Māori injury prevention
We’re working to ensure all New Zealanders stay healthy, safe and able to keep doing the things they love. Our data shows Māori are more likely to experience serious, life-changing injuries.
Ā mātou mahi | What we do
We’re developing new options across prevention, hauora (health) and rehabilitation.
Offering options such as kaupapa Māori injury prevention initiatives is part of ensuring our services and initiatives are accessible to all. We’re seeking to achieve this through regionally based approaches that embrace local mātauranga (knowledge).
Our understanding of kaupapa Māori solutions: indigenous, localised, whānau-centred solutions designed by Māori, with Māori, underpinned by tikanga (custom) and delivered by providers who identify as Māori, primarily for Māori, but available to all.
Some examples include:
Oranga Whakapapa
We’re partnering regionally to design sexual violence prevention initiatives that meet the needs of hapori (community). Initiatives emphasise the evidence-based factors we know support wellbeing and protect against harm.
Taurite Tū
We’re working to reduce injury and improve wellbeing in Kaumātua Māori with Taurite Tū, a tikanga-based (custom) community strength and balance class.
Our data showed that previous community strength and balance initiatives have not responded to the needs and priorities of Kaumātua Māori. Taurite Tū was designed by researchers at University of Otago, and funded by ACC and the Health Research Council.
Te Tairāwhiti Tūārai partnership
We are working in partnership with key Te Tairāwhiti leaders to reduce the incidence and severity of injury and harm to communities in Te Tairāwhiti by utilising local knowledge, frameworks and practices. The Tūārai partnership programmes of work also seek to establish a foundation for long-term wellbeing, driving transformative change that will benefit future generations across the Te Tairāwhiti region.