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Published: 30 November, 2022

“We are pleased to see an improvement in the size of the Kaupapa Māori workforce compared with last year, with 29 Kaupapa Māori services contracted across 19 out of 20 districts. This included 17 additional Kaupapa Māori services established over the 2021/22 year.

Published: 22 March, 2022

  This also creates an opportunity to hear the voices of Māori and people with lived experience and provide a greater choice of supports.”

Published: 15 May, 2023

The mental health and wellbeing of rangatahi Māori and young people is one of the most important issues we can focus on today.

Published: 17 May, 2023

This includes more age-appropriate community-based services and alternatives to hospital based inpatient mental health care; kaupapa Māori options to meet the needs of rangatahi Māori; and more youth-centric short-term respite services.

Published: 31 May, 2023

We want to see more by Māori, for Māori approaches, such as kaupapa Māori services. “The improvement we need requires our collective leadership. There are some very early signs of progress, however the scale of the challenge ahead is significant.

Published: 3 April, 2025

The session was co-hosted by Maraea Johns, Kaitohu Hauora Māori | Director Māori Health; and Sonya Russell, Kaiwhakahaere Hauora Hinengaro, Waranga | Director Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leadership, Te Hiringa Mahara.

Published: 14 February, 2023

Strong local connections are a source of strength and support; and this is highlighted in rural Māori and Pacific communities.

Published: 12 September, 2023

  Ko te wiki o te reo Māori tēnei, he mihi nui, he mihi maioha ki a koutou katoa. He pohiri hoki tēnei ki te iti me te rahi kia huihui mai tātau ma runga ipurangi i tēnei marama. Anei te whānui ake o ngā whakamāramatanga e whai ake nei.

Published: 10 July, 2025

For more than 30 years, he has researched and published extensively in the area of Māori health, with a specialist interest in health outcome measurement (psychometrics), Māori mental health, longitudinal research, public health and health service delivery.

Published: 29 June, 2023

    “There is huge potential for further development of the Māori peer workforce to work from a Te Ao Māori perspective, which incorporates mātauranga Māori, tikanga, and kawa.