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Māori, Equity and Health Improvement / Te Puna Oranga

Mihi

Ka tū whera te tatau pounamu o te Ao
E takoto te whāriki o te Atua ki mua i a tātou
He hōnore, he korōria ki te Atua
He maungārongo ki te whenua
He whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa
Ka huri te kei o te waka ki te Kīngi a Tūheitia
Me te whare Kāhui Ariki whānau whānui tonu
Mā te Atua e tiaki, e manaaki i a rātou
Me ngā whakaaro tonu ki ngā mate o te wā
Takoto mai, moe mai koutou, haere, haere, haere
Kāti rātou ki a rātou, tātou ki a tātou
Nō reira, he korowai rau whero o te whare Waiora o Waikato
Haere mai, Haere mai
Nau mai.

The green stone door to the world opens
The whariki of God is laid before us
All honour and glory be to God
May there be peace on Earth
And good will to all people
The keel of our waka turns to King Tuheitia
And the house hold of the Kahui Ariki
May God care and bless them
Our thoughts turn to those who have passed on recently
Rest in peace sleep in peace depart journey on
Let the dead be separated from us the living
Therefore to our distinguished guests gathered here
Welcome, welcome,
Welcome.

 

The establishment of a Māori, Equity and Health Improvement directorate in late 2020 / early 2021 reflects Waikato DHB’s desire to drive improvements in equity and health outcomes, especially for our Māori and Pacific communities.

The directorate includes

  • Public Health (Public health advisory and development (PHAD), health promotion and health protection teams, and four Medical Officers of Health)
  • Māori Health Services / Te Puna Oranga - including kaitiaki and kaitakawaenga, and the Whare Ora and Hapū Wānanga programmes
  • Māori Health Innovation, Strategy, and Research – including the Harti Hauora project and the development of Māori and public health research capability
  • Māori Workforce Development – including the PunaWaiora programme
  • Suicide Prevention and Postvention, including a specific role for Māori suicide postvention, recognising the relationship to public health and the high rate of suicide among Māori
  • A new director of Pacific Health, recognising that Waikato has the second highest Pacific population in AotearoaNew Zealand
  • A role that leads tikanga best practice and improvedtikanga capability across Waikato DHB services and staff, working closely with Kaumātua Kaunihera, the group of elders who guide and advise Waikato DHB on matters of tikanga.The role will also strengthen our engagement with Iwi/Māori and the Kīngitanga.


Programmes and research delivered by the Maori Health, Equity and Health Improvement directorate include:

• Kaitiaki cultural support
• Kaitakawaenga cultural support for mental health services
• Whare Ora Health Homes Programme
• Hapū Wānanga: Kaupapa Māori pregnancy education
• Harti Hauora research study
• Puna Waiora
• Te Roopu Rautaki

 

Public Health - https://www.waikatodhb.health.nz/your-health/public-health-services-and-alerts/

Suicide Prevention - https://www.waikatodhb.health.nz/your-health/wellbeing-in-the-waikato/suicide-prevention/ and

Key personnel

Riki Nia Nia
Executive Director Māori, Equity and Health Improvement

Hemi Curtis
Pou Herenga

Location

Hockin Building, Waiora Waikato Hospital Campus, Pembroke Street, Hamilton

Contact

Phone: 07 839 8899 

Kaitiaki Frontline Service offers cultural support for Maaori and their whaanau, who are accessing General Hospital services in Waiora Waikato, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti, Thames and Taumaranui hospitals.

When Māori turoro/patients and their whaanau need Kaitiaki intervention/support ask your ward staff to make a referral to Kaitiaki.

What is the role of Kaitiaki?

  • To offer hauora advice and understanding about your clinical cares, treatment and discharge pathway whilst being a patient keeping your Māori beliefs, values and cultural practices intact.
  • To offer guidance and advice regarding your loved one being Tupapaku/ deceased, understanding Coroners process but still maintaining Māori beliefs, values and cultural practices.
  • To offer korero Kanohi ki te kanohi and recommendations for Māori patients during their admission in hospital.
  • To connect patients to other hospital services that can help them whilst they are in hospital
  • To connect patient and whānau to external support services.


John Kopa
Pou Whakahaere
Phone 021 806 171

Waiora Waikato Hospital ward Kaitiaki

  • Dale Marriott - Kaitiaki IC
  • Sharlene Henry
  • Amanda Gawith

Breast screening

  • Hineiri Rangitutia

Oral Health

  • TBF

Afterhours

  • Kahutia Nikora

Children Development Centre

  • Alison Leota

Thames Hospital

  • Susan King

Taumarunui, Te Kuiti Hospital

  • Marama Holland

Tokoroa Hospital

  • Tumanako (William) Haumaha

Complaints

If you have a complaint, stop, think, ask for complaint form, fill in, and be brief to the point, time, and detail how many persons involved, date, and your contact detail. Put in envelope provided and hand to staff or Kaitiaki.

Thank you your complaint helps us be better connected and better providers.

Patients and their whānau can be put in touch with the Kaitakawaenga team by asking ward staff to refer them, or by ringing the team leader.

What is the role of Kaitakawaenga?

  • To provide cultural support to tangata whaiora and their whānau on admission to the Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre and within Waikato DHB’s Mental Health and Addiction Services.
  • As part of multidisciplinary teams, to help tangata whaiora and their whānau through their journey of care at Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre.
  • To identify and address ways to improve service delivery to Māori.

Millie Berryman
Team Leader

Phone 021 341 209

For Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre (acute adult wards and Puawai) and CAHT (Crisis and Home Treatment Team)

  • Tapi Rippey
  • George Smiler
  • Te Aroha Ngapo
  • Zane Hohua
  • Awarua Karena
  • Ihaka Stanley
  • Lionel Wairau

Whare Ora is our Healthy Homes programme operating in the Waikato DHB district. The objective of the programme is to create safe, healthy, warm homes for children and families.

The team partner with public health nurses and Māori providers to do healthy home assessments with whānau. The whānau then work with Whare Ora to confirm actions plans and way forward.

To find out more and check if you are eligible, click here. 

Vicki Phelwasher
Project Manager Whare Ora Healthy Homes

Phone 021 329 084

  • Haylee Simon
  • Michelle Paekau
  • Ezra Dixon
  • Gabrielle Swift
  • Vicki Phelwasher
  • Saffron Paekau
  • Lynda Thompson
  • Hapū Wānanga are series of FREE kaupapa Māori Pregnancy Education Wānanga. This team also provides Safe Sleep Education and distribution of Safe Sleep interventions throughout the Waikato Region. Email us on hapuwananga@waikatodhb.health.nz

Wānanga Facilitators

  • Libby Gray
  • Karen Palmer 
  • Vaialasa Tolovae

Safe Sleep Coordinator

  • Teia Grant-Jaram - 027 284 7568

Research projects

We currently have three Health Research Council funded projects running in the Māori, Equity, Strategy and Research (MESR) team.

  • The determinants of health for Māori mothers and adults with chronic disease (3 years, ends March 2024)
  • WHIRI: Whānau Hauora Integrated Response Initiative - Pandemic system redesign to maximise Māori health gains (2 years, ends June 2023)
  • Māori communities in project governance - health research outcomes (1 year, ends June 2022)

Research team

Dr Amy Jones
Project Manager

Phone 021 343 9715

Research staff

  • Lynley Uerata
  • Tina Baty
  • Vanessa Burrett
  • Deanne King
  • Reigna Morgan
  • Nikki Barrett

The purpose of Puna Waiora is to pipeline Māori into the health workforce. The programme targets Māori either attending a wharekura / secondary school within the Waikato DHB catchment; or enrolled in a health related programme with a tertiary provider.

Wikiwira Pokiha
Kaiwhakahaere – Team Leader

Phone 0225409608

  • Tia Lawrence

 

Te rōpū Rautaki is the strategic arm of Te Puna Oranga. We provide guidance and feedback on Māori Health and equity documents to ensure the Waikato DHB meet its equity obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We ensure there is a Māori voice and influence in service design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation. We challenge racism, biases and descrimination in the organisation

Justine Critteden
Kaiwhakahaere – Team Leader

  • Nicola Birch
  • Te Okahurangi Ngahana-Hartley
  • Areta Ranginui-Charlton
  • Reigna Morgan

Applications are now open for the Waikato DHB Hauora Māori Training Fund 2022!

The Hauora Māori Training Fund is a workforce development fund for the Māori health and disability workforce.

This fund is in place to support Māori health outcomes, increase participation and leadership in the Māori Health Workforce.

WHO IS IT FOR? (ELIGIBILITY)

  • Currently employed by DHB, Health/Disability service or by a service funded by this DHB, MoH, Iwi/Māori providers and other rural healthcare.
  • Demonstrate a commitment to and/or competence in Māori Health or Disability studies.
  • Whakapapa and/or cultural links with Te Ao Māori and Māori Communities.
  • NZ citizen or hold a NZ residency permit, have evidence of support by their current employer to meet requirements.

TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Training programmes will be accredited by NZQA. Lead to a nationally accredited qualification at levels 2-7 and be provided at certificate, diploma or graduate certificate and degree levels

What does it cover?

  • Tuition Fees
  • Backfill of Position
  • Course-related costs
  • Funding will be determined on a case by case basis

If you are interested in applying for this funding or want to know more, please email;
MāoriSupportNetwork@waikatodhb.health.nz