Pae Ora
(Healthy Futures)
We have designated Māori staff members who work determinedly and effectively in the background educating staff and informing management of issues.
Their role also includes connecting with Māori hauora organisations and working collaboratively with government agencies to deliver on New Zealand’s He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy and more recently Whakamaua – Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2025.
Partnering with Māori / What are we doing about equity?
The Nurse Maude Hauora Māori Plan is designed to ensure that the Māori populations in the regions we serve, benefit equitably from Nurse Maude’s services. It is specifically designed to address our own development requirements to ensure our ability to achieve equitable service outcomes for Māori kiritaki.
Tāua Sally Pitama
Sally has been with Nurse Maude since 2005 and has recently taken on the role of Kaumātua.
Sally’s primary role at Nurse Maude is Hospice Palliative Care Services Kaiāwhina, which she describes as being ‘helper, assistant, contributor, counsel and advocate’. Sally is all of these things and more for tūroro/patients, whānau and staff.
Sally’s whakapapa is to the Pitama; Tikau; Solomon and many other Ngāi Tāhū iwi/whānau from the top of the Te Waipounamu to the bottom, and she can also whakapapa through her whānau connections to many North Island iwi. It is these aspects of her whakapapa that make her role so special and valuable to Nurse Maude.
Annette Finlay
Kaihautū Māori ngā iwi Tainui rāua ko Te Arawa (Waikato and Rotorua), has worked for Nurse Maude since 2007 was appointed to the role of Kaihautū Māori in 2019.
As Kaihautū Māori, Annette directs and maintains Nurse Maude’s relationships and connections with the hauora/health community and a prime example is her work with the Birdlings Flat Kahukura Kaumātua Project, a new initiative to address the needs of isolated and rural Kaumātua.
Annette represents Kaumātua Māori on behalf of the Māori Caucus, a part of the Canterbury Clinical Network at Health of the Older Person’s Working Group, ensuring there is a Māori voice for Kaumātua at a strategic level to initiate changes using mātauranga /knowledge, Māori tikanga and kaupapa.
Hinetewai
Hinetewai is of Rapuwai, Waitaha, Mamoe, and Tahu descent and has recently joined the Hospice Palliative Care Service as Māori Liaison.
The role offers manaaki to Māori patients and whānau in hospice inpatient unit and the wider Canterbury community. Hinetewai also works alongside kaimahi/staff and the Hospice Service multidisciplinary team providing guidance and support. Hinetewai is a member of Te Rōpū Taki Māori who provide strategic Māori leadership, support, advice, and input into Te Kahu Pairuri o Aotearoa (Te Kahu Pairuri)/Hospice New Zealand (HNZ) and to the HNZ Board.
Our day-to-day mahi (work)
Nurse Maude holds consumer hui each year for Maori and Pasifika. This initiative provides feedback about our services and assists in the development of service brochures that capture the interest of specific kiritaki (consumers).
Ethnicity data
We collect ethnicity data of kiritaki (consumers) to build a picture of the uptake of services and health outcomes of Māori (and Pasifika) so we can understand the disparities in healthcare delivery, and how they can be addressed.
Staff
- Komiti Māori is for staff who whakapapa Māori and it is the place to bring up concerns, offer ideas and plan what needs to be done to promote and maintain Nurse Maude as an inclusive organisation for Māori.
- Waiata lessons with te reo are held each month and are always lively, loud, full of fun and well attended by staff and volunteers.
- Yearly training is offered on the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Community
Nurse Maude holds consumer hui each year for Maori and Pasifika. This initiative provides feedback about our services and assists in the development of service brochures that capture the interest of specific kiritaki (consumers).
Documentation
He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy and more recently Whakamaua