KO WAI MĀTOU

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Manaaki Matakāoa is a hauora Māori service that supports whānau in Matakāoa to take control of their health destinies through a preventative, proactive and holistic oranga approach. Initiating through the first Covid lockdown of 2020, Manaaki Matakāoa has protected and served the Matakāoa community through checkpoints, lockdown assistance, health promotion, vaccine access, isolation care, service coordination and community events. Our staff, leadership and governance hold strategic roles in local rugby, marae committees, and school boards. Our governance committee represents both wāhine and tāne, rangatahi, pakeke and whānau with critical health need and are all local.

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Manaaki Matakāoa - LtoR back row: Kauri Neilson (Ahi Kaa - Kaiwhakapāoho), Andros Ngatai (Oranga Whānau - Kaimahi Taiwhenua), Ruby Te Purei (Oranga Whānau/Oranga Kōpara - Kaiarahi), Corey Luke (Oranga Whānau - Kaimahi Taiwhenua), Denise Paku Kamizona (Ahi Kaa - Kaimauahi)Front row: Michaella Houkamau (Oranga Kōpara - Kaiawhina), Richelle Edwards-Hei (Oranga Whānau - Kaimanaaki), Renee Papuni (Oranga Kōpara- Kaiawhina), Cecelia Kamizona (Ahi Kaa - Kairaraunga), Sheena Taylor (Ahi Kaa - Poutoko) - LTOR

Absent - Daynah Olliver (Oranga Whānau - Kaimanaaki/Community Connector), Denise Hovell (Ahi Kaa - Pou Whakarae), Tina Ngata Manaaki Matakāoa

Ō MĀTOU TIKANGA - OUR VALUES

“Ko te ahi e kā mai rā kaua e tineia e koe, waihō hei mahi ahi mō tō kāinga”
“Never extinguish your home fires, let them burn on for the wellbeing of your community”

Our values guide every aspect of our decision making, from governance through to delivery of services. They are our compass point for navigating our pathways of support for our whānau.

To matou tirohanga - Our model of practice

Our model of practice draws from our ceremonial traditions on the marae, they guide the design of our programs and provide the basis for how new technologies and opportunities will be adapted in order to make them as appropriate for our community as possible.