Toi Ako webinars are free sessions conducted in a seminar style presentation held online. These webinars are dynamic, easily digested and brief training sessions that enables Toi Tangata to be responsive and meet the needs identified by the sector. This provides a fluid opportunity for interested bodies to engage throughout Aotearoa and gives you the opportunity to hear from some fantastic speakers and knowledge gatherers.
After the ngako, or main part has been delivered, a forum to communicate, discuss and connect over the content with both the facilitator and other viewers will be available.
We are looking to increase promotion of the Toi Ako webinars and work in collaboration across and within sector expertise to deliver powerful and timely messages to the workforce on key Māori nutrition and physical activity kaupapa.
If you want to share your mahi with our network, contact ranginui@toitangata.co.nz for more information.
Don’t know how to connect to a webinar? Watch our YouTube video here.
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Montel Tivoli | He hautupua, he ngākau mākohakoha: The benefits of weightlifting and the changes it can achieveIn this Toi Ako webinar, Awhitia Mihaere takes us on a journey of enlightenment guiding us through rongoā Māori, traditional birthing, and quantum physics from a Māori world view. “Me Ko Hinewaiata ahau te oro tuatahi o te ao.” We are the cultivation of science......
Join us during World Iron Awareness Week as we host PhD candidate, Ruihi Shortland, in this month’s webinar where she will be giving us an insight into her mahi developing te Taka Pūmotu, a Māori interpretation of the scientific periodic table. Drawing from mātauranga Māori, kaupapa......
Wāhanga Tuarua Kuruho Wereta of Kura Rēhia co-created Kaupapa, a reo Māori focused game to encourage whānau to learn and use Te Reo Māori. Kūruho shares his reo Māori journey while creating a resource for whānau to use, and the bravery it takes to overcome......
Kura Rēhia is passionate about celebrating te reo Māori through play. Founded in 2020 by Kuruho Wereta and Rosie Remmerswaal, Kura Rēhia creates board games, resources and events for a bilingual Aotearoa. Their aim is for Aotearoa to experience te reo Māori as central to......
Atua Wahine – Mana Wahine: Tracing the whakapapa of physical activity among Māori women in contemporary Aotearoa. Tūpuna Māori were a strong and active people whose relationship with their natural environment was fundamental to their ability to adapt and flourish in challenging environments . During......
Traditional Māori physical activity is distinguished by a Māori cultural definition understood through mātauranga, with shared whakapapa to Atua, and practiced through tikanga. Despite a rich understanding and practice of Māori physical activity in a pre-European era, the violent colonial experience in Aotearoa has resulted......
Maara jamz: Mai te kakano ki te puawaitanga- The Pekepo-Ratu blueprint to mana motuhake in the home is the essence of this Toi Ako webinar. The Pekepo-Ratu whānau are not shy of mucking in and getting it done and are honest about the good, the......
Davina Thompson (Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa) is an elite sportswoman, a Māmā, a kaimahi for Te Arawa Lakes trust and a Rongoā Māori practitioner. She has pursued Mātauranga Māori for many years, passed on to her from her Kuia and Koroua. With help from communities......
A framework for listening with your head, heart and puku. Come on a journey with me, watch my art transform darkness into form. Turn your world upside down and unpack what it means to decolonise our ways of being. Let’s start with reclaiming what’s ours......
He taonga tēnei āhuatanga Ko Aka, ko koe, ko au, ko tātou Nō te kauru o te rangi tēnei kaupapa Nō ngā Whare Wānanga o tāua mātua Aka is everything that we are, Its intent was to capture the essence of our origins as people,......
Ayla Hoeta is a vibrant wahine Māori, māmā, gym trainer and a Maramataka Māori practitioner. Beyond her many talents, Ayla is a Youth Innovator for The Southern Initiative (Auckland Council), Raised in South Auckland, her whakapapa connects her to Ngāti Tahinga and Waikato-Tainui. Ayla has......
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......
A Mātauranga Māori approach to physical activity while living in isolation, This Toi Ako Webinar is hosted by Atua Matua expert Dr Ihirangi Heke. This webinar coalesce three decades of working in the outdoor environment into contemporary examples of surviving the recently imposed isolation. Dr......
Cultural inclusion in NZ Rugby: Applying tikanga and mātauranga Māori in a sporting context A case study of tikanga and mātauranga Māori applied in a sporting context: the Bay of Plenty Steamers. As part of his PhD research, Dr Hapeta undertook research on cultural inclusion......
Presented by the Healthy Families Rotorua team, the focus of this webinar is to apply a Māori systems approach to build the capability and capacity of Maramataka practitioners who want to participate in activities across a range of settings, contributing to long-term sustainable change that......
Mo te marama Mahuru Māori kua whakarite a Toi Tangata i tētahi hui a hiko i Te Reo Māori. He kaupapa whakarauora reo, whakapiki hoki i te ora, ma te waka o te hākinakina na Te Puni Kokiri i whakarite. Ko Eruera Lee-Morgan te kaikōrero....
In this hour long webinar, Dr Lily Fraser discusses the application of Low Carbohydrate High Fat (LCHF) nutrition at Turuki Healthcare in Mangere, Auckland. With a focus on Māori and Pacific food and making nutrition changes on a low income budget, Dr Fraser covers her......
Guest presenter, Christina McKerchar (Ngāti Kahungunu, Tūhoe & Ngāti Porou) presented initial findings from her PhD research ‘Food availability for Maori children – a rights based approach’. The first part of her research used photographic data from the Kids’Cam research project which explored the world......
Māori have a unique relationship with the ocean that stretches back many generations to the arrival of the seminal voyaging canoes. Since that time, Māori have ridden waves on various types of surfcraft but while the literature identifies the therapeutic effects of surfing and place-based......
Food security is a major issue in Aotearoa. Only two in five Maori households have stable access to nutritious kai and utilise it. Estimates are that a poor diet claims between 8,000 and 11,000 NZ lives each year, but nutritious kai doesn’t simply prevent illness,......
South Auckland has the largest Māori population in the world. Imagine if Māori: -Mobilised a collective voice for change -Lead discussions at decision making tables, at all levels across the system Pioneered indigenous leadership for social change, locally, nationally and globally In this presentation Mason......
In this hour long webinar, Dr Ihirangi Heke delivers a brief introduction to systems dynamics and whakapapa crossover. He shares his whakaaro and insights into maramataka and tohungatanga as a means for modelling whakapapa concepts. About Dr Ihirangi Heke Māori health & physical activity consultant......
In this panel webinar, the team looks at the development and exploration of the Ol@ Or@ mobile health tool. Join them as they share the lessons learned and their application within this research project and extend our collective understanding of the contribution that mātauranga Māori......
Does a weight focused approach align with the Māori view of health? Dr Isaac Warbrick shares his whakaaro and insights on obesity and weightism, honing in on whether ‘weight’ and ‘weight loss’ are appropriate ‘health’ measures for Māori. Because of the association between body weight......
This webinar is an opportunity to learn, workshop, and apply effective forms of communication with guest presenter Layla Lyndon-Tonga. Layla will cover Mail Chimp and how it can be used to connect and communicate with stakeholders. The design features of Mail Chimp that enhance the......
Hearts matter. With their faithful, steady beat our hearts pump blood that carries vital materials to help our bodies function, while simultaneously removing the waste products we don’t need. If our hearts stop, so do we. Yes, hearts matter a lot. Anna Rolleston, Director of......
Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu. Do nutrition labels help us to choose healthier foods? What difference do the new Health Star Rating labels make to food choices? Callie Corrigan from Toi Tangata interviews Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu from the University of Auckland on the results of......
Nita Brown. It is a word that many of us have heard of before. A word that many of our people have had firsthand experience with, whether from a frightening and traumatic life experience, or a life filled with chances and hope of recovery. Stroke......
Hariata Tai Rakena. What does living well and being happy have to do with positive continuation of whakapapa? Hariata has been a part of the team at Toi Tangata for over three years since her introduction in the first summer student internship in 2013/2014. All......
Crystal Pekepo. Metaphoric poetry always has a way of resonating with Māori. Although it is easy to identify huahuatau (metaphor) in written or communicated kōrero, it is not always easy to physically interpret, especially when we attempt to apply huahuatau in our respective roles in......
Associate Professor Maui Hudson (University of Waikato) – Facilitator Professor John Oetzel (University of Waikato) Dr Nina Scott (Waikato DHB) Dr Jeff Foote (The Institute of Environmental Science and Research) Moana Rarere (National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis) Global health inequities between indigenous and......
Cameron Ormsby. Cameron Ormsby works for the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board as a health protection officer, a role which has a strong emphasis on environmental health. The focus of environmental health is to look at the link between the health of the environment and......
Callie Corrigan. For the fourth year running, our team have been leading Toi Tangata Summer Internship opportunities. These are a ten-week scholarships aimed at enabling students to explore a meaningful project and are worth $5,000. These internships are part of a number of strategies within......
Martin Dutton. Senior Ministry of Health Advisor, Martin Dutton, presents information on the MOH Eating and Activity Guidelines for New Zealand adults. This webinar touches on the presentation Martin gave at our Hui-ā-Tau earlier this year in February and also includes information on the next step for......
Mason Ngawhika. Most of the developed world and large populations of the developing world are struggling with an obesity pandemic. Over-accessibility of energy dense foods coupled with an inactive lifestyle are the main culprits. One of the most harmful outcomes of obesity is the advent......
Rangimārie Mules. Problem-solving and innovation has been part of our story as Māori for generations; from Tāne Mahuta who sought to bring the first human form into the world as Hineahuone, to Māui Tikitiki-a-Taranga who restrained the sun, brought fire into the world and searched......
Fiona Wilson. Toi Poto presents a webinar that will introduce participants to the ‘Money Equation’. Financial knowledge is the ability to make informed judgements and effective decisions regarding the use and management of money. It will provide a greater understanding of the mechanics and jargon of......
Dr. Ihirangi Heke. Earlier in 2016 Dr Ihirangi Heke took on a hearty month-long challenge, cycling the length of New Zealand. Although this event alone is an exceptional feat for anyone, in the familiar Heke ‘challenge by choice’ style, he also sought to connect with......
Darrio Penetito-Hemara. Wai Ariki is a strategy put in place to solidify Toi Tangata’s organisational water aspirations and social obligations. Our vision is to connect people to the whakapapa of Wai. Through this webinar you will be able to see and understand a number of......
Mason Ngawhika. The third webinar in the Toi Poto series where we discuss wai (water) from a Māori perspective. Disscussion Points • The whakapapa of wai • Types of wai • Wai Māori • Atua and kaitiaki connected to wai • The mauri of wai •......
Mason Ngawhika This month we are moving on to reading food labels hosted by Mason Ngawhika. This webinar aims to provide the ability to interpret health claims that are on a food packet, the important nutrients to focus on, and the skills needed to make an informed choice.......
Jessica Meads. This month we are kicking off the series with a webinar addressing dietary trends seen in the community. Our in-house dietitian Jessica Meads will be facilitating this session. Dietary trends, fads, and different patterns of eating are becoming more and more common within our communities.......