17 Aug Kai o Ngā Atua
In order to stay iron rich we need to eat a variety of kai and make sure that we are keeping our iron stores topped up every day. We can list types of kai by the Atua and how they connect to their domains. Some types of...
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23 Jun Tyla Goodsell-Matthews internship: Kaupapa Māori in the health workforce
Over the 2019/2020 summer, I was privileged to have a University of Auckland partnered internship with Toi Tangata and the Growing the Puna programme. I was really excited to be able to experience how Te Ao Māori is implemented within the health workforce. As a...
23 Jun Megan Tunks: From Food Insecurity to Food Security
Covid 19 has impacted on whānau wellbeing at many levels. As well as employment and income, a further concern has been food security. The evidence is widely known that whānau Māori have been over-represented amongst those identified as food insecure over the years. However, for other...
22 Jun Renei Ngawati: Matariki Reflections
Hauhake tū, ka tō Matariki The harvest ends when Matariki sets The Matariki constellation has moved under the horizon, signalling the end of harvest as winter sets in. A time to come together, to reflect, to wānanga, to learn and most of all, to be grateful. And...
02 May Renei Ngawati: Baking With Energetic Kids
Achieving that small activity that our tamariki ask for us to do with them (or vice versa!) deserves a big congratulations Mātua mā. The times I have tried to teach end up being battles of who is the boss of what job, and who is running...
28 Apr No mauri in takeaways | Māori health advocate urges whānau ‘save takeaways for a treat’
Alert level three has seen takeaways reopen to allow for contactless purchases, but one Māori health advocate is urging whānau to keep takeaways as a treat and not a regular kai option. Read the media release here. Video credit: Te Karere TVNZ ...
20 Apr Toi Ako Webinar: Emerald Muriwai
Exercising Hauora: Māori perspectives on maintaining wellbeing through physical activity Indigenous peoples have long been physically, emotionally, spiritually and socially strong and resilient peoples. In Aotearoa (New Zealand), a deficit narrative of physical health and emotional wellbeing has been associated with Māori in spite of our...
13 Apr Mahuika: Applying the Atua of Fire’s Pūrākau in Fitness
By Te Rua Munro Te Rua Munro presents his research findings at The Toi Tangata Hui ā Tau 2020 My project for the six-week internship at Toi Tangata was to research and apply the Atua Matua framework in an everyday setting. I based my project around Mahuika, the atua...
13 Apr Ngā Pia Matihiko: Co-Design and Digital Literacy
By Aotea Frandi Growing The Puna Interns 2019-2020L-R:Aotea Frandi, Tereana Ihakara, Te Rua Munro. My role in my internship with Toi Tangata was to help explore the possibility of a tuakana-teina relationship between rangatahi and current health kaimahi. This mahi is aimed at rangatahi taking ownership of...
13 Apr Te Reo Māori in Physical Activity, Nutrition and our Work Spaces.
Tereana Ihakara presenting at Hui ā Tau, Napier, Feb 2020. Kei ngā huruhuru, kei ngā waewae o te kaupapa, tēnā rā tātou katoa. Ko te wehi tuatahi ki a Īhoa o ngā mano, te tīmatanga o te whakaaro nui, te whakaotinga o ngā mea katoa. Ko...