Key findings from engagement with Te Ohu Reo Manawataki o Ngāti Toa Rangatira
ĀATHPB held a hui with Te Ohu Reo Manawataki o Ngāti Toa Rangatira, in December 2024. This was an opportunity for ĀATHPB to wānanga with reo and tikanga experts about the intricates of waiata, reo-ā-tinana, haka, poi, wairuatanga both marae-based and competition-based and how this influences the oranga of Ngāti Toa iwi and hapori. The kōrero kanohi ki te kanohi from within our communities is helping to enrich our understanding of why many health inequities persist as well as pointing to what can be done – their insights into the things that would make a difference.
Manaaki Agreement Signing Strengthening Partnerships between Tū Ora Compass Health and Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board
There were smiles and excitement leading up to Christmas 2024 as the Tū Ora Board Chair, Debbie Chin, and Executive Chair Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board, Hikitia Ropata, signed a Manaaki Agreement.
Te Ikaroa Hauora Rangahau wānanga
26 November 2024
A successful wānanga with contractual objectives achieved, Kotahitanga of Te Ikaroa IMPBs has been strengthened, identifying shared rangahau priorities leading to potential development of a collective rangahau strategy , Te Whatu Ora support with research to data access and rangahau funding would enable this.
0:00 – 3:40 Executive Chair of Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board (ĀATHPB)
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Ātiawa Toa Health Profile – Volume 1
The kōrero kanohi ki te kanohi from within our communities is helping to enrich our understanding of why many health inequities persist as well as pointing to what can be done – their insights into the things that would make a difference. In doing so, we acknowledge the legacy of work associated with Māori-led health data reporting to date – from the seminal Hauora series to Tatau Kahukura and the 2015 District Health Board Māori Health Profiles, this report continues the commitment to excellence that Māori communities and whānau both need and deserve.
Ātiawa Toa Health Profile – Volume 2
We are pleased to present Volume Two of the Iwi-Māori Partnership Board Health Profiles. Together with Volume One, completed in late 2023, these two reports represent the most up-to-date snapshot of Māori health for the health sector.
We acknowledge the legacy of work associated with Māori-led health data reporting to date, from the seminal Hauora series to Tatau Kahukura and the 2015 District Health Board Māori Health Profiles, this volume continues the commitment to excellence that Māori communities and whānau both need and deserve.
About Iwi Māori Partnership Boards (IMPBs)
Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards (IMPB):
- represent local needs and aspirations of whānau Māori living in their takiwā
- support the delivery of services and public health interventions within their respective rohe
- represent connected communities who are best placed to understand their needs to a future of pae ora (healthy futures).
It is the work that happens within their respective rohe that will make a difference.
The functions of IMPBs are outlined in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act.
- Engage with whānau and hapū on regional health needs, and communicate the results and insights from that engagement to Health NZ.
- Evaluate the current state of hauora Māori in their rohe of responsibility to determine priorities for improving hauora Māori.
- Work with Health NZ in developing priorities for improving hauora Māori.
- Report on the hauora Māori activities of Health NZ to Māori in the area covered by the iwi-Māori partnership board.
They play a key role in working with Health NZ to understand the health needs of the communities in their area. They will also have critical input into local planning.
Health NZ's role
Health NZ has a statutory obligation to engage and support IMPBs. They also have an obligation to engage with IMPBs when determining health priorities for Māori.
How IMPBs will make a difference for Māori
IMPBs are the most visible and recognised expression of tino rangatiratanga in the new system and reflect Te Tiriti partnership in a practical way.
They strengthen the overall health system to ensure Māori voices are heard in decision-making that affects Māori health.
There are 15 IMPBs
- Te Taumata Hauora o Te Kahu o Taonui — Tai Tokerau-Tāmaki (Northland and North, West and Central)
- Ngaa Pou Hauora oo Taamaki Makaurau — South Auckland
- Te Tiratū — Waikato-Tainui
- Te Moana a Toi, Mataatua — Bay of Plenty
- Tairāwhiti Toitū Te Ora. — Tairāwhiti
- Te Taura Ora ō Waiariki — Te Arawa (Rotorua)
- Tūwharetoa — Tūwharetoa (Taupō)
- Te Punanga Ora — Taranaki
- Te Mātuku — Whanganui
- Tihei Tākitimu — Tākitimu (Hawkes Bay)
- Te Pae Oranga o Ruahine o Tararua — Manawatū
- Te Karu o te Ika Poari Hauora — Wairarapa
- Ātiawa Toa — Greater | Te Upoko o te Ika (Wellington, Hutt, Porirua and Kāpiti)
- Te Kāhui Hauora o Te Tau Ihu — Nelson and Marlborough
- Te Tauraki — Ngāi Tahu (South Island, except Nelson or Marlborough)
How the IMPBs were established and recognised
IMPBs are established through a 3-step process that encompasses tikanga and mana motuhake.
The following mentions Te Aka Whai Ora, The Māori Health Authority, which is now disestablished. Ministry of Health and the Director General of Health are now responsible for the roles Te Aka Whai Ora held.
Appoint
IMPB members are nominated by local iwi-Māori. Those nominations were then mandated by iwi and mana whenua. Each Board also include representatives from:
- iwi
- mātāwaka – local Māori who live in an area they might not whakapapa to
- community members with relevant hauora expertise.
Support
Te Aka Whai Ora supported the development of their constitutional and governance arrangements to comply with the Pae Ora Act.
Approve
The Board of Te Aka Whai Ora:
- considered whether the emerging IMPBs met the criteria in the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022
- advised the Minister of Health they were satisfied all criteria had been met.
The Minister recommends an Order in Council and that recommendation is signed by the Governor General. The IMPBs were formally listed Section 31 Recognition of iwi-Māori partnership Boards.
Iwi Māori Partnership Boards (IMPBs) as at 30 June 2024