Te Kahu Oranga Whānau partnership

Duration: 01:16

Katie Murray, Kaiārahi, Waitomo Papakainga

The biggest thing that I’m excited about is for our tamariki and our whānau. And being able to provide them with services that allow them to reach their dreams and their aspirations.

Te Kahu Oranga Whānau – a collective of iwi and Māori organisations in Te Hiku (the Far North) – has signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with Oranga Tamariki.

We’re talking about evolution. It looks like that Māori will be given back control over our own destiny, of our children, and our whānau.

And that we’re not going to rely on the crown to be the ones to do that, we’re going to be able to do it by building our capacity as Māori providers, as whānau and hapū. We will create strategies around supporting whānau to care for their own.

Phill (Hoddy) Murray, Te Tumu Whakarae, Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa

Knowing that there are organisations within their rohe, iwi organisations that can actually reach out and support those whānau is crucial, you know especially at this time.

We’ve got COVID issues, we’ve got mahi issues, so now more than ever, these types of social services are required to ensure the integrity of our people, not just now but well into the future.