Te Tauraki
Te Tauraki is the Iwi Māori Partnership Board for the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā
Our vision is a health system that delivers on the guarantees and promises of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and truly meets the needs and aspirations of whānau Māori, particularly in the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā.
Our mission is to influence hauora systems by holding the Crown to account for improved quality, access, and outcomes for whānau Māori.
He tohu aroha
Te Tauraki wishes to thank, remember, acknowledge, and pay tribute to the incredible work, passion, dedication, advocacy, aroha, support, and commitment of Norm Dewes. Norm, you were a great chief and a champion of the people. We will continue to speak your words, requiring the Crown agencies to “communicate, co-operate, co-ordinate and collaborate” and to work together for the benefit of the people. Your work for the community will never be forgotten.
E te Rangatira, te Pou Aumangea, mokemoke ana mātou i tō wehenga atu.
He nui te aroha mōu. E kore mātou e wareware tō mahi kia hapahāpai i ngā hapori. Okioki ai ki te taha o ōu tīpuna kei tua atu i te ārai o te miru pō.
Whānau Māori Voice
Understanding what is important to whānau Māori in our Ngāi Tahu Takiwā helps us to achieve the best health outcomes, support improved health sector performance and shape the design and delivery of health services and public health interventions to have maximum benefit for Māori.
A new section on our website provides a summary of what we already know about the needs and aspirations of whānau Māori in our Takiwā, and identifies areas where there are gaps in our knowledge.
WHAT WE DO
Ā mātou mahi
Te Tauraki is the Iwi Māori Partnership Board (IMPB) within the Ngāi Tahu takiwā.
As an IMPB, Te Tauraki’s primary obligations are to whānau Māori, Papatipu Rūnanga and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (Te Rūnanga). Our role is about honouring and continuing the mahi of our tūpuna to foster health and wellbeing for whānau. As an IMPB we also acknowledge the rangatiratanga of Ngāi Tahu and Papatipu Rūnanga as mana whenua.
YOUR PEOPLE
Ā mātou whakapapa
During colonial state land purchase negotiations within the Ngāi Tahu Takiwā, government agents promised the building and maintenance of schools and hospitals for Ngāi Tahu communities as part payment for tribal lands. But these promises were not fulfilled, and became part of Te Kerēme, the Ngāi Tahu Claim. As the Waitangi Tribunal wrote in 1991, this became “an essential part of [the] overall claim for recognition that the Crown had yet to fulfil the terms of the purchases”.
OUR BOARD
Mana whakahaere
Our vision is a health system that delivers on the guarantees and promises of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and truly meets the needs and aspirations of whānau Māori.
Our mission is holding the Crown to account and influencing the delivery of hauora systems and services.
