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He Ora Pai: We deserve to live a good life!
Consistently, young people, males and Māori have experienced disproportionately high rates of suicide in Aotearoa since these losses have been counted. For Māori, the loss to suicide has affected many whānau, with losses amongst our youth and young adults, in both...
E rere tonu te waka: Insights from the first journey of Waka Hourua
’E Rere tonu te waka’ is a report that was written by the Waka Hourua Leadership Group, representing insights and learnings from the first three year journey of the first National Māori and Pasifika Suicide Prevention Programme in New Zealand. It was an important...
It just takes someone to reach out
Waiata are powerful medium to express how we are feeling, it is one of the most creative and often spiritual methods of sharing stories and giving messages. Two years ago, Maimoa created this beautiful bilingual waiata, ‘we are human’. It recognises depression and...
Waka Hourua: An Agenda for Community Led Suicide Prevention
At Hui Fono 2019, Sir Mason Durie presented 10 key priorities for supporting people in tough times by using the acronym Waka Hourua. The agenda was proposed to add to the current knowledge about suicide prevention and to bring together priorities for all those...
Relationship break ups are physical & emotional.
Māori are innately a relationships people influenced by generations of knowledge, practices and beliefs of whānaungatanga. This is a deliberate practice of connectedness, often yearned for in contemporary times, where Māori will engage with others, to affirm...
Health Benefits of a Strong Cultural Identity
For generations, Māori emphasised the health benefits of possessing and sustaining a strong cultural identity. Knowing who your people are, where they come from and participating in cultural activities are well evident in promoting a sense of belonging, self-worth...
Economic Inequality is a social determinant to Wellbeing
Whatever we call it, be it low socio economic status or poor determinants, poverty is multidimensional and can impact many components of wellbeing. We have to do more in Aotearoa to counteract the root cause and negative impacts of material and economic poverty upon...
Te Puni Kōkiri mo te Hauora Māori
A benchmark paper called “Positioning Te Puni Kōkiri for strategic impact” shows seven stages how Te Puni Kōkiri will improve Māori wellbeing and assure public sector agencies are effective for Māori. Te Puni Kōkiri will: commence a formal monitoring programme to...
Addressing the losses to Suicide in New Zealands Construction Workforce
Site Safe have been proactive in exploring what is occurring for their workforce, after recognising the sectors losses to suicide. A report called Suicide in New Zealand’s Construction Industry Workforce: Factors Identified in Coronial Reports can be read here...
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