Cultural Approaches
Te Whare Mauri Ora - The Flourishing house. - Wiremu Gray, Mana Facilitation
In the New Zealand context any well-being model needs to reflect our unique place in the world and continue to build bicultural partnerships that are personally and professionally relevant. Te Whare Mauri Ora is a solution-focused strengths-based approach underpinned by positive psychology in an indigenous framework. As a Māori counsellor and cultural supervisor, I have worked in the dynamic space of healing and mana enhancement in school and community settings. My practice is informed by tikanga Māori principles and several therapeutic modalities.
Innovative Cultural Understandings "The Plastic Polynesian Conversation" - Joshua Peauafi, Young Enterprise Trusts
Exploring innovative approaches to cultural identity conversations and how our youth can weave in between various roles, responsibilities, and cultural realms.
Navigating through a sea of Egos (fostering strong positive relationships with challenging students) - Jeremy Faumuinā, Haeata Community Campus
Understanding the space we share with young people gives us insight in how we nurture positive partnerships.
Rangatahi Māori are the architects of their own future - Hora Nicholas, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu
From rangatahi, by rangatahi, for rangatahi; Ruia is a unique partnership between four funders – Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, Rātā Foundation, Ministry of Youth Development and Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu who all share the same goal ‘to enable and support rangatahi to achieve wellbeing and leadership in Te Ao Māori’. In this presentation Ruia Co-Ordinator, Hora discusses the reality of being Rangatahi Māori in 2020. From experiencing culture shock amongst her own, to being the token Māori in a Pākeha led Corporate Company, to tutoring a Secondary School Kapa Haka rōpū and having an account on almost every social media app that is popular today - at 24 years old Hora is well-versed in what it means to be Rangatahi Māori in this generation. Using her learnings she not only opens up about these daily struggles but she also celebrates in the successes of our rangatahi through the sixteen initiatives funded by Ruia