Mark. "Moving On." Listener 6 July 1996: 36-37.
  • Marae
  • Cooke, Patricia. "Cautionary Tale’s Happy Ending." Dominion Sunday Times 15 Mar. 1992: 12.
  • Houlahan, Mike. "Māori and Pakeha Traditions Together." Evening Post 29 Feb. 1992: 12.
  • McFarlane, Allan (and others). "Festival of the Arts." Dominion 2 Mar. 1992: 8-9.
  • Michael James Manaia
  • Budd, Susan. "Death, War And Male Obsessions." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Dominion 18 Feb. 1991: 8. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: The Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 102-103.
  • Atkinson, Laurie. "Audience Captivated by Moriarty." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Evening Post 19 Feb. 1991. 22. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: The Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 104-105.
  • Cooke, Patricia. "Bleakest Broughton Impresses but Needs Tightening." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. Dominion Sunday Times 24 Feb., 1991: 23. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: The Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 106-107.
  • Topp, Chris. "Catching Festival Fever." Press 11 Sept. 1991: 22.
  • Welch, Denis. "A Part Rich in Scope and Depth." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Listener 5 April, 1991. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 108-109.
  • Welch, Denis. "Theatre." Listener 8 Apr. 1991: 55.
  • Dodds, Ian. "Michael James Manaia at Downstage." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. Te Awa Iti. No details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 110-111.
  • Salient 4 March 1991. Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 112-113.
  • Kaa, Keri and Mikalsen, Ron. ‘Theatre Reviews: Two Views." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. Stage & Radio Record 4 (1991). No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 114-119.
  • Evans, Donald. "Skilled NZ Production." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. Otago Daily Times 6 April, 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 120-121.
  • Donald, Colin. "Vietnam in Powerful Perspective." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Scotsman 15 August, 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 123.
  • McMillan, Joyce. "The Guardian Critics’ Choice 1991." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Guardian 16 August 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 124.
  • Morris, Tom. "Michael James Manaia." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Independent Saturday 17 August, 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 125.
  • Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. Scotland on Sunday: The Independent Voice of Scotland 18 August, 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 126.
  • Linklater, John. "Michael James Manaia." Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. The Glasgow Herald Wednesday 21 Aug. 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 127.
  • Calder, Peter. Rev. of Michael James Manaia by John Broughton. NZ Herald 25 November, 1991. No further details. Rpt. in Michael James Manaia. Dunedin, N.Z.: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, U of Otago, 1994. 128-129.
  • Stachurski, Christina. "Michael James Manaia: The Personal Is Political." JNZL: Journal of New Zealand Literature 17 (1999): 125-138.
  • Nga Puke and Te Hara.
  • Nga Puke and Te Hara."More Broughton Brilliance." Te Māori News Nov. 1992: 19.
  • Budd, Susan. Rev. of Nga Puke and Te Hara by John Broughton. The Dominion 8 March 1990. No further details.
  • Smith, Anna. Rev. of Nga Puke and Te Hara by John Broughton. Stage & Radio 2. No further details.
  • Cook, Patricia. "Cultural Richness in Theatrical Themes." Rev. of Nga Puke and Te Hara by John Broughton. Dominion Sunday Times 11 March 1990: 18.
  • Boynton, Mere and Parekowhai, Cushla. "Te Rakau Hua o te Wao Tapu." Rev. of Nga Puke and Te Hara by John Broughton. Illusions 14(1990): 16-18.
  • Mere Boynton and Cushla Parekowhai review "Te Rakau Hua o te Wao Tapu", the programme of contemporary Māori performing arts held during the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in March 1990. Boynton reviews "He Oriori Mo Te Tamariki", a children’s theatre production created by Whetu Fala, Tina Cook and Makerita Matepelu, and also Bruce Stewart’s play "Broken Arse". Parekowhai reviews two of John Broughton’s plays "Te Hara" and "Nga Puke" in the form of a letter to her mother.
    • Puffing Up A Storm
  • "Māori Smoking Subject Of New Book From New Māori Health Research Unit." Te Māori News: Māori Weekly Newspaper July 1996: 1.
  • Te Hokinga Mai
  • Budd, Susan. "Educational Māori Play Done With Integrity." Dominion 11 June 1991: 23.
  • Cooke, Patricia. "Feuding and Fighting In Style." Dominion Sunday Times 7 July 1991: 23.
  • The Private War of Corporal Cooper
  • White, Helen Watson. "Dunedin’s Feast of Indigenous Talent." Dominion Sunday Times 14 Apr. 1991: 23.