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About Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan
He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy is the overarching framework that guides the Government and the health system to achieve the best health outcomes for Māori. Its aim is pae ora (healthy futures) for Māori.
He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy
Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020–2025 guides the Ministry, health system and government to give effect to He Korowai Oranga. It sets out outcomes, objectives and priority areas for action that will contribute to the achievement of pae ora.
Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2025
Whakamaua was developed alongside an Expert Advisory Group. Members included:
- Māori academics and researchers
- health professionals
- iwi, disability and rangatahi leaders.
About the name ‘Whakamaua’
Whakamaua means ‘to secure, to grasp, to take hold of, to wear’.
It also widely associated with the whakataukī:
Ko te pae tawhiti, whāia kia tata. Ko te pae tata, whakamaua kia tīna.
Seek out the distant horizons, while cherishing those achievements at hand.
Whakamaua conveys a sense of acting to take hold of the pae tata, those goals within our reach, as well as working to secure pae ora.
Whakamaua also alludes to the idea that a korowai is intended to be worn. Whakamaua brings completion and form to He Korowai Oranga so that all whānau Māori can experience health and vitality under its covering.
Outcomes of Whakamaua
Whakamaua focuses on 4 high-level outcomes to realise the vision of pae ora.
- Iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori communities can exercise their authority to improve their health and wellbeing.
- The health and disability system is fair and sustainable and delivers more equitable outcomes for Māori.
- The health and disability system addresses racism and discrimination in all its forms.
- The inclusion and protection of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) throughout the health and disability system.
Whakamaua also positions the health system to protect the health of iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Whakamaua
Whakamaua is underpinned by the Ministry of Health’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi framework.
The framework is a tool for the health and disability system to fulfil its stewardship obligations and the special relationship between Māori and the Crown.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi describes Crown obligations, Māori rights, and is key to achieving health equity and wellbeing for Māori.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi framework
Measuring progress towards Whakamaua
Whakamaua is a living document. It is intended to evolve in collaboration with Māori and the health system. This is to ensure it meets existing and emerging needs and is well placed to achieve better health outcomes for Māori.
Four objectives are the basis for measuring and monitoring the progress of the plan over the 5-year period towards achieving the 4 high-level outcomes.
View progress towards each objective on our interactive Whakamaua dashboard.
Shaped by the voices of people: Whatua summary report
Whakamaua has been shaped by an extensive engagement process and the voices of the people we spoke with. These are summarised in a summary report, Whatua.
Whatua: Engagement for the development of Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020–2025
