The Centre of Māori Suicide Prevention offers a range of kaupapa to promote wellbeing for Māori whānau to address the issue of suicide within communities throughout Aotearoa. The Centre fosters local leadership, building our young people, communities and whānau capacity to enhance their own wellbeing. For Māori, the reasons for suicide are many and varied. …
The Manaaki Ora app is designed to provide guidance and tips on how to self-help or support others who might be going through hard times or distress. Individuals and whānau can find creative, simple, and innovative activities to build wellbeing and resilience. This includes helping whānau identify their feelings and when they feel overwhelmed, where …
Building the capacity and capability of Māori whānau and Māori communities, to prevent suicide is a core goal of Te Rau Ora and the Centre of Māori Suicide Prevention. Launched in 2018, the Tiaki Whānau – Tiaki Ora programme is designed to build healthy whānau by fostering awareness of protective factors and strategies that will …
He Puna Whakaata was developed by Dr Andre McLachlan and tested with whānau in the Rangitīkei and Whanganui, as well as the Māori psychologists who attended He Paiaka Totara, Māori psychologist wānanga at Tokorangi Marae in June 2016. This resulted in the development of the workforce resource He Puna Whakaata: Therapeutic Activities to Guide Change. …
Over the last 20 years, Te Rau Ora has played a key role in the development of the Māori Providers and Māori workforces that support healing from substance misuse. Our work is helped to foster Māori Addiction Sector leadership, build the evidence base for kaupapa Māori Addictions practice, support kaupapa Māori informed education and training, …
A unique social innovation model was implemented during COVID 19 Pandemic in New Zealand, with eight Māori who live with Schizophrenia and health and social challenges. The social innovation was made possible through a partnership between Te Rau Ora, Waikato District Health Board, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson Global and Manawanui. The innovation piloted a suite …
Nōku te Ao is a social movement to end prejudice and discrimination and increase inclusion for people with experience of mental distress. It is a multi-level programme, based on kaupapa Māori principles, with national campaigns and communications, media monitoring and community-led social movement activities, education, and social action grants. Te Rau Ora, in partnership with …
Te Kete Pounamu is the National Organisation for Maori with lived experience. The movement was formed in 2015 following increasing concern of the use of harmful restrictive practices on Māori and the increasing inequities in Māori Health and Wellbeing. Since their formation, Te Kete Pounamu has established regional networks spanning the length and breadth of …
Tiakina te Āhuru Mōwai wānanga aims to develop strong reflective practitioners who place Wahine and their whānau at the centre of their practice. Tiakina te Āhuru Mōwai is a programme led by Wahine Māori developed to enhance frontline workforce capability to work effectively with Wahine Māori and their whānau, in contexts where there are vulnerabilities …
He Whare Wahine is newly established to deliberately focus on Wahine and Kotiro Māori, and to restore their status through a workforce that honours and values Oranga wahine, Mana wahine and Rangatira wahine. The team of Wahine Māori are committed to restoring the status and mana of Wahine Māori as endowed at Kurawaka. The goal …
Kaupapa Māori services, programmes and approaches will continue to play an essential role in addressing whānau wellbeing, especially when there is a greater prevalence in complex health and social issues that require holistic, culturally led, and ongoing interventions which can only be provided by a skilled Māori multidisciplinary workforce, able to sustain effective long-term relationships …
In December 2021, the Ministry of Health approached Te Rau Ora to support workforce development within the Kaupapa Māori Providers selected to deliver the Tuakana-Teina Stream of the new integrated primary mental health and addiction (IPMHA) services for Access and Choice. The Ministry has asked Te Rau Ora to engage in an analysis of Māori …
Whānau and Community-led (health) responses are a way of improving health and wellbeing that starts with what people say is important to them. It supports communities experiencing disadvantage and poor health to identify what they find important, and to take the lead in developing and implementing their solutions. Te Rau Ora has utilised Community-Led Responses …
Over three or more decades, responses to Māori health have increasingly steered away from a ‘one size fits all’ approach to greater recognition of mātauranga Māori and tikanga Māori. We have seen the evolution of kaupapa Māori services in health, social services, and education, as well as extraordinary increases in the Māori health workforce. Not …
Huarahi Whakatū was born in the early 2000s from a desire to recognise, affirm and support a workforce that was both clinically and culturally competent. A partnership between Te Rau Matatini, Te Ao Māramatanga – Māori Caucus (New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses), Te Kaunihera o Ngā Neehi Māori (National Council of Māori Nurses) …
2022 is a special year for Te Rau Ora, as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary, reflecting a generation of dedication to the transformation of Māori health. Throughout our history, we have advocated for Māori and challenged the status quo – for a world where our people could thrive. We are now entering a time of …
Tuari Potiki has been appointed to the Board of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. Tuari brings over 30 years of experience in the alcohol, drug, and mental health sector, contributing at all levels of sector development from his personal experience, to working as a clinician and involvement in strategic management. Tuari is Chair of …
This is Donna’s Story I was born in Tuatapere in Western Southland, one of the first babies born in the newly opened Maternity Home in the late 1950s. I was what was termed back then a ‘blue baby’, my mother was told to take me home and keep an eye on me. Not many blue …
Donovan Clarke (Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Manu, Ngāti Te Ata) has recently been appointed to the role of Chairperson for the Te Rau Ora Company Board of Directors.Donovan is an experienced senior executive with a proven history of delivering results in the community. He is passionate about transformation and ensuring equity across sectors. Nationally, Donovan …
Eugene Berryman-Kamp (Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pukeko, Ngāti Manawa) has recently been appointed to the role of Deputy Chairperson for the Te Rau Ora Company Board of Directors. Eugene is currently employed as the Director Te Mana o Te Wai and Implementation Partnerships at the Ministry for the Environment. Eugene is also …
John Walters (Te Aupōuri) is one of the longest servicing Director of the Te Rau Matatini and now Te Rau Ora Company Board. John was first appointed as Director of the Te Rau Matatini Company Board on 07 June 2005. John is the founding partner of Walters Law. He specialises in property, general commercial / …
2021 was another year of highlighting the importance of Māori leadership at all levels of the health, education, and social system. COVID 19 has been an important part of our work over the last two years and will continue as we understand the full impact on our communities and systems. We are grateful to all …
Launched in 2016, Pūhoro was developed in response to the national low engagement of Māori in STEM-related career pathways that subsequently leads to lower numbers of Māori representation in science and technology industries in Aotearoa. Pūhoro seeks to change this space and recognises that a STEM workforce is required for an innovation-focused future society. The …
Monica Stockdale (Ngāti Kahungunu) has been appointed as Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2022 New Year Honours List. Monica Stockdale has contributed to health outcomes by helping rehabilitate those suffering from addictions, particularly Māori, since 1983. Monica’s quiet but dogged determination has led to significant kaupapa Māori AOD service development …
Description CITATION Heather Came, Maria Baker, Brian McKenna & Tim McCreanor (2022): Strengthening public health contracting: findings of a follow-up nationwide survey from Aotearoa, Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, DOI: 10.1080/1177083X.2021.2020134
Te Rau Ora is a proud partner and supporter of Te Tiriti based futures + Anti-racism 2022. This is an innovative international Te Tiriti based anti-racism + decolonisation (virtual) event held from 13 – 28 March 2022. The programme features over 75 international and national speakers and indigenous leaders. The final day ‘Kei mura i …
Wellbeing, according to the Oxford English Dictionary is “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy” and is fundamental to an individual’s ability to function and live well (Cram, 2014; Durie, 1998). From a Māori perspective wellbeing or hauora, also incorporates, spiritual, physical, mental and emotional, and social aspects (Durie, 1998). This article outlines the …
In December 2021, Te Rau Ora hosted a Māori Media Summit for Māori Broadcasting and Media Networks. The Summit included participation and presentations from Tahu FM, Aukahu News, Waatea News, Turanga Media FM, Te Korimako o Taranaki Te Reo o Te Uru, Māori Television and MAI FM. Iwi and Māori radio stations today comprise a …
Indigenous constructs of wellbeing and wellness vary greatly from the construct of mental health in the Western paradigm of health. Yet Western instruments, validated within Western populations, are often used to assess the wellbeing or mental health of Indigenous peoples. This is to the detriment of the health of Indigenous peoples. To support the decolonization …
