To enhance health services for Māori and Pasifika communities, Toi Tangata has been partnering with the University of Waikato and the South Waikato Pacific Islands Community Services Trust (SWIPCS) to test the formation of a national health implementation network. The network brings together diverse health...
The air was buzzing with excitement as we gathered at the waharoa of Hoani Waititi marae. The kaupapa, Māui Hīanga: Te Hui Taonga Tākaro, a national wānanga, felt like a reunion with many familiar faces of those who move in this space. Laughter, kōrero, and the hum of...
Over term two of this school year, Toi Tangata supported the pilot of reo Māori swimming lessons for mokopuna from two kōhanga reo in Tauranga Moana, Te Kōhanga Reo o Tūtarawānanga and Te Kōhanga Reo o Whareroa and their whānau. Lessons were held locally and were part of the kōhanga day allowing...
Mānawa mai e te aranga o Puanga️Mānawa mai e te tōnga o Rehua️Mānawa mai e te putanga o Matariki️Mānawa mai e Te Mātahi o te Tau️|Mānawa mai e Matariki ki te Puhinui 2024 ️Te Tau Hou Māori - a time of commemoration, a time to celebrate,...
Since Joe McLeod's arrival in the North at Waikarā marae alongside Toi Tangata in 2022, it had been our mission to see him return to share his knowledge across the wider Tai Tokerau region. For over a year we planned and finally, in March and April of 2024,...
Our journey alongside Kaimoana Queens began in July 2023 as we prepared for the first wānanga at Te Whakamaharatanga Marae, Waimamaku. Led by founders Hayley Taotua and Karis Vesey, a group of wāhine Māori from, or living in, the Hokainga prepared for the wānanga: organising kai,...
The MAS Foundation featured our wonderful, Renei Ngawati, who spearheaded the initiative He Puna Reo Hauora to help bridge the gap between kaimahi hauora and hapori Māori. “Our whānau deserve to have their reo, to be able to speak in te reo and to access hauora-based services (health based...
In this webinar with Haylee Koroi Haylee Koroi (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) and Hana Burgess (Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) we bring to the fore a whakapapa conceptualisation of kai, one that centers whanaungatanga - being in good relation. When we...
Exploring how to integrate te reo Māori, pūrākau, and tikanga into a gym environment, Matiu Spring joins our 2024 Growing the Puna internship I te taha o tōku pāpa,Ko Panguru te maunga,Ko Whakarapa te awa,Ko Hokianga nui-a-Kupe te moana,Ko Ngātokimatawhaorua te waka,Ko Ngāpuhi te iwi,Ko Waipuna...
The Mātaiao collective embarked on their first wānanga of the year, anchored by whakawhanaungatanga with kura Māori around Tāmaki Makaurau and integrating a taiao centric way of thinking. This collective expanded after the initial gathering in October 2023 at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te...