Strengthening health and wellbeing.
WE ARE NOW TE RAU ORA
Te Rau Ora (originally Te Rau Matatini) is New Zealand’s indigenous Māori organisation providing a range of local and national programmes to improve Māori Health. We have changed our name but not our passion nor our commitment – Strengthening Māori Health & Wellbeing is at the core of what we are doing.
Our new name and look brings us into alignment with our mission, culture and belief to strengthen our people. The name ‘Te Rau Ora’ reflects our unique & inclusive way of capturing and exchanging overall kaupapa of what matters to Māori. We will maintain a commitment to the mental health and addiction sector and want the world to know that we are not just a workforce centre, but rather our overall focus is about the health & wellbeing of Māori.
Our Purpose
To improve Māori Health through leadership, education, research and evaluation, health workforce development and innovative, systemic transformation. We strengthen Māori health and wellbeing through nationally navigated and locally led solutions.
Our Work
Addiction
Enhancing the capability and capacity of workforces to respond to the needs of Māori who have addiction-related challenges.
Publications & Resources
Increasing the access to an evidence base, tools and resources of what works well for Māori.
Rangatahi
Promoting opportunities for Rangatahi to enter into the health and disability sector pipeline.
Public Health
Promoting the needs of Māori through public health strategies that are acceptable to Māori aspirations.
Lived Experience
Increasing the opportunities for Māori with lived experience to lead and transform approaches in the health sector toward Wellbeing.
Suicide Prevention & Postvention
Addressing the issue of suicide through leadership; Strengthening our Rangatahi, community and whānau capacity, research and evidence to enhance Māori wellbeing.
Mental Health
Enhancing the capability and capacity of workforces to respond to the needs of Māori who experience mental health and emotional challenges.
Education & Training
Drawing from matauranga Māori pedagogy and contemporary health knowledge to ensure participants are supported and empowered to become a stronger workforce.
Workforce Development
Promoting leading practice models and approaches to increase the Māori Workforce in the health and disability sector.
Leadership
Growing and advancing the capacity and capability of Māori for Leadership.
Research
Increasing the evidence base of what works for and by Māori.
Scholarships
Increasing access to opportunities for personal and professional development for people pursuing a career in health.
Our News & Pānui
Stay up to date with our latest articles and pānui
New Websites For Māori Health, Wellbeing, And Suicide Prevention
Many of you know we rebranded from Te Rau Matatini to Te Rau Ora this year. To accompany this change, we developed two new websites. Our main website, Te Rau Ora, will provide information about what we are doing to strengthen Māori health and wellbeing. Please...
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How To Increase The Māori Health Workforce
Informed by the recent evidence base about the Māori health workforce, we have created three succinct infographic resources to assist the health and disability sector in their recruitment and retention of a Māori workforce. These include Recruiting a Māori...
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Tuia Te Ao Marama: Māori Mental Health Nursing
There are a few Māori Registered Nurses employed at Te Rau Ora who are members of Māori Caucus – Te Ao Maramatanga (New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses). As a rōpū, we were fortunate to be part of a kaupapa capturing the stories of Māori mental health Nurses...
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Please make contact with us by using the details below or completing the form.
Ph: +64 4 473 9591 or 0800 MATATINI
E: communications@terauora.com
Te Whare o Tāmaki | Auckland Office
86E Plunket Avenue, Wiri, Auckland
Te Whare o Kirikiriroa | Hamilton Office
233 Anglesea Street, Hamilton
PO Box 104 Hamilton, 3240.
Te Whare o Poneke | Wellington Office
1/22 Kaiwharawhara Rd,
Kaiwharawhara, Wellington
PO Box 5731 Wellington, 6140.
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