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10 May The Outdoor Activity Fund
Recreation Aotearoa - Te Whai Oranga has opened applications for the Outdoor Activity Fund. The fund (worth $1.5m over three years) is available to outdoor activity providers wanting to run programmes and activities that increase and enhance participation of rangatahi in outdoor recreation. Learn more...
04 May Te Koronga Reflects on the Toi Tangata Hui ā Tau 2022
Te Koronga is a Māori research excellence kaupapa based at the University of Otago. Dr Chanel Phillips and the Te Koronga team joined us at the Toi Tangata Hui ā Tau 2022 in March and took some time to reflect on the kaupapa, sharing their...
04 May New pātaka Māori supermarket to open in Kaitaia
Te Kahu Oranga Whānau and Foodstuff have partnered to open a brand new pātaka to create new choices and increase access to food for whānau in the far north. The new social supermarket, Te Hiku Pātaka, aims to open in Kaitaia later this month and...
04 May Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa launches new Māori outcomes framework and activation plan
Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa has recently released Te Pākē o Ihi Aotearoa and Te Aho a Ihi Aotearoa, their new Māori Outcomes Framework and Activation Plan. While Te Pākē sets the direction, Te Aho aligns and prioritises Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa’s strategies and actions over...
04 May Community Research launches He Kōrero Podcast
Community Research has recently launched a podcast channel – He Kōrero – with Te Tiriti o Waitangi focused podcasts, Te Tiriti Kōrero. The channel is designed to share insights, ideas and new ways of thinking that can support the important work community leaders and organisations...
02 May Growing the Puna x Atua Matua
Wade Sharland was one of the successful applicants to the Growing the Puna kaupapa for the summer of 2021/2022. He shares his experience and whakaaro from the haerenga the ohu recently embarked on. Six o’clock on a Tuesday morning in the backdrop of Mangawhai, the interns...
02 May Te Tiritiri o te Moana
As we settle into our new whare in the Hokianga we reflect on our time spent in Kokatahi, Hokitika.Living in the shelter of Te Tiritiri-o-te-moana (the southern alps), the reflections of lake Kaniere and the embrace of the Kokatahi ngahere, you learn in no uncertain...
02 May Growing The Puna Alum | Debs Heke
The Toi Tangata Growing the Puna internship is aimed at fostering mātauranga Māori and whanaungatanga between tertiary students, community, and the health sector that provides opportunities for tertiary students to participate in the development of innovative approaches to physical activity and nutrition in kaupapa that...
02 May Te Ara Whetū Reflections
Renei Ngawati (Ngāti Hine) shares her whakaaro on the Te Ara Whetū online conference and how the normalisation of te reo Māori me ōna tikanga in health settings is now being discussed more openly without coded descriptions of cultural safety. During the recent Te Ara Whetu...