Te Hono o te Kahurangi: Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Diploma in Kaupapa Māori Public Health (Level 6)
Version
1
Qualification type
Diploma
Level
6
Credits
120
NZSCED
061304
Health > Public Health > Hauora (Māori Health)
DAS classification
349
Māori > Hauora
Qualification developer
NZQA Māori Qualifications Services
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
Dd Mmmm YYYY
This qualification is intended for those who have advanced knowledge of Te Ao Māori
and extensive experience working with Māori communities who are seeking a
specialised qualification to work independently/without supervision in Kaupapa Māori
Public Health.
Strategic
purpose
statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide whānau, hapū, iwi, marae, and Māori
communities including sector services with competent practitioners who can apply
skills and knowledge to demonstrate self-management within a Kaupapa Māori Public
Health context.
Whānau, hapū, iwi, marae, and Māori communities will benefit from having graduates
who are able to lead and advance the principles of Kaupapa Māori Public Health to
strengthen whānau decision making, management and empower them to take control
of their social, economic, cultural, and collective wellbeing.
Graduates of this qualification will be able to use their knowledge and skills based on
te Ao Māori concepts to lead, promote, and enhance the principles of Kaupapa Māori
Public Health.
Explanatory Note: Kaupapa Māori Public Health
Kaupapa Māori Public Health simply blends two well established theoretical frameworks
together, (Kaupapa Māori and Public Health), to enable Māori health to be analysed and
addressed within the wider NZ population. It also provides a framework that focusses on
the determinants of health , which realistically aligns with the health needs and realities
of whānau, hapū, iwi, and Māori communities . The fundamental principles of Public
Health also align with the Māori principles of Te Oranaga, Mauriora, Whānau Ora,
Toiora, Waiora, Ngā Manukura and Te Mana Whakahaere.
Guiding
Principles
Whānau Ora
This kaupapa places whānau at the centre of decision making and sector service
delivery that is distinctly built on Māori cultural foundations. It recognises whānau as a
collective entity, and endorses whānau capacity for self-determination. Kaupapa Māori
Public Health (KMPH) also highlights the cohesive and interdependent relationships of
whānau, hapū and iwi, and asserts that whānau aspirations are reflective in the delivery
of KMPH community initiatives. The organised efforts at hapū, iwi and community levels
can be expected to provide significant benefits to whānau and to individual members.
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Te Oranga (Participation in Society)
This kaupapa is dependent on the terms under which Māori participate in society and on
the confidence with which they can, for example, access good health services, or the
school of their choice, or sport and recreation. The aim of Kaupapa Māori Health is to
broaden the boundaries of Māori participation in society so that they can participate in
raising the economy, improving education, increading employment and extending the
knowledge of society to include the strengths of Māori society. All social indicators of
Māori wellbeing rests with full Māori participation in the economy, education,
employment, justice and other areas where Māori health profile indicators note Māori
health disparities.
Mauriora (Cultural Identity)
This kaupapa refers to feeling safe to explore the cultural identity and inner strength and
vitality of an individual, whānau, hapū, iwi and/or Māori community. Māori interaction
with the environment,their cultural expressions and endorsement within
societys’institutions is therefore essential. Entry to and involvement in learning of tribal
lore, te reo, tikanga and kawa strongly embraces Mauriora. Acknowledgement,
recognition and understanding of legal obligations, systems, procedures, compliances
and ethics is also an important responsibility.
Waiora (Physical Environment)
This kaupapa highlights the inseparable and enduring relationship between Māori and
their natural environment. Waiora embraces both the physical and spiritual elements
that connect Māori to their environments e.g. land, sea, air, rivers, lakes, mountains and
forests, and facilitates access by Maori to the Maori world of knowledge, understanding,
and cultural expressions and institutions. Promoting the protection and sustainability of
the physical environment is essential, as is the importance of ensuring opportunities for
Māori to interact with their natural environment is maximised.
Toi Ora (Healthy Lifestyles)
This kaupapa supports the development, strengthening and maintenance of Māori
healthy lifestyles towards reducing the preventable consequences of unhealthy lifestyles
e.g. eating habits, alcohol and drugs, unsafe roadway practices (seatbelts, helmets),
tobacco, and sedentary habits. Protection from injury, self-harm, illness and influencing
legislation and health policy changes are major challenges facing KMPH promoters,
whose interventions and acitivities must be culturally responsive.
Ngā Manukura (Community Leadership)
This kaupapa is based on the principle of local leadership and is a critical success factor
in any community initiative and cannot be replaced by the important role of health
professionals regardless of technical or professional qualifications. Relational and
collaborative approaches must be adopted as no single group has sufficient expertise to
encompass the range of skills and necessary linkages necessary for transformative
change. Self-determination is a key object in realtion to whānau, hapū, iwi, marae, and
community populations, and supports the development of distinct and unique Māori
world-view initiatives and interventions.
Te Mana Whakahaere (Autonomy – Leadership in Health)
This kaupapa assures whānau, hapū, iwi, marae and community are able to demonstrate
a level of autonomy and self-determination in promoting their own health. Maintaining
the balance of KMPH leadership so not to unwittingly compromise this autonomy is very
important. Te Mana Whakahaere appropriately demonstrates the balance of the KMPH
worker leadership role when working with the range of leaders and population groups in
the community.
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Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
Graduate
profile
Education
pathway
Employment
pathway
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Lead the promotion and practice of Whānau Ora principles in a Kaupapa Māori
Public Health context to enable positive health and well-being outcomes for
whānau, hapū, iwi, marae, and Māori communities;

Demonstrate the principles of Te Oranga to lead the development and
presentation of a strategy that will contribute to the participation, confidence, and
optimal health and well-being of whānau, hapū, iwi, marae, and Māori
communities;
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Work collaboratively to implement, monitor and review a promotional plan that is
likely to strengthen and enhance the concepts of Mauriora amongst whānau,
hapū, iwi, marae, and Māori communities;
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Demonstrate the principles of Waiora to incorporate kawa and tikanga concepts
into professional practice in a Kaupapa Māori Public Health context.

Demonstrate the principles of Toiora in the design and implemention of Māori
community research to promote and contribute to collaborative, positive health
outcomes for whānau, hapū, iwi, marae and Māori communities;
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Reinforce the principles of Ngā Manukura to adopt a collaborative approach with
local Māori leaders to effect positive change to improve the health and well -being
of whānau, hapū, iwi, marae, and Māori communities;
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Provide leadership and ensure the principles of Te Manawhakahaere are
maintained to develop an assessment tool that identifies and measures health
priorities for whānau, hapū, iwi, marae and Māori communities.
Graduates of this qualification may undertake study towards degree level qualifications in
Kaupapa Māori Health Care, Health Science and Health Care Promotion and
Management.
Graduates of this diploma will have the transferable skills and knowledge to potentially
secure roles as:
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Kaupapa Māori Public Health Manager
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Kaupapa Māori Manager in Planning and Funding
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Kaupapa Māori Public Health Environment Manager
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Health Contracts Manager
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Senior Health Adviser
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Senior Health Researcher
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Senior Health Analyst

Senior Health Manager.
The qualification provides a pathway for Graduates who want to specialise in the area of
Kaupapa Māori Public health:
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
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Lead the development of Kaupapa Māori Public Health based on kaupapa Māori
principles and practices.
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Lead and manage Kaupapa Māori Public Health initiatives that reaffirm the need to
care for our whakapapa and the future aspirations of whānau, and hapori Māori.
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Qualification specifications
This qualification will be awarded to people who have met the
requirements of the graduate outcomes.
Awarding bodies for this qualification will be any education
organisation accredited under section 38 of the Education
Amendment Act 2011 to deliver an approved programme leading
to the qualification.
Qualification award
The certificate will display the NZQF logo and the name and logo
of the tertiary education organisation (TEO) offering the training
leading to the award of the qualification, the full qualification title,
NZQA reference number, and the date of award of the
qualification.
If the TEO has been awarded the MMEQA Qual Mark for a
programme of study leading to this qualification, the certificate will
also display the Mātauranga Māori Quality Assurance Mark.
The process for ensuring consistency of Kaupapa Māori Public
Health graduate profiles will be evidence-based, outcomesfocussed, and grounded in the MM EQA kaupapa Māori principles:
Te Reo Māori, Tikanga, Whanaungatanga, Manaakitanga,
Pūkengatanga, Kaitiakitanga, Rangatiratanga, Tūrangawaewae.
Evidence for consistency
Each education organisation is responsible for preparing a
summary self-assessment report which uses evidence to
demonstrate how well its graduates meet the graduate profile
outcomes at the appropriate threshold.
Evidence of the following must be provided for Kaupapa Māori
Public Health consistency events:
Evidence requirements for
assuring consistency
 Effective internal and external moderation processes, including
internal moderation results relating to graduate outcomes
 Feedback and actions taken by the education organisation in
response to feedback
- must include feedback from graduates, current students,
tutors/assessors, and graduate destinations (such as
employers, next programme provider, the community/other
stakeholders)
 Samples of assessment materials
 Samples of Learner assessments/work
 Programme completion data and course results
 Moderation outcomes which may include
moderation/benchmarking across common programmes
 Relevant MM EQA external evaluation and review data where
applicable
Evidence of the following may be provided for the consistency
event:
 Kaupapa Māori Public Health programme evaluation reports
 Portfolios of work
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Credit transfer and recognition of
prior learning arrangements
Benchmarking with other providers
Site visit reports
Other relevant and reliable evidence.
Employer surveys
Graduate surveys
Whānau, hapū, iwi, and/or hapori surveys.
To facilitate credit transfer, education organisations must clearly
demonstrate the equivalency or comparability between each of the
outcomes in the graduate profile, and the assessment components
of their programmes.
Education organisations must have policies and procedures in
place for managing credit transfer, and assessing recognition of
prior learning and recognition of current competency. These
policies and procedures, and associated fees must be available to
candidates prior to enrolment.
Assessment standards already achieved by the candidate, which
are specified in this qualification, may be credited to the
qualification.
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory
body or legislative requirements)
The minimum standard of achievement required for award of the
qualification will be the achievement of all of the outcomes in the
graduate profile through successful completion of an NZQA
approved programme.
There are no mandatory prerequisites to meet regulatory body, or
legislative requirements for this qualification.
Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme
structure
The context for the delivery of programmes leading to the award of the
New Zealand Diploma in Kaupapa Māori Public Health (Level 6) actively
supports Māori preferred ways of teaching, learning, learning support, and
pastoral care.
This qualification is distinctively Māori, and while the skills and knowledge
will be transferable, this qualification is custom-designed specifically for
application in Māori contexts. The term kaupapa Māori includes te reo me
ngā tikanga ā-hapū, or ā-iwi.
Conditions for programme
context
The programme must have in place appropriate mechanisms/protocols, to
ensure tangata whenua and/or mana whenua associated with a wāhi tapu
or Māori heritage and sites of cultural significance are engaged, involved
and consulted at all times.
Mechanisms/protocols may include, but are not limited to:
 Memorandum of Partnership
 Relationship strategy and supporting operational policies and
requirements in place
 Designated Māori relationship role/position.
 Provisions for Kaumātua or whānau, hapū or iwi knowledge holders
acting in an advisory capacity.
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Ngā Mātāpono
The Mātāpono adopted for the Kaupapa Māori Public Health Suite of qualifications
are taken from “Te Pae Māhutonga”, a Māori Model of Health developed by
Mason Durie.
Te Pae Māhutonga
To bring together the elements of modern health promotion in a cohesive manner
it is useful to examine the well-known celestial body, Te Pae Māhutonga. Te Pae
Māhutonga is the name for the constellation of stars popularly referred to as the
Southern Cross. It is visible low in the night sky and identifies the magnetic south
pole. Te Pae Māhutonga has long been used as a navigational aid and is closely
associated with the discovery of Aotearoa and then New Zealand.
The constellation has four central stars arranged in the form of a cross, and there
are two stars arranged in a straight line which point towards the cross. They are
known as the two pointers. Because it is an icon of New Zealand, and because
To Pae Māhutonga has served as a guide for successive generations, it can also
be used as a symbolic map for bringing together the significant components of
health promotion, as they apply to Māori health, but as they
might also apply to other New Zealanders. The four central stars can be used to
represent the four key tasks of health promotion and might be named according to
reflect particular goats of health promotion: Mauriora, Waiora, Toiora, Te
Oranga. The two pointers are Ngā Manukura and Te Mana Whakahaere.
Mauriora
Access to te ao Māori
Mauriora rests on a secure cultural identity. Good health depends on many
factors, but among indigenous peoples the world over, cultural identity is
considered to be a critical prerequisite. Deculturation has been associated with
poor health whereas acculturation has been linked to good health. A goal of health
promotion therefore is to promote security of identity. In turn that goal requires the
facilitation of Māori entry into the Māori world. It is a sad commentary that perhaps
more than one half of Māori people have very inadequate access to the Māori
world. Land alienation is common enough so that fewer than one half of all Māori
have any ongoing links with tribal land; nor is access to a marae secure; and
fluency in Māori language is the
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province of a minority. In addition there are also reduced opportunities for cultural
expression and cultural endorsement within society’s institutions. Too many are
unable to have meaningful contact with their own language, customs, or
inheritance.
A task for health promotion is therefore to facilitate access to te ao Māori:
 access to language and knowledge
 access to culture and cultural institutions such as marae
 access to Māori economic resources such as land, forests, fisheries
 access to social resources such as whānau, Māori services, networks
 access to societal domains where being Māori is facilitated not hindered.
Waiora
Environmental Protection
The distinctions between waiora and mauriora are subtle but whereas mauriora
encompasses inner strength, vitality and a secure identity, waiora is linked more
specifically to the external world and to a spiritual element that connects human
wellness with cosmic, terrestrial and water environments. Good health is difficult to
achieve if there is environmental pollution; or contaminated water supplies, or
smog which blocks out the sun’s rays, or a night sky distorted by neon lighting, or
earth which is hidden by concrete slabs, or the jangle of steel which obliterates the
sound of birds. Something is lost when the spiritual connection between people
and the environment is felt second hand through a television screen or via a
computer simulation. Health promotion must take into account the nature and
quality of the interaction between people and the surrounding environment. It is
not simply a call for a return to nature, but an attempt to strike balance between
development and environmental protection and recognition of the fact that the
human condition is intimately connected to the wider domains of Rangi and Papa.
In this context health promotion is about harmonising people with their
environments. It is about protecting the environment so that:
 water is free from pollutants
 air can be breathed without fear of inhaling irritants or toxins
 earth is abundant in vegetation
 noise levels are compatible human frequencies and harmonies
 opportunities are created for people to experience the natural environment
Toiora
Healthy Ljfestyles
Major threats to health come from the risks that threaten health and safety and
have the capacity to distort human experience. Risk-laden lifestyles have wellknown and largely preventable consequences. Risks can be found in the patterns
of nutritional intake, the use of alcohol and drugs, unsafe roadway practices
(seatbelts, helmets), tobacco use, disregard for the safety of others, unprotected
sex, sedentary habits, reckless spending, and the use of unsound machinery,
including motor vehicles.
Protection from injury, self-harm, and illness are major challenges facing health
promoters. Too many Māori, young and old, are trapped in risk-laden lifestyles
and as a consequence will never be able to fully realise their potential. The loss to
Māori wealth, and to the wealth of the nation is correspondingly high. Further,
entrapment in lifestyles which lead to poor health and risk taking, is so closely
intertwined with poverty traps and deculturation that macro-solutions become as
important, if not more important, than targeted interventions at individual or
community levels.
Toiora, as distinct from mauriora and waiora, depends on personal behaviour. But
it would be an over simplification to suggest that everyone had the same degree of
choice regarding the avoidance of risks. Risks are highest where poverty is
greatest. Risks are high where risk-taking behaviour is the norm within a whānau
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or community. Risks are more pronounced in populations which are youthful.
Risks are increased if risk-taking behaviour is condoned or implicitly encouraged.
A shift from harmful lifestyles to healthy lifestyles requires actions at several levels
and the key areas for consideration include:
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harm minimisation
targeted interventions
risk management
cultural relevance
positive development
Te Oranga
Participation in Society
It is now well recognised that health promotion cannot be separated from the
socioeconomic circumstances. Wellbeing is not only about a secure cultural
identity, or an intact environment, or even about the avoidance of risks. It is also
about the goods and services which people can count on, and the voice they have
in deciding the way in which those goods and services are made available. In
short, wellbeing, te oranga, is dependent on the terms under which people
participate in society and on the confidence with which they can access good
health services, or the school of their choice, or sport and recreation. And while
access is one issue, decision making and a sense of ownership is another. There
is abundant evidence that Māori participation in the wider society falls
considerably short of the standards of a fair society. Disparities between Mäori
and non-Māori are well enough documented and confirm gaps on almost every
social indicator.
Health promotion is about enhancing the levels of wellbeing, te oranga, by
increasing the extent
of Māori participation in society:
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participation in the economy
participation in education
participation in employment
participation in the knowledge society
participation in decision making.
MEETING THE CHALLENGES
Health promotion is not the province of any one group nor is there a simple
formula which can always be applied. But if it is to be effective there are two
important prerequisites, ngā manukura (leadership) and Te Mana Whakahaere
(autonomy).
Nga Manukura
Leadership
Leadership in health promotion should reflect a combination of skills and a range
of influences. Regardless of technical or professional qualifications, unless there
is local leadership it is unlikely that a health promotional effort will take shape or
bear fruit. Health professionals have important roles to play but cannot replace the
leadership which exists in communities; nor should they. Moreover, given the
nature of health promotion and the several dimensions which must be taken into
account, there must be some co-ordination of effort. Health promotional leadership
will be more effective if a relational approach is fostered and alliances are
established between groups who are able to bring diverse contributions to health
promotional programmes. No single group has sufficient expertise to encompass
the range of skills and linkages necessary for effecting change. Often most
progress will be made simply by bringing the leaders together. In health promotion
there is no place for rigid sectoral boundaries, or institutional capture, or isolated
initiative.
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Health promotional workers form an important part of the leadership network. The
skills required for health promotion are quite different from those required for
personal treatment services. Importantly, health promotional workers must be able
to establish working alliances with a range of community and professional leaders.
Moreover they must be able to relate to communities in terms which make sense
to those communities. Sometimes cultural barriers will reduce the effectiveness of
campaigns; sometimes differences in socio-economic status will impose barriers.
And always the language used and the idiom with which messages are expressed
will be a key factor.
Leadership for health promotion needs to reflect:
 community leadership
 health leadership
 tribal leadership
 communication
 alliances between leaders and groups
Te Mana Whakahaere
Autonomy
No matter how dedicated and expertly delivered, health promotional programmes
will make little headway if they operate in a legislative and policy environment
which is the antithesis of health, or if programmes are imposed with little sense of
community ownership or control. Good health cannot be prescribed. Communities
— whether they be based on hapū, marae, iwi, whānau or places of residence —
must ultimately be able to demonstrate a level of autonomy and self determination
in promoting their own health. It is important therefore that health workers do not
assume such a high level of leadership that community autonomy is unwittingly
undermined.
Autonomy is reflected in the participation people have in health promotion and
their control over it. Autonomy is also evident in the unique aspirations of a
community. While official priorities might be at one level, quite different priorities
might be contained in the aspirations of a marae, or local community. And it goes
without saying that the processes adopted in health promotion - the way in which it
is done — should make sense to a particular community. No point in running an
elaborate health campaign if it is couched in a language or a style that bypasses
local custom. Further, in evaluating the success of a campaign, it is important that
the indicators used, the measures, are relevant to the group in question. The
capacity for self governance, not only for a specific health promotional programme
but more importantly for the affairs and destinies of a group are central to notions
of good health and positive wellbeing. Self governance should exist at several
levels-local, marae, hapu, iwi and at national levels. It does not necessarily mean
separatism or total independence – indeed collaboration and alliances are critical
in a small country such as New Zealand - but it does mean a capacity to organise
and assert a measure of control over future development. To the extent that self
governance is only occasionally realised, then opportunities for good health are
correspondingly limited.
The promotion of health therefore requires the promotion of autonomy:
 control
 recognition of aspirations
 relevant processes
 sensible measures
 self governance.
Other conditions
All programmes leading to a qualification approved under Te Hono o te Kahurangi
and listed on the NZQF, will be assessed under Mātauranga Māori Evaluative
Quality Assurance (Programmes of Study).
For the purposes of this qualification the following terms have been defined:
1. Kaupapa Māori.
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In its most basic form, Kaupapa Māori is referred to as the philosophy and
practice of being Māori: “It assumes taken for granted social, political,
historical, intellectual and cultural legitimacy of Māori people, in that it is a
position where Māori language, culture, knowledge and values are accepted in
their own right” (Smith, 1992, cited by Bishop, 1996, p.12).
This philosophy is most often expressed in the delivery of culturally appropriate
and relevant services to Māori in the education, health and welfare sectors.
These services are colloquially referred to as “by Māori, for Māori” according to
Durie (2001) and involve a number of defining characteristics including; the
use of cultural values, whānau participation, use of Māori language and
custom, outcomes measures relevant to Māori and a competent and
professional workforce. Mai review, 2008, 1, Target Article – Theoretical
underpinnings of Kaupapa Maori directed practice. - Anaru Eketone
(2008).
2. Public Health
Public health refers to "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging
life and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of
society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." It is
concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. The
population in question can be as small as a handful of people, or as large as
all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of
a pandemic). The dimensions of health can encompass "a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity", as defined by the United Nations' World Health Organization.
Public health incorporates the interdisciplinary approaches of
epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. Environmental
health,community health, behavioral health, health economics, public
policy,insurance medicine and occupational safety and health are other
important subfields.
The focus of public health intervention is to improve health and quality of life
through prevention and treatment of disease and other physical and mental
health conditions. This is done through surveillance of cases and health
indicators, and through promotion of healthy behaviors. Examples of common
public health measures include Promotion of hand washing, breastfeeding,
delivery of vaccinations, and distribution of condoms to control the spread
of sexually transmitted diseases.
Modern public health practice requires multidisciplinary teams of public health
workers and professionals including physicians specializing in public
health/community medicine/infectious disease, psychologistsepidemiologists,
biostatisticians, medical assistants or Assistant Medical Officers, public health
nurses, midwives,medical microbiologists, environmental health officers /
public health inspectors, pharmacists, dental hygienists,dietitians and
nutritionists, veterinarians, public health engineers, public health lawyers,
sociologists, community development workers, communications experts,
bioethicists, and others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_health 25/2/15.
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Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Programme Guidance/Conditions
Programmes should include the following key focus areas of
each outcome:
Mandatory
or Optional
Lead the promotion and
practice of Whānau Ora
principles in a Kaupapa
Māori Public Health
context to enable positive
health and well-being
outcomes for whānau,
hapū, iwi, marae, and
Māori communities.
(8 credits)
 Apply comprehensive communication skills and strategies
to manage relationships and foster whanaungatanga in a
Kaupapa Māori Public Health context.
 Research and provide analysis of the benefits to whānau
from population based approaches e.g their aspirations
are recognised.
 Show evidence of whānau leadership involvement in the
design, development and delivery of KMPH
initiatives/projects/programmes.
 Ensure access and input to information on
Cost/Benefit/Risk analysis of whānau driven initiatives.
Optional
Demonstrate the principles
of Te Oranga to lead the
development and
presentation of a strategy
that will contribute to the
participation, confidence,
and optimal health and
well-being of whānau,
hapū, iwi, marae, and
Māori communities.
(8 credits)
 Implementation of strategies reflect maximum extent of
Māori participation.
 Strategies monitored, reviewed and evaluated with
outcomes report accessible to whānau, hapū, iwi and
community.
 Active promotion of Māori leadership, ownership and
increased decision making in the development and
implementation of strategies.
 Implementation of strategies strongly demonstrate how the
social indicators e.g health, employment, welfare,
education, housing are addressed.
Optional
Work collaboratively to
implement, monitor and
review a promotional plan
that is likely to strengthen
and enhance the concepts
of Mauriora amongst
whānau, hapū, iwi, marae,
and Māori communities.
(10 credits)
 Initiatives increasing Māori cultural identity and outcome
evaluation measures agreed with the target audience i.e
whānau, hapū, iwi.
 Plans developed in collaboration with whānau, hapū, iwi
and/or community.
 Presentations of outcome evaluation are culturally and
socially responsive to whānau, hapū and iwi.
 Māori leadership involvement in monitoring and reviewing
of plans/programmes is evidenced.
Optional
 Demonstrate support of whānau, hapū or iwi involvement
in the work of environmental protection.
 Demonstrate promotion and support with whānau, hapū
and iwi of the importance of quality issues that directly
impact on marae, e.g drinking water, sanitary, dietary etc.
 Evidence of facilitation support for whānau, hapū, iwi or
community in accessing Māori institutions, events and
opportunities that increase Māori participation within te ao
Māori.
Optional
 Demonstrated ability to the gathering, analysis and use of
statistical data to inform practice in a Kaupapa Māori
Public Health context.
Optional
Qualification outcomes
Demonstrate the principles
of Waiora to incorporate
kawa and tikanga concepts
into professional practice in
a Kaupapa Māori Public
Health context.
(9 credits)
Demonstrate the principles
of Toiora in the design and
implemention of Māori
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community research to
promote and contribute to
collaborative, positive
health outcomes for
whānau, hapū, iwi, marae
and Māori communities.
(8 Credits)
Reinforce the principles of
Ngā Manukura to adopt a
collaborative approach with
local Māori leaders to
effect positive change to
improve the health and
well-being of whānau,
hapū, iwi, marae, and
Māori communities.
(8 credits)
Provide leadership and
ensure the principles of Te
Manawhakahaere are
maintained to develop an
assessment tool that
identifies and measures
health priorities for
whānau, hapū, iwi, marae
and Māori communities.
(9 credits)
 Implementation of healthy lifestyle promotional plans will
be responsively applicable at all levels i.e whānau, hapū,
iwi and community.
 Risk factors and harm minimisation strategies are explicitly
considered in the design, development and delivery of
promotional plans.
 Demonstrate s pecific strategy/s that focus on influencing
legislation and/or health policy in the promotion of
behaviour change.
 Maximum efforts to ensure whānau, hapū, iwi and
community leaders are actively involved in all stages of an
initiative/plan/project/programme.
 Demonstrate the sustainability of an
initiative/plan/project/programme within a whānau, hapū,
iwi and community setting.
 Maximum efforts to ensure whānau, hapū, iwi and
community leaders and alliances are strongly linked and
respectively connected.
 Communications demonstrate optimal effectiveness i.e
culturally, socially, technically responsive to all groups.
 Ownership (intellectually or otherwise) research,
information and findings from any
initiative/plan/project/programme to be culturally
considered e.g whānau, hapū, iwi access to,
guardian/proprietor of taonga (physical, intellectual,
spiritual etc).
Optional
Optional
 Cultural and social factors are inherent in the monitoring
and evaluation of all initiatives.
 Plans reflect the the importance of whānau, hapū, iwi
and/or autonomy and self determination.
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the: National Diploma in Hauora (Māori Health) [Ref:
1657]
The last date to meet the requirements of the replaced qualification will be 31 December 2017 at which time the
qualification will be discontinued. From that date no results can be reported against the qualification.
Learners currently enrolled in programmes working towards the replaced qualification may either complete the
requirenments by 31 December 2017 or transfer their results to the replacement New Zealand qualification.
It is the intention of Māori Qualifications Services that no existing Learner will be disadvantaged by these
transition arrangements. However, any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to:
Māori Qualifications Services
PO Box 160
Wellington 6140
Telephone: 04 463 3000
Email: mqs@nzqa.govt.nz
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