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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.
Tō Reo, Tā Matou Aronga
You shared your voice, here's what we heard.
Between December 2025 and June 2026, 584 whānau took part in Whānau Voice 2.0, sharing what is working well within the health system, where things are difficult, and what they want to see change. More than 800 pieces of kōrero were shared alongside the survey responses. We read and considered every one. He mihi nui ki a koutou katoa who gave your time, shared your whakaaro and trusted us with your experiences.
Ko o mātau wāhanga matua
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.
