Starship CTA Community of Practice

The overall aim of the Starship CTA Community of Practice is to deepen our understanding of the practical application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the use of the Critical Tiriti Analysis tool.

Who is this for: Starship Staff
Prerequisites: Course: Critical Tiriti Analysis (koawatealearn.co.nz)
Time: 1 hour per session, total 6 hours
Course contact: Frances Russell (Te Toka Tumai)

Method: Seminar (Zoom)

Engaging Effectively with Māori Phase 1

Workshop:        Engaging Effectively with Māori Phase 1

Presenter:          Hone Hurihanganui, Director of Engaging Well Limited

Duration:           2 x 1.5 hour Zoom sessions

This workshop is a facilitated conversation in unearthing why it is that Māori more than any other ethnicity in Aotearoa experience health inequity. We examine a relationship centred care model as a way forward to ensure health equity for under-served populations including Māori.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this workshop participants will:

  •     Have examined health inequity and its causes, bias including racism, the colonisation of Aotearoa, a way forward
  •     Define and describe culturally competent and culturally intelligent practice, an antidote for institutional racism
  •     Be challenged about the importance of proficient pronunciation of Māori words and names

 

This workshop is closed and no longer on offer.  

Engaging Effectively with Māori Phase 2

Workshop:        Engaging Effectively with Māori Phase 2

Presenter:          Hone Hurihanganui, Director of Engaging Well Limited

Participants:      All Starship staff

Duration:           2 x 1.5 hour Zoom sessions

After recapping the groundwork started in Engaging 1, participants explore notions of identity important to Māori. This includes the importance of the correct use of names, the meanings of names and the impact of doing this well – or badly.

Within this workshop is a 90min block focused on building the capability of participants to pronounce Māori words and names proficiently using the latest techniques.

Throughout the workshop, participants are encouraged to fully interact with one another in accordance with the relationship-centred care model and openly discuss cross-cultural communication dynamics.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this workshop participants will:

  • Have examined cultural identity including rituals of encounter, the importance of names in relationship-centred care
  • Learn to pronounce Māori words and names proficiently (90min)
  • Explore Te Reo and Tikanga within a health context


This workshop is open to all Starship staff members.   

Engaging Effectively with Māori Phase 3



Māori Health Equity and Child Health

Starship Child Health as a part of its korowai of training is excited to host an interactive workshop led by public health experts Dr. Heather Came (Ngati Pākehā) and Isla Whittingham (Ngāti Maniapoto). The workshop will include:

  • Revision of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its significance for child health
  • Overview of WAI 2575 and He Whakaputunga
  • Introduction to Critical Te Tiriti Analysis
  • A practical session: applying Critical Te Tiriti Analysis Framework 

This workshop provides an opportunity to strengthen Child Health’s engagement with and application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi within services and pathways.  The workshop will assist services to think about indigenous rights based equity and teach a framework which will help achieve more equitable outcomes for Māori.

The Waitangi Tribunal Report (WAI 2575, published  2019) identified systematic breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector. These breaches have led to widespread and pervasive health inequities for Māori children and their whānau which are unjust, unfair and unacceptable.  Starship Child Health is committed to eliminating these inequities.


This course is now closed and no longer on offer.

Greening Starship

Who is it for: All Starship hospital staff

What is it: An introduction to the sustainability culture at Auckland DHB

How long: Takes 20-30min to complete