Waka Hourua Community Initiative: Gisborne Rape Crisis

Description Gisborne Rape Crisis provide face to face counselling and support by qualified counsellors, for people who have experienced sexual violation either recently or historically. Concerned that Tairāwhiti has one of the highest incidence of youth suicide in the country and that there is a lack of resources to recognise and deal with youth suicide, …

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Waka Hourua Community Initiative: Eddie Harawira Whānau Trust

Description The Eddie Harawira Whānau Trust project is underpinned by the belief that the whānau is the engine room of iwi development (Kruger, 2010). Through whakapapa (genealogy) the whānau (family) is committed to vulnerable and suffering whānau members for life, which means whānau offer the most untapped potential for Māori suicide prevention (Turia, 2012; Lawson-Te …

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Waka Hourua Community Initiative: Best Care Whakapai Hauora Charitable Trust.

Description The Best Care Whakapai Hauora (Whakapai Hauora) is the mana whenua health, disability support and social service arm of Tanenuiarangi Manawatū Incorporated, the iwi authority for Rangitaane O Manawatū. Whakapai Hauora has identified that within Mid Central District Health Board (DHB) it is the small rural communities that most lack the capacity, resources and …

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Waka Hourua Community Initiative: Awareness of Suicide in Kaipara

Description This programme involves the launch and promotion of Awareness of Suicide in the Kaipara – ASK, under Kaipara Abuse Prevention Inc in the planning and implementation of capacity building in the Kaipara community to prevent suicide and, to respond effectively if and when suicide occurs. The Kiwai Rangahau,Te Rau Matatini evaluation team was commissioned …

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Suicide Postvention: Support for Pacific Communities

Description A total of 397 participants were involved in this research. There were 173 Pacific community respondents bereaved by suicide who took part in an online survey, and 70 service provider respondents who work with Pacific communities and/or have also been impacted by a suicide death. A further 74 Pacific peoples impacted by suicide engaged …

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Indigenous Insight, Inspiring Innovation – Kaupapa Māori Models of Practice (Series 1)

Publication Details ISBN 978–1–877412–29–5 (Print)978–1–877412–30–1 (Electronic) CITATION Te Rau Matatini (2015). Indigenous Insight, Inspiring Innovation – Kaupapa Māori Models of Practice (Series 1). Prepared by Cassidy, T & Pipi, K. Wellington: Te Rau Matatini.