Te Tatau Kitenga has been established to provide expert advice and recommendations to the Ministry of Health on youth-related topics and services, especially for our priority groups: rangatahi Māori, Pacific young people, rainbow rangatahi, rangatahi in care and rangatahi with disability.
Whakamaua, the Māori Health Action Plan 2020–2025 outlines a suite of actions that will help to achieve four high-level outcomes. These outcomes are:
- iwi, hapū, whānau and Māori communities exercising their authority to improve their health and wellbeing
- ensuring the health and disability system is fair and sustainable and delivers more equitable outcomes for Māori
- addressing racism and discrimination in all its forms.
- protecting mātauranga Māori throughout the health and disability system.
Te Tatau Kitenga includes Te Rōpū Mātanga o Rangatahi (Te Rōpū). Te Rōpū provides leadership and advice to ensure that the work of Te Tatau Kitenga supports achievement of these outcomes.
In Budget 2019, Government committed to extending and enhancing School Based Health Services (SBHS) as an action to ‘inspire active, healthy and creative children and young people’ in the Government’s Child and Youth Wellbeing Current Programme of Action. Te Tatau Kitenga is tasked with advising the Ministry what an extended and enhanced model of SBHS should look like for the rangatahi of Aotearoa and the steps needed for the appropriate implementation of the enhancements.
Membership
Te Tatau Kitenga is a group of youth health professionals selected for their expertise in working with young people, their wider contributions to the youth health, their expertise in te ao Māori and mātauranga Māori sector, and their experience with SBHS. The members are from variety of regions (including rural), health professions, and SBHS delivery models.
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Name |
Job title/role |
Location |
|---|---|---|
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Anita Balhorn |
Manager Youth Health Service, Youth Health Nurse Specialist, SYHPANZ Chair |
Hawkes Bay |
|
Aniva Lawrence |
GP, Clinical Director Youth Health Mahitahi Hauora, Chair Te Rōpū, Co-Chair Te Tatau Kitenga |
Northland |
|
Audrey Robin |
GP |
Heretaunga |
|
Bridget Farrant |
Adolescent physician, Co-Chair Te Tatau Kitenga |
Counties Manukau |
|
Christine Cammell |
Professional Teaching Fellow, University of Auckland, Project Lead, NZ School Nurses Website |
Auckland |
|
Emily Oughton |
Youth Health doctor, GP |
Wellington |
|
Jason Tuhoe |
GP |
Waikato |
|
Kate ChiTar |
Nurse Practitioner, Youth School Health |
Counties Manukau |
|
Koha Aperahama |
Nurse, Northland District Health Board |
Tai Tokerau |
|
Lee-ann O'Brien |
Manager Whanake Youth Health and Wellbeing Trust, Adolescent Nurse Specialist |
Nelson |
|
Liz Read |
HBDHB Public Health Nurse Manager |
Hawkes Bay |
|
Rachel McGillan |
Youth Health CNS and Nurse Consultant |
Whangarei |
|
Sue Bagshaw |
Youth Health Primary Care specialist, Doctor |
Christchurch |
|
Terryann Clark |
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Auckland |
Whangarei |
|
Tracey Wihongi |
Youth Health Nurse, Northland District Health Board |
Tai Tokerau |
|
Vicki Shaw |
Youth Health doctor |
Manawatū |
To find out more about School Based Health Services, see Youth Health Care in Secondary Schools: A framework for continuous quality improvement