Māori Mental Health

Te Ao Hurihuri

Moving Ahead to Flourish!

We are focused on enhancing the ways in which wellbeing is influenced through the distribution of opportunities and resources available in society. Māori leadership, workforce development , system reform and participation in health care provision is a high priority for Māori development and improving Māori mental wellbeing.

Te Oranga Hinengaro – Māori Mental Wellbeing

A report by Dr Lynne Russell for Te Hiringa Hauora
(Health Promotion Agency).

Maea te Toi Ora: Māori Health Transformations

We recommend reading Maea te Toi Ora: Māori Health Transformations by Dr Te Kani Kingi, Mason Durie and colleagues.

Māori Manifesto

A framework for change compiled by 11 senior Māori mental health and addiction professionals.

Turuki Turuki Paneke Paneke

A snapshot of Māori aspirations from kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction provider hui.

Te Ao Tawhito

Moving Forward means Looking Back!

The access to knowledge and information of the past is a very different aspect now, that we have compiled this repository of useful resources, and materials about Māori mental health. We pay tribute to the leaders who developed and contributed to these tāonga, and we honour those leaders we have lost and thank their whānau for allowing us to honour the legacies they have left.

Te Puāwaiwhero
The Second Māori Mental Health and Addiction National Strategic Framework 2008−2015

Developments in oranga hinengaro − Māori mental health and addiction − have been at the forefront of health sector innovation and Māori development. Te Puāwaiwhero – The Second Māori Mental Health and Addiction National Strategic Framework 2008−2015 builds on the first framework, Te Puāwaitanga, launched in 2002.