Rate My Professor Paula King

King's academic interests focus on Māori health, upholding tāngata whenua rights to health and wellbeing, and the intersections of racism, ableism/disablism, state care, youth justice residences, prisons, and Māori health equity. Her Kaupapa Māori research employs mixed methods including epidemiology, qualitative approaches, participatory creative methods, and ethical co-designing, informed by Indigenous ways of being, knowing, relating, and doing. Notable publications include 'Health in justice or health injustice? Indigenous Māori experiences of primary care following release from New Zealand prisons: a national record study' (Social Science & Medicine, 2025), 'The undercounting of Indigenous Māori imprisoned by the New Zealand carceral state: a national record study' (Health & Justice, 2025), 'Māori health, wellbeing, and disability in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national survey' (International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 2025), 'Poipoia te kākano kia puāwai: The operationalisation of Māori data sovereignty in Aotearoa: A scoping literature review' (Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2026), and 'COVID-19: we must not forget about Indigenous health and wellbeing' (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2020). With over 750 citations across 41 publications, her work advances Indigenous health equity and informs discussions on state accountability for health harms.