Making a difference for Māori health
Community and Public Health is committed to ensuring positive Māori health outcomes and reducing inequalities. We have a number of projects that specifically address Māori health needs throughout Canterbury, South Canterbury and the West Coast.
Community and Public Health embraces a model of best practice (Te Pae Mahutonga) that promotes and brings together the value of traditional and contemporary viewpoints on Māori wellness and current research to enhance its service delivery.
Our role is working with Māori to assist and to strengthen whānau, hapū and iwi – in addition to liaising with non-Māori.
Community and Public Health works in Māori settings such as Marae, Kura and Kohanga Reo, to develop Māori communities. This so that they are able to make their own healthy choices, and create their own healthy environments.
Community and Public Health have a valuable role in contributing at a population level to ‘living healthy lifestyles’, ‘participating fully in society’ and ‘confidently participating in te ao Māori’.
The current CDHB Māori Health Action Plan (2017-18) also outlines the key activities that Community and Public Health will contribute to as part of the Canterbury health system to improve Māori Health outcomes.
Mindful movement for the whole whānau
“No ages not limits” is the philosophy behind mindful breathing exercises developed by the All Right? campaign in partnership with Māori wellness leaders.
Hikitia te Hā is a simple breathing exercise developed by Rawiri Hindle and supported by the All Right? campaign. Three new Hikitia te Hā videos have been developed after the success of the first one. The exercises are extended into tai chi, taiaha and yoga.
Vaea Coe from All Right? says the three new videos based on Maori values make Hikitia te Hā accessible to whānau of all ages. “Māori are leading a lot of the work around mindfulness in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). We’re working alongside local Māori businesses and organisations who are experts in their art of oranga (wellbeing) to make more people aware of what’s out there and how it can help.”
- Find out more about Hikitia te Hā from the All Right? campaign, including the new videos.
- Read more about the Maori wellness leaders featured in the new Hikitia te Hā videos (Te Panui Rūnaka article).
Documents
Latest Maori Health Publications
- Te Oranga Hinengaro: Māori Mental Wellbeing (Health Promotion Agency 2018)
- Māori attitudes and behaviours towards alcohol (Health Promotion Agency 2018)
- Te Ohonga Ake: The Health Status of Māori Children and Young People in New Zealand – Series Two (NZ Child and Youth Epidemiology Service 2017)
- Ngā Hua A Tāne Rore: the Benefits of Kapa Haka (Ministry for Culture and Heritage 2014)
- The Health of Māori Adults and Children, 2011–2013 (Ministry of Health 2014)
- Te Ohonga Ake: The Determinants of Health for Māori Children and Young People (University of Otago 2014)
- The Health and Wellbeing of Māori NZ Secondary School Students in 2012/ Te Ara Whakapiki Taitamariki: Youth’12 (University of Auckland 2013)
- Hapū Ora: Wellbeing in the early stages of life (Massey University 2013)
- Te Ohonga Ake: The Health Status of Māori Children and Young People in NZ (NZ Child and Youth Epidemiology Service 2012)
- Mātātuhi Tuawhenua: Health of Rural Māori 2012 (Ministry of Health)
- A Focus on Māori Nutrition: Findings from the 2008/09 NZ Adult Nutrition Survey (Ministry of Health 2012)
- Māori Smoking and Tobacco Use 2011 (Ministry of Health)
- Tatau Kura Tangata: Health of Older Māori Chart Book 2011 (Ministry of Health)
- Hauora Waitaha I: Health Profile for Maori in Canterbury (Community and Public Health 2010)
Maori Health Tools, Models and Strategies
- Tāne Ora/ Māori Men’s Health Indicator tool.
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi-based practice in health promotion (STIR: Stop Institutional Racism 2017)
- The Guide to He Korowai Oranga – Māori Health Strategy (Ministry of Health 2014)
- Whānau Ora: Transforming our futures (Ministry of Health 2011)
- The Health Equity Assessment Tool: A User’s Guide (Ministry of Health 2008)
- TUHANZ – a Treaty Understanding of Hauora in Aotearoa-New Zealand (Health Promotion Forum 2002)
- Te Pae Mahutonga: A model for Māori health promotion (Mason Durie 1999)
Downloads
Download or order resources from the Community Health Information Centre.
- Me Mutu Tātou/ Let’s All Quit
- Me ū ki te wā tika hei whakatō i te kano ārai mate ki tō tamaiti
- Aroha in Action (Ministry of Social Development)
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ The Treaty of Waitangi
Links
For further information, contact:
CANTERBURY
Ph: +64 3 364 1777
SOUTH CANTERBURY
Ph: +64 3 687 2600
WEST COAST
Ph: +64 3 768 1160
MĀORI RELATIONSHIP MANAGER
Gail McLauchlan
Ph: +64 3 364 1777
Calling the next generation of kaitiaki/guardians
No work day is ever the same for Laura Bruce. She has been investigating public health concerns and providing advice and information to community leaders and the public in her role as a Health Protection Officer for the last eight years.
Laura is eager to see more young people enter the profession and take advantage of a Community and Public Health scholarship, which supports Ngāi Tahu undergraduate students at the University of Canterbury towards a career in Health Protection.
“There is lots of variety in the role,” Laura says. “As a trainee Health Protection Officer you could be involved with ship sanitation inspections, disease outbreak investigations, responding to chemical spills or advocating for policies which create environments that promote population health.”
- Find out more about the Ngāi Tahu Health Protection Scholarship (University of Canterbury).
- Watch a video about the Ngāi Tahu Health Protection Scholarship.
Applications close on Sunday 31st March 2019.
Te Mana Ora Panui
Nau mai haere mai. This pānui aims to share kōrero on the mahi happening within Community and Public Health and our Māori communities.
Issue 13 – December 2018
Welcome to the last edition of Te Mana Ora for 2018. It has been a big year for a lot of people and we’re all anticipating a beautiful warm summer filled with whānau, fun and laughter. The summer months from December to February are known to Māori as raumati with Tāwhirimātea the atua of wind and storms controlling our weather. It’s always a good time to ensure we are thinking about how to stay safe in the sun and that our tamariki have sunhats and sunblock.
As we head towards the festive season we are grateful to everyone within our hāpori that has shared their time and energy with us. Although there is so much work left to be done we love the passion and drive in Ōtautahi to create a healthier city for all Cantabrians and the generations to come.
Hauora and oranga resources from the All Right? campaign
Hikitia te Hā is a simple breathing exercise developed by Rawiri Hindle and supported by the All Right? campaign. Three new Hikitia te Hā videos have been developed after the success of the first one. The exercises are extended into tai chi, taiaha and yoga.
All Right? has created season-based activities that whānau can do together. Vaea Coe (Ngāi Tahu, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou) from the All Right? team says “When it comes to the wellbeing of our community, it all comes back to whānau. The activities are all about looking to strengthen the everyday magic that happens within the whānau”.
