TE POU MATAKANA
WHĀNAU ORA HUI 2014
Aligning Innovation to Whānau Success
Mason Durie
Whānau Ora Governance Group
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1984 Whānau Ora has emerged from a 30 year
period of Māori self determination – 19842004
(Hui Whakaoranga, Hui mo Waitangi, Hui Taumata )
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2009 Whānau Centred Initiatives Taskforce
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2010 Whānau Ora adopted by Government
 Governance Group and secretariat established
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2014 Commissioning Agencies
July 2014
A major milestone
Phase 2 of Whānau Ora sees
the emergence of three
Commissioning Agencies and
the disestablishment of the
Whānau Ora Governance
Group.
Hui Whakaoranga
Hui mo Waitangi
Hui Taumata
A response to:
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continuing disadvantage
and dependency
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service fragmentation
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cultural mismatch
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disappointing results
despite valuable initiatives
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disempowerment
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2007
The main objective is to construct an
evidence-based framework that will lead
to:
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Strengthened whānau capabilities
 An integrated approach to whānau wellbeing
 Collaborative relationships between state
agencies in relation to whānau services
 Relationships between government & community
agencies that are broader than contractual
 Improved cost-effectiveness and value for money
 Whanau self management
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Hon Tariana Turia
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An independent Trust reporting to Minister
A dedicated Whānau Ora appropriation
Whānau services linking social, cultural &
economic factors & building whānau capability
Whānau Ora services integrated & comprehensive
Measurable outcomes that contribute to whānau
empowerment
Importance of a cultural dimension to Whānau Ora
All government agencies commit to Whānau Ora
Regional expert panels established
1. Healthy whānau lifestyles
2. Full whānau participation in
society, education & the
economy
3. Confident whānau participation
in the Maori world
4. Whānau economic security
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6. Whānau cohesion
7. Realisation of Whānau
aspirations
Developing an approach that could:
 incorporate individually-oriented interventions
within a whānau context
 combine crisis management with capability
building
 measure results as well as volumes & processes
 balance NGO autonomy with community-wide
cooperation
 match sector-led initiatives with cross-sector
collaboration.
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Minister Whānau Ora
Governance Group
 (3 Community appointments,+ CEOs TPK, MoH ,MSD)
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Regional Leadership Groups (10)
Provider Collectives
Whānau Ora Champions
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TPK - Host Whanau Ora
TPK, MoH, MSD - provide administrative and
research services
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Regional leadership Groups
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Te Waipounamu
Takitimu
Te Arawa
Te Tai Hauaruru
Tamaki Makaurau
Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Te Tairawhiti
Te Moana a Toi
Waikato
Te Tai Tokerau
Provider Collectives - 33
 Whanau Navigators
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The WIIE Fund (Integration, Innovation, Engagement)
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Action research
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Whānau co-ordination
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Facilitation
Mediation
Advocacy
Future planning
Brokering best possible services and
resources to empower whānau and whānau
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Health services, especially Primary Health Care
Communication technology
Education
Marae
Sport & recreation
Financial expertise …
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Integrated development
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Distinctive pathways
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Goals that empower
An integrated approach recognises that economic,
social, cultural and environmental dimensions are
all part of a whānau experience and one
dimension cannot be adequately progressed
without the others.
Poutama
Recognition of
Mātauranga Māori
Māori perspectives,
Iwi endeavours for whānau
Māori community leadership
Māori initiatives in health, education, social services
Māori language and culture
Whānau leadership
Whānau Ora is about addressing the
impacts of whānau disadvantage as well as
assisting families to be strong, capable,
resilient and self-managing
Whanau Ora is about unleashing the
potential within all whānau
Te Putahitanga o
Ngā Iwi o
Te Wai Pounamu
To recognise efforts of
 the Regional
Leadership Groups
 the participating
Ministries
 the ‘pioneer’
provider collectives
 the Whānau Ora
champions
GG Former
Members
Leith Comer
Stephen
McKeeney
Andrew
Bridgeman
Kevin Wood
Peter Hughes
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Geoff Short
Herewini Te Koha
Di Grennell
Mahinaarangi Wehipeihana
Teresa Wall
Gabrielle Baker
Murray Edridge
the Minister of Whānau Ora
for her wisdom, advocacy,
guidance and unswerving
conviction that whānau can be
the best navigators for their own
futures
Whānau Ora is well established - the approach
fits with Māori understandings of whānau and
there have been measurable benefits to
whānau.
The next phase will provide the impetus for
major whānau gains and for innovative
approaches that draw on past experience but
also incorporate new and emerging
opportunities.
The Governance Group has greatly appreciated the
efforts of the many who have worked to build
Whānau Ora into a model that has applications
across all New Zealand and across the world.
Our task has been greatly assisted by the
enthusiasm, energies, and optimism of our Minister,
providers, regional leaders, government officials,
agencies, researchers
And we are especially grateful to the many whānau
who have embraced the challenge of self
determination with confidence, fortitude and hope.
Kia ora koutou
Te Pou Matakana
Kia kaha
Kia maia
Kia ora
Ends