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Te Puna Oranga

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Te Puna Oranga

Mihi

Ka tū whera te tatau pounamu o te Ao
E takoto te whāriki o te Atua ki mua i a tātou
He hōnore, he korōria ki te Atua
He maungārongo ki te whenua
He whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa
Ka huri te kei o te waka ki te Kīngi a Tūheitia
Me te whare Kāhui Ariki whānau whānui tonu
Mā te Atua e tiaki, e manaaki i a rātou
Me ngā whakaaro tonu ki ngā mate o te wā
Takoto mai, moe mai koutou, haere, haere, haere
Kāti rātou ki a rātou, tātou ki a tātou
Nō reira, he korowai rau whero o te whare Waiora o Waikato
Haere mai, Haere mai
Nau mai.

The green stone door to the world opens
The whariki of God is laid before us
All honour and glory be to God
May there be peace on Earth
And good will to all people
The keel of our waka turns to King Tuheitia
And the house hold of the Kahui Ariki
May God care and bless them
Our thoughts turn to those who have passed on recently
Rest in peace sleep in peace depart journey on
Let the dead be separated from us the living
Therefore to our distinguished guests gathered here
Welcome, welcome,
Welcome.

Te Puna Oranga (Māori Health service) comprises of four teams with a particular emphasis on Radical Improvement for Māori health outcomes by eliminating health inequities for Māori.

Location

Hockin Building, Waiora Waikato Hospital Campus, Pembroke Street, Hamilton

Contact

Phone: 07 839 8899 ext 97528

The strategic arm of Te Puna Oranga. Develops and delivers strategies, initiatives and projects to address inequities and health disparities for Māori residing in the Waikato DHB region.

Activities include policy, research, workforce development and projects. Its community programmes include

  • Hapū Wānanga, a free kaupapa Māori labour, birth and parenting programme.
  • Tuapeka Kore (Tobacco Free), a progression from Auahi Kore (Smokefree), and a programme that brings tikanga to the fore in the war against tobacco use and smoking within Māori whānau.

Nikki Barrett
Team Leader and Senior Project Manager
Phone 021 815 861

  • Dr Nina Scott (Chronic Conditions Advisor)
  • Kelly Spriggs
  • Rawinia Hohua
  • Vicki Phelwasher

Kaitiaki Frontline Service offers cultural support for Māori and their whānau, who are accessing health and disability services in Waiora Waikato, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti, Thames and Taumaranui hospitals.

Patients and their whānau can be put in touch with Kaitiaki by asking ward staff to refer them, or by ringing the team leader.

What is the role of Kaitiaki?

  • To offer assistance, regarding Māori beliefs, values and cultural practices
  • To offer support for Māori patients during their admission in hospital
  • To help the patient and whānau understand the type of care provided by health clinicians
  • To link patients to other hospital services that can help them while they are in hospital
  • To link patient and whānau to external support services.

John Kopa
Team Leader
Phone 021 806 171

For Waiora Waikato Hospital Campus

  • Tumanako Haumaha
  • Dale Marriott
  • Hineiri Rangitutia
  • Pera Paekau
  • Maata McManus
  • Hori Solomon
  • Sharlene Henry 

For Tokoroa Hospital

  • Hemi Curtis

For Thames Hospital

  • Susan King 

For Taumarunui Hospital and Te Kuiti Hospital

  • Rangiarahina Onehi

Patients and their whānau can be put in touch with the Kaitakawaenga team by asking ward staff to refer them, or by ringing the team leader.

What is the role of Kaitakawaenga?

  • To provide cultural support to tangata whaiora and their whānau on admission to the Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre and within Waikato DHB’s Mental Health and Addiction Services.
  • As part of multidisciplinary teams, to help tangata whaiora and their whānau through their journey of care at Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre.
  • To identify and address ways to improve service delivery to Māori.

Millie Berryman
Team Leader
Phone 021 341 209

For Henry Rongomau Bennett Centre (acute adult wards and Puawai) and CAHT (Crisis and Home Treatment Team)

  • Tapi Rippey
  • Hone Thompson
  • George Smiler
  • Te Aroha Ngapo
  • Zane Hohua

Whare Ora is our Healthy Homes programme operating in the Waikato DHB district. The objective of the programme is to create safe, healthy, warm homes for children and families.

The team partner with public health nurses and Māori providers to do healthy home assessments with whānau. The whānau then work with Whare Ora to confirm actions plans and way forward.

To find out more and check if you are eligible, click here. 

Erana Severne
Team Leader
Phone 027 345 8808

  • Brogan Lomaz
  • Gabrielle Swift
  • Ihaka Stanley
  • Vicki Phelwasher