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Māori Health
Bay of Plenty has the highest number of Māori providers (over 50) in the country and also the largest
Māori development organisation. Local iwi play a key role in assisting the Bay of Plenty District Health
Board to reach high-need, at risk, communities.
The Tangata Whenua He Pou Oranga framework and iwi health plans support whānau, hapū and iwi to
manage health within their rohe, and to participate in health planning processes.
Regional Māori Health Services
Mai ngā Kuri a Whārei ki Tihirau Regional Māori Health Services at Tauranga and Whakatāne Hospitals
deliver health initiatives under the philosophy of Tangata Whenua Realities, Ngā Pou Mana o Io. The
health model of Mana Atua, Mana Tūpuna, Mana Whenua, Mana Tangata, operates alongside Medical,
Allied and Rehabilitation services, Mental Health & Addiction Services and Regional Community Services.
Mai I ngā Kuri a Whārei ki Tihirau Regional Māori Health Services provides a range of Māori cultural
options which include te reo me ōna tikanga (language), waiata, mōteatea, (traditional songs and chants)
karakia tawhito and any other coordination requirements requested by the whānau, hapū, iwi.
Mai i ngā Kuri a Whārei ki Tihirau, Regional Māori Health Services is based at both Tauranga and
Whakatāne Hospitals and provides health services in the secondary sector to the Māori population of the
Eastern and Western Bay of Plenty regions.
Mai I Ngā Kuri a Wharei ki Tihirau, Regional Māori Health Services are based within Tauranga and
Whakatāne Hospitals. The Tauranga site is located in Silver Birch House. This site can be accessed
via Clarke Street Gate 4 with easy access to car parks directly adjacent to Silver Birch House. The
Whakatāne site is located in a dedicated building between Te Toki Maurere and the Clinical School.
This site can be accessed via Garaway Street Gate 5, with limited car parking directly outside this site;
however there is easy access to clearly sign posted public carparks.
Whānau Ora
Whānau Ora is an inclusive interagency approach to providing health and social services to build the
capacity of all New Zealand families in need. It empowers whānau as a whole rather than focusing
separately on individual family members and their problems.
Some whānau will want to come up with their own ways of improving their lives and may want to work on
this with a hapū, iwi or a non-government organisation (NGO). Other whānau will want to seek help from
specialist Whānau Ora providers who will offer wrap-around services tailored to their needs. Whānau
will have a practitioner or ‘navigator’ to work with them to identify their needs, develop a plan to address
those needs and broker their access to a range of health and social services.
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