Kaupapa
Māori Public Health Leadership
Oranga Whenua, Oranga Tangata (Healthy Environments, Healthy Lives)
Māori Public Health Leadership
Our leadership work in Māori public health falls under Te Kura Whanake, highlighting our responsibility to develop while remaining anchored in ancestral knowledge. The advancement of indigenous sovereignty within our whānau, hapū, and iwi that enables hapori to have autonomy over their health and wellbeing is critical to us. Providing Māori Public Health leadership advances Māori health equity and empowers our hapori to realise their hauora goals. By continuing the legacy of strong Māori leadership, Māori public health fosters impactful, intergenerational change that will persist through time.
Hāpai champions Māori public health leadership by facilitating national coordination and sector-wide efforts and elevating community leadership. We strive to enhance the capacity of the Māori health workforce while also nurturing community-driven innovation and leadership dedicated to creating an environment that enhances Māori health capabilities and deepens engagement in health sector reform.
What Hāpai is doing in this space
Hāpai advances public health and continues the legacy of our tupuna by creating environments in which whānau and communities thrive in all the areas of our Hāpai kura.
This is achieved in numerous ways, including:
- Policy & advocacy
- Coordinating and delivering health promotion
- Determining a framework for the delivery of health promotion through the development and implementation of ‘Māori Ora Mauri Ora’, which is culturally appropriate to its Māori stakeholders
- Raising the awareness of public health issues at the Iwi, hapū and whānau levels.
- Providing strategic advice on public health issues that directly impact the health outcome for Māori
- Advocating for improvement in Māori health outcomes through public health and health promotion, networking and linking with the wider public health sector
- Public Health campaigns and media
LATEST UPDATES
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Community Voices Needed to Challenge Legislative Threats to Māori Wellbeing
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New local alcohol policy paves the way for a safer, healthier Tāmaki Makaurau
Hāpai Te Hauora welcomes the second stage of Auckland’s new local alcohol policy, which comes into effect today. The policy is a crucial step toward reducing alcohol-related harm across the Auckland region and supports ongoing efforts to create healthy environments which allow whānau and hapori to flourish.
Reimagining Maori Public Health: Oranga Whenua, Oranga Tangata Symposium to Drive Transformative Change
The Oranga Whenua Oranga Tangata Symposium, hosted by Hāpai Te Hauora, will bring together community leaders, innovators, and stakeholders to explore culturally grounded solutions for improving Māori health. This event redefines public health through a Te Ao Māori lens, emphasising the interconnectedness between iwi development, education, media, whānau ora, te reo and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, among other areas.