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Te Kāhui Hauora o Te TauihuIwi Māori Partnership Board
About us
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Te Kāhui Hauora is the Iwi Māori Partnership Board (IMPB) for Te Tauihu o te Waka-a-Māui, and the collective voice of the eight iwi of Te Tauihu and Te Tauihu-based mātāwaka whānau. We are committed to improving hauora Māori outcomes by holding the Crown accountable in the delivery of health services in Te Tauihu and ensuring Māori perspectives are represented and integrated into health services.
Your Voice, Our Direction
Tō Reo, Tā Mātou Aronga
What is important to whānau Māori in Te Tauihu is important to us. The views and experiences of whānau shape all our work and underpin our clinical and community priorities.
Ko o mātau wāhanga matua
Our Priority Areas
Te Tauihu is home to 19,490 Māori, representing 12 per cent of the district’s total population. Our whānau are comparatively well, showing the smallest life expectancy gap between Māori and non-Māori in any region - 1.2 to 1.7 years locally compared with the seven-year gap nationally. This is encouraging progress, but there remains work to be done to achieve equity within our rohe.
Kaupapa Māori hauora providers in Te Tauihu
Te Hauora o Ngāti Rārua is a trusted kaupapa Māori health service committed to providing the very best care to all whānau in the Marlborough region who need support. Te Hauora o Ngāti Rārua has an open-door policy and encourage people to connect, even if it’s just for a cup of tea.
Te Kotahi o Te Tauihu Charitable Trust was set up in February 2021 by the eight iwi of Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui (top of the South Island) to advance health and wellbeing, alleviate poverty, ensure adequate food is available and promote education and skills within the communities of Te Tauihu (the top of the South Island) and in particular our Māori communities.
He Kai Kei Aku Ringa is a not-for-profit organisation offering programmes for tamariki, rangatahi and pakeke to learn hunting, diving, fishing, gathering, and preparing kai. Through regular, seasonal wānanga, participants build confidence, resilience, and wellbeing while connecting to the environment, their kai, and their communities.
Te Piki Oranga is the largest kaupapa Māori primary health provider Te Tauihu, caring for whānau from all walks of life from community health hubs in Whakatū (Nelson), Wairau (Blenheim) and Motueka. Te Piki Oranga also offer extensive in-home, mobile and community outreach services.
Hawaiki Kura is a whānau-owned and operated organisation specialising in Māori cultural connection and development. Their tailored wānanga and programmes for rangatahi, tāne and wāhine incorporate traditional Māori physical activities including mau rakau, mau taiaha, mere and poi, ancestral medicine, whakatau mauri (Māori meditation practices) and tākaro Māori.
Whakatū Marae offers extensive services for whānau living in the Nelson-Tasman area. Kaimahi work alongside whānau, drawing primarily upon Māori models of practice, with the understanding that cultural values, such as whakapapa, tikanga, wairua, tapu, mauri, and mana, have the potential to influence wellbeing in whānau relationships and transform behaviours.
Manu Ora is the only kaupapa Māori general practice in Te Tauihu. Established as a charitable trust and partnership between Te Piki Oranga and Nuku Health in 2021, Manu Ora serves Māori, Pasifika, immigrants and patients with complex needs who often struggle to access care elsewhere.
Waikawa Marae Whānau Ora Navigators provide coaching, advocacy and brokerage services for whānau to create and implement their own whānau ora plans. Referrals are accepted for whānau who meet the criteria of the whānau ora pou, by whānau, whānui katoa. Where referrals don’t meet this criteria Navigators will support whānau to find alternative support.
