Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori: the Māori Health Innovation Fund
Information about the programmes
On 7 September 2009 the Associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia, launched Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori: The Māori Health Innovations Fund.
Over the next four years the Fund will invest a total of $20 million in the design, development, promotion and delivery of innovative whānau ora-driven health services, with Māori health and disability service providers who apply to Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori.
The key objectives of Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori are to:
- advance whānau ora and affirm positive Māori approaches that improve Māori health outcomes,
- promote Māori service delivery systems that value health and social service integration and employ whānau centred interventions,
- recognise service models that address the needs of whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori communities,
- enhance physical, spiritual, mental and emotional health, giving whānau control over their own destinies,
- support the ongoing contribution of rongoā Māori to Māori health and well-being through improved sustainability of rongoā resources and health practices, and
- recognise and value Māori models of health and traditional healing.
The overall goal of the Fund is to advance whānau ora by affirming Māori approaches that improve Māori health outcomes.
Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori providers
As of 2 Aug 2010, 31 Māori health, disability and social service providers have successfully gained contracts through Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori, the Māori Health Innovation Fund. These were announced in a media release on the New Zealand Government website: Successful providers announced.
A list of these providers and supporting information are in the document Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Māori Providers (PDF, 133 KB).
Page last updated: 29 November 2010
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