Ko Mauao te maunga
Ko Tauranga te moana
Ko Ngai Te rangi, Ngati Ranginui me Ngati Pukenga nga iwi
Ko Nga Potiki, Ngati He me Ngai Te Ahi nga hapu
Ko Tamapahore, Maungatapu me Hairini nga marae
Ko Jack Thatcher ahau
Ka mahi au mo te Whare Hakinakina o te Moana-a-Toi
Ka tu ake au ki roto Tauranga Moana
Ko He Oranga Poutama te kaupapa o tooku mahi
He kaupapa e whakahaere ana, e tiaki ana nga iwi ki te oranga o te tinana
Taakaro, Taakaro ? 30 meneti ia ra, ia ra
He Oranga Poutama has been in Tauranga Moana community for 10 years. The programme centres around the support of Maori Traditional and Cultural practices in fulfilling the outcomes of our Kaupapa He Oranga Poutama.
My role in the community is to assist Maori to become more active and involved in physical activities that will improve their health and well-being.
This is done in the following ways;
- Waka Kaupapa activities
- Waka Voyaging
- Waka Ama training and competition
- Providing Waka experiences
- Mau Rakau training, wananga and events
- Kapa Haka training, wananga and events
- Providing links to specific sports codes through coach force
- Offering support to Hapu Holiday programmes
- Offering support to Kohanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa and Kura Maori activities
- My experience in Event Management
- Managing and supporting our major Maori Events
- Supporting Rangatahi leadership development.
He Oranga Poutama, is a philosophy for life, which promotes physical activity as a way of combating the effects of those health issues that more and more Maori are experiencing these days.
These health issues, such as diabetes and heart disease brought on by poor nutrition, sedentary life styles and habits such as smoking are serious issues for the future well-being of our people. He Oranga Poutama promotes making changes towards a more active lifestyle that we believe will help maori enjoy life more and live longer healthy active lives.
Na reira
Ko te tumanako ka noho pai mai tatou I raro I te korowai o te kaupapa nei
Ara e tika ana
Whakakaha te tinana
Whakaakona te hinengaro
Whakapikihia te wairua
Mo te oranga o te Tangata
Taakaro Taakaro, tekau ma toru ia ra ia ra
He Oranga Poutama
Maori active for life
Tena koutou katoa
For more information on He Oranga Poutama in the Bay of Plenty, contact the He Oranga Poutama Kaiwhakahaere, whose details are found in The Staff section of this website.