‘Repeal, replace & Remove the Mental Health Act’ Submission
Description In 2021, The Government of Aotearoa welcomed Public Consultation on the Repeal and Replace of the Mental Health Act. Māori Leaders with Lived Experiences gathered to provide their views to the Repeal and Replace of the Mental Health Act and included the Removal of the Mental Health Act as a significant shift needed in […]
He Puna Whakaata: Therapeutic Activities to Guide Change II
Description The purpose of He Puna Whakaata is to contribute to positive outcomes for Māori. This resource describes activities that access some aspects of mātauranga Māori to be utilised in spaces where Māori seek support and healing, including; the primary health sector, whānau ora, addiction and mental health sectors and any other healing space. Practitioners […]
Mā Purapura Mai Māori Leadership
Description Mā Purapura Mai is a Māori lived experienced leadership kaupapa (programme) that comprises of five wānanga delivered by Te Rau Ora (formerly Te Rau Matatini) over a five month period. The fifth wānanga provided an opportunity for participants to present to one another and the facilitators their reflections of the wānanga. The Dynamics of […]
Employment of Māori Staff
Description This reflective tool relates to the recruitment, selection, retention & advancement of Māori staff in the health sector. Download
He Manaaki Tangata: Tikanga Informed Guideline Adapted for Mental Health Services, and Acute Mental Health Units
Description This tikanga informed practice guideline has been adapted to guide health professionals employed within mental health services. Targeted toward health professional practice when supporting Māori tangata whaiora and their whānau in mental health services, and especially so in the acute mental health unit. Founded on Māori values and practices, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, as […]
Kia hora te marino – Trauma Informed Care for Māori
Description A national approach to Trauma Informed Care in Aotearoa (New Zealand) relevant to Māori (Indigenous people) must consider the effects of historical, cumulative, intergenerational and situational trauma. Seminal to this is an understanding of a pre-European Māori society where whānau violence was not acceptable nor common (Cooper, 2012; Durie, 2001; Jenkins & Harte, 2011; […]
Turuki Turuki! Paneke Paneke – Hui Māori
Description On the 9th & 10th August 2018, Te Rau Matatini hosted Hui Māori. This provided a platform for Māori with lived and whānau experience; for Māori from Kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction providers; for Iwi and Māori leaders; Māori practitioners; Māori researchers and Māori experts to meet with the New Zealand Governments […]
Tūmata Kōkiritia – Shifting Paradigm
Description This report represents the important kōrero articulated by whaiora Māori during Tūmata Kōkiritia – a noho wānanga held at Mataatua Marae, Tāmaki Makaurau on the 12th and 13th October 2017. Download
He Puna Whakaata: Therapeutic Activities to Guide Change
2016 by Andre McLachlan & Terri Huriwai Description The purpose of He Puna Whakaata is to contribute to positive outcomes for Māori, particularly those experiencing addiction and or mental health-related conditions. Practitioners who will read and use this resource should already take an integrated approach to health and wellbeing and have more than a basic […]
Kaupapa Māori Mental Health and Addiction Services: Best Practice Framework
2015 by Te Rau Matatini Description Kaupapa Māori mental health and addiction services are an indigenous response to effectively meeting the mental health and/or addiction needs of tangata whaiora and their whānau. Publication Information ISBN 978-1-877412-42-4 CITATION Te Rau Matatini (2015). Kaupapa Māori Mental Health and Addiction Services: Best Practice Framework. Wellington: Te Rau Matatini. […]