Māori injury prevention

Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Whāia Te Tika Māori Strategy

We’re committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi by providing space for kaupapa Māori leadership to lead, support and develop approaches, tools, actions and knowledge that creates space for Māori and Tangata Tiriti (non-Māori).  

Our Te Tiriti o Waitangi direction is guided by the Whāia Te Tika - ‘Pursue What is Right’ – Māori Strategy. It illustrates ACC’s commitment to understanding and responding to whānau-centred needs, expectations, and aspirations that lead to minimising the incidence and impact of injury for whānau, hapū, iwi, and hapori Māori. 

We do this by upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles of:

• Partnership
• Active protection
• Tino Rangatiratanga
• Equity
• Options.

Ā mātou mahi | What we do

Maōri Injury Prevention Portfolio

The establishment of a Māori Injury Prevention portfolio demonstrates a conscious and purposeful approach to address the needs of whānau, hapū, iwi, and hapori Māori in Aotearoa-New Zealand.

It ensures that ACC is committed to actively addressing our commitment and obligations to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This is evidenced through detailing the breadth and depth of scope for each kaupapa including, but not limited to the impact, investment, scale, and longevity of each kaupapa.

Ngā Tini Whetū | Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency

We’re investing in a new cross-agency initiative aimed at keeping tamariki and whānau safe and giving them the best start in life. We're working collaboratively with Te Puni Kōkiri and Oranga Tamariki-Ministry for Children to develop a whānau-centred early intervention prototype to lift wellbeing and resilience for tamariki and whānau. 

The prototype will focus on a system change allowing us to explore and evaluate how whānau ora and mātauranga Māori practises can prevent injury and harm across a range of inter-related areas. We're working with AIKO and our partners to develop an evaluation plan, and the first step is the Lessons Learnt report.  

Ngā Tini Whetū Lessons Learnt report: key findings

Ngā Tini Whetū Lessons Learnt report

Whangaia Ngā Pā Harakeke 

We’re supporting iwi to deliver a kaupapa Māori approach to collectively address the underlying causes of violence, and which promotes strong whānau, resilient communities, together with NZ Police.

The model focuses on adopting culturally effective ways to engage with whānau and to work in a way that supports and strengthens families and whānau to achieve their goals and aspirations.

Iwi-led approaches to injury prevention

We’re supporting a collective of iwi providers to test and trial a kaupapa Māori approach to injury prevention. These approaches are modelled mātauranga Māori, tikanga and kawa that is specific to the mana whenua of a particular area or region.

This is based on the shared belief that solutions exist within iwi systems.

Kuputaka | Glossary

Whānau	Family(s)
Iwi	Tribe
Hapū	Sub-tribe
Hapori	Community(s)
Kaupapa	Activity, subject, event
Tamariki	Children
Whangaia	Foster
Pā	Fortified village
Mātauranga	Knowledge
Tikanga	Custom(s)
Kawa	Protocol(s)
Tini	Innumerable
Whetū	Star(s)