Ka Whawhai Tonu Mātou – Health Oranga Hinengaro
Description Programmes such as Te Rau Puawai and Te Rau Matatini have likewise contributed to the Māori Mental HealthWorkforce, by actively encouraging more Māori to consider a career in Mental Health. Rather than focus on a narrow range of core disciplines these programmes have recognised the need for active and broad Māori involvement within the […]
Strengthening Public Health Contracts: Results from a National Survey (with focus on Māori Organisations)
Description In 2010 and 2015 nationwide surveys monitored government management of public health providers. These surveys found evidence of inconsistent management which disadvantaged Māori providers, consistent with institutional racism. In Dec 2019 to March 2020 a follow-up nationwide telephone survey was completed. Public health units, primary health organisations, Māori health providers and non-governmental organisations with […]
Māori NGO perspective to proposed Health & Disability System Changes
Description Inspired by the Health and Disability System Review, Waitangi Tribunal Claims (Wai 1315 & 2575) and the Hauora Report. This report provides a Māori perspective of the potential implications of proposed health and disability system reforms on the Māori NGO sector. The proposed changes for the health and disability system reform are wide-ranging and […]
Ko Tōku Ara Rā Aotearoa, Our Journey, New Zealand COVID 19 2020
Description The investigation into COVID-19 approaches for Indigenous people including Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa, New Zealand) has been limited and or inconsistent. For these reasons, it is important to capture the following challenges and particularly the success for Māori as presented over the past four months. Ko tōku ara rā, Aotearoa COVID-19 2020 encompasses […]
Kimihia te Aronga a Hine Workforce Survey Report 2020
Description In 2019 Te Rau Ora with its partners Ngā Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa and CountiesManukau Health District Health Board (DHB), was tasked by the Ministry of Health todevelop the evidence base to inform workforce priorities with a focus on Māori women,babies, children, and whānau (families). Rapua te Aronga a Hine: The Māori MidwiferyWorkforce in […]
Te Aronga-a-Hine Consolidated Summary of Evidence and Recommendations September 2020
Description Te Rau Ora, Ngā Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa and Counties Manukau Health (District Health Board), presented a comprehensive proposal to the Ministry of Health – Health Workforce New Zealand to establish a National Māori Maternal and Child Health Workforce Strategy to ameliorate the Māori health and workforce differences by expanding the Māori maternal health […]
Te Aronga-a-Hine Consolidated Summary of Evidence and Recommendations September 2020
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Whaia te Aronga a Hine a Ngā Kaiwhakawhānau Māori
Description This report is a culmination of Ngā Maia Māori midwives’ undertakings to bring the‘voices’ of Māori midwives to the fore, to acknowledge their ‘mana’ and ‘authority’ to identifythe rightful place of mātauranga Māori birthing and to shape the evidence to inform Māoriworkforce development priorities, with a focus on hapu Māori māmā, their pēpi and […]
Whaia te Aronga a Hine Ngā Māmā Report 2020
Description In response to the rising pressure on the maternity workforce and increase demands fromMāori to have a health system that meets Te Tiriti obligations and address the unacceptable health inequities, Te Rau Ora in partnership with Ngā Maia Māori MidwivesAotearoa (New Zealand) and Counties Manukau Health District Health Board (DHB), weretasked by the Ministry […]
Rapua te Aronga-a-Hine: The Māori Midwifery Workforce
Description Turbulence and change are key themes in the history of the maternity care system and the evolution of midwifery in Aotearoa New Zealand (Aotearoa) that is admired around the world. The midwifery profession has been heavily influenced by systems and structures that have pervaded Aotearoa society since the arrival of British migrants who were […]