Te Tara O Te Whai has gathered community insights from a Health Forum in Te Aroha, QR survey and one-on-one with individuals.

On behalf of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

Te Puna Hauora Matua o Hauraki Board Meeting  Board members recently met with Te Puna Hauora Matua o Hauraki management team to kōrero on the strategic direction for Primary Health Organisation’s (PHO’s), strategic priorities and the role of localities in system change and responsiveness to whānau voice. David Taipari, Chair for the Hauraki Māori Trust Board and Hauraki representative on Te Tiratū the Tainui Iwi Māori Partnership Board (IMPB) gave an update on the process for the IMPB being gazetted and added to the Pae Ora Act schedule. For more info click here

In March, Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall met with the team at Matai Whetu Marae, Thames to hear some of the challenges and opportunities Hauraki are facing and how we responded to adverse weather events. It was wonderful to see Minister Verrall focus on resiliency planning and ensure we are equipped to deal with this kind of weather event in the future.

Former Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell is a strong advocate of Mana Motuhake as the way forward. Sharing his views on co-governance and improving Māori health.

Our Te Tara o Te Whai team have been busy preparing and then facilitating two Writer’s workshops.

Te Tara o Te Whai team collaborated with the Stroke Foundation to gather insights from the communities of Te Aroha, Thames, and Waihi.

A successful collaboration between Wharekawa Marae, Kaiaua school and Te Whatu Ora last month (April).

Te Tara o Te Whai held a community meeting in Waihi in March to hear from the community about what changes they would like to see in their community. The following are highlights shared by the community: Accessibility needs for more accessibility and availability to health care services, practices in Waihi are not taking on enrolments, “my husband has to travel to Paeroa to see a GP. Support with palliative care. Having specialised care services delivered in our community, radiotherapy. Only two services offer emergency services. We don’t want to travel out of our community for care. Remove the cost of prescriptions. We now must choose medication or kai. We need safe spaces for our young people to access the services when they need to. Be able to access care options virtually that don’t charge for data usage. To have free family planning services. Need for early access to mental health support. Have open access to services. Funding models create collaboration barriers Need transparency of funding Workforce, need for more carers to support our older people Not enough workforce in our community More community nurses and GPs are needed Shortage of midwives