Whakatane “ waste not , want not ”
Whakatāne Hospital now has easy access to recycling bins thanks to a staff driven initiative .
The idea had been talked about in various circles for some time , and really gained momentum following the Whakatāne District Council ’ s revamped Kerbside Collection service which saw yellow lidded bins added late last year . This was introduced for paper and cardboard , plastic bags and plastic grades 1-7 and tin and aluminium cans . Leaving ‘ glass only ’ in the green crates sitting alongside .
Above : Kajal McCartin and Eilidh McGillivray sort out the rubbish .
Bureau Nurse Kajal McCartin thought that it was a good opportunity to establish a more co-ordinated recycling system at the hospital .
So she and colleagues Eilidh McGillivray and Jodie Skinner set to work to make it happen .
Team Co-ordinator Rehab Therapy & Acute OT , Te Koru Rehabilitation , Eilidh McGillivray says “ Parts of the hospital have always recycled but there has been no co-ordinated effort . That ’ s left some keen recyclers taking rubbish home with them .”
That ’ s no longer under the new system .
Blue and white recycling bins have been placed in about 17 key locations around the hospital such as staffrooms . Clear glass goes in the white bins and posters above the blue bins show what recyclable material should be thrown in there .
Letf : Orderly Doug Mika has been key to the success of the initiative and recently received a CARE certificate for his efforts .
Pohiri
By Director of Māori Health Services , Amohaere Tangitu .
The pohiri is the welcome ceremony . In some places it is referred to as the powhiri , this is usually the dialect for Te Arawa and Tainui tribes . For Ngāti Awa , our dialect is pohiri .
The term pohiri was developed when the creator recited the incantation chant Te Mauri o Te Ao . The life-force that was placed in the center of the cosmos and then this energy created Te Pō which means eternal darkness . From darkness the energy of life being created , the first shimmering of light then emerged light .
Hiri refers to the merging of the cosmo and darkness creating first light Te Ao Marama . Pohiri is the transition from the spiritual realm into the physical realm . On the marae , it is the transition of our Manuhiri being received as guests to being a part of the occasion of the day and being looked after by the Tangata Whenua ( home people ). The guests move from a state of being Manuhiri ( tapu ) then to noa , being received and welcomed by the hosts .
All new staff at the Bay of Plenty District Health Board , Hauora a Toi are given a formal pohiri or welcome into the organisation of which was agreed upon in the 1980s through a relationship with
The carved waharoa ( gateway ) to Māori Health Services .
the tribes . This formal welcome is of special significance and encompasses the key values that He Pou Oranga – the strategic set of values gifted from the 18 tribes across the region and aligns with our C . A . R . E values of the Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty District Health Board .
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