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  Don’t look to the sky for fireworks when you can watch them light up in the eyes of all the people passing by.   – Tyler Kent Everyone has an opinion on fireworks. It is a frivolous waste of money;…

  “Stand tall in the mana of your ancestors.  Celebrate your divine essence. Know that you are an ancient being that embodies aroha: the presence and the breath of our divine source.    And let your mentors, your speaking mountains…

  I love this time of the year with the kōwhai in full bloom. Wherever the kōwhai are, we know too, there will be tui and kereru, kūkū and kūkūpa feasting on their succulence in the nectar and the leaves.  …

  The atua, Rehua, lives in the highest of the skies.   Rehua, Te Putahi-nui-o-Rehua resides in Rangi-tuarea, the tenth and highest of the heavens.  The powers of Rehua are similarly legendary – having the strength to cure blindness, to…

   The great philosopher Aristotle once said, “to appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it  is necessary to stand out in the cold”. I was trying to remind one of my team this week when we stopped at Kura Tawhiti,…

Whānau Ora Navigator agencies Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu invest in Navigator roles to support and build whānau capability. Whānau Ora Navigators work with whānau who are in crisis to identify their strengths, facilitate and mentor them to provide wrap-around…

  “We must take time to define our own path; too quickly we can find the world defining the path for us” This week we took a moment out on a beautiful Southern day to walk at Daffodil Bay, along…

It has come as no surprise to the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency to see three successful whānau entities have been named as the three finalists in the Te Waipounamu category for the 2019 Māori Women in Business Awards….

   How funding decisions are made Our recommendations to decision makers are based on available funding, your application meeting the specified criteria, and consideration of other applications. Assessing your application Your application for Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu funding is…

   WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW To receive funding, there must be a philosophical alignment between Whanau Ora and what you are proposing to deliver. Te Pūtahitanga O Te Waipounamu has utilised whānau voice to develop a way to identify…