The presentation is for Waitematā DHB Staff only

This 1.5 hour presentation is for Waitematā DHB staff seeking a better understanding and communicate more effectively with Māori patients and their whānau.  

Dame Naida provides an overview of health and well-being within a Māori individual through the representation of "Haki Nohi", also noting that this representation of well-being is not exclusive to Māori.

Before enrolling, please discuss with you manager how this presentation will help you meet your performance objectives.

Additional tags: Hauora Maori

Intended audience: Investigators working on study applications 

Duration: Drop-in session hours 11.30am - 1.30pm

Method: Drop-in sessions are through Zoom 

About this course:

Do you have a question about Māori ethics, the locality approval process, data sovereignty, and what working with Māori issue involves? Then this short Q&A session is for you.  These question-and-answer lunchtime sessions allow investigators to drop in and out of the session to suit their individual requirements. The sessions may provide answers to some of the questions required to help you with the ethical approval process.  

Course contact: Dr Helen Wihongi


Participants: All Waitemata staff

Duration: 4.5 hours

About this course

Reducing Maori Health Inequities in your workplace

Reducing Maori inequities is a passion for many of us in healthcare, so we can become disheartened when our best efforts don't make the difference we want them to.

This workshop gives non-Maori participants insights into the impact that Maori indigenous attitudes, values and relationships have on how we receive or refuse health care services.

We locate your role and your workplace into the Tiriti o Waitangi framework and explain the herculean task of the Maori Health Authority to grow the Maori health sector.

We use Maori-centric and patient-centric narratives in a non-judgemental setting to demonstrate situations faced by clinicians and health administrators every day and offer ways to get a better result in your interactions with Maori and reduce Maori inequities.

Relevant and critically important to all staff working in either Health NZ or Maori Health Authority.

Please note: Prior to signing up to attend this course please ensure you have discussed with your manager and gained approval to attend so that appropriate measures are taken to manage staff cover in your absence from your role.

Search terms: Reducing Maori Inequities

Participants: This course is for Waitemata DHB staff only who are wanting to learn more about Māori cultural perspectives. We
encourage staff who have regular interactions with Māori patients and whanau to sign-up to this course. You will benefit from the experience of a marae-based event governed by Māori protocol.

Duration: 2 day face to face workshop held at our Waitemata DHB marae located at Waitakere Hospital.

About this course
We’ll cover the:

  • historical, social, political and environmental context underpinning Māori society;
  • effects of the colonisation process on the status of Māori health and well-being;
  • pronunciation of Māori words and place names related to health and Waitemata DHB;
  • understanding of Māori culture in daily practice.

Please note: Prior to signing up to attend this course please ensure you have discussed with your manager and gained approval to attend so that appropriate measures are taken to manage staff cover in your absence from your role.

Search terms: maori cultural perspectives