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Māori

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• Alcohol and Public Health Research Unit = Rūnanga, Wānanga, Haora me te Paekaka
  The archive of the APHRU site as at 30 June 2002 when Profeesor Sally Casswell and the staff from APHRU and Whariki moved to set up the Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation (SHORE) at Massey University.
  
  
• Auahi kore
  A positive Māori message about being Smokefree promoted by the Health Sponsorship Council.
  
  
• Cultural safety = Kawa whakaruruhau / Irihapeti Merenia Ramsden
  Cultural safety and nursing education in New Zealand.
  
  
• Division of Māori and Pacific Health
  Auckland University. Includes Māori and Pacific Admissions Scheme (MAPAS).
  
  
• Endangered species
  An advertising campaign set up by Te Reo Marama promoting the tobacco resistance to Māori.
  
  
• Hāpai Te Hauora Tāpui Ltd : regional Māori public health provider
  Co-ordinates and delivers a range of health promotion messages and events in the Tamaki Makaurau rohe (Auckland area).
  
  
• He Oranga Pounamu
  The primary role of He Oranga Pounamu is to re-organise and re-distribute Crown funding for health and social services to improve access, choice and service quality for Māori residing in the Ngai Tahu rohe.
  
  
• Kimihauora Health Centre
  Information about the initiative to reduce the high incidence of gastric cancer within the Maori population of the area.
  
  
• Kokiri Marae
  The website presents the services and facilities offered by the Kokiri Marae, including Te Kohanga Reo, health and social services, training and education programmes. Has links to other sites and resources.
  
  
• Māori & Psychology Research Unit
  University of Waikato. Courses, publications and research.
  
  
• Māori health community
  Hauora.com is a national Māori-led Māori health workforce development organisation. Supported by Māori health professional associations, providers and workers.
  
  
• Māori Health Directorate news
  Highlights issues relevant to and celebrates achievements in Māori health. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Māori health
  Māori health topics. Introduces the Māori Health Directorate and providers of health and disability services to Māori.
  
  
• Māori/Indigenous Health Institute : MIHI
  Information about the teaching and research activities of MIHI in the field of Māori health.
  
  
• Ngā Ringa Whakahaere o te Iwi Māori Incorporated Society
  Independent national network of Māori traditional practitioners or "Whare Oranga". Includes events and directory.
  
  
• Ngā Tipu Whakaoranga = People Plants Database
  Information on traditional uses of New Zealand native plants.
  
  
• Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Centre
  Collects, collates, interprets and publishes information, data and statistics on Māori health issues. Focus on hauora rangatahi (young people's health); hauora wāhine (Māori women's health) and oranga niho (dental health).
  
  
• Ngāti Awa Social & Health Services = Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa
  Provides social, health and employment services to Ngati Awa and the wider community within the Ngati Awa rohe.
  
  
• Nga Maia o Aotearoa me te Wai Pounamu
  National collective of Maori Midwives, Kaumatua, Wahine Toa, Kaiako & Tauira, formed to reclaim traditional birthing practices.
  
  
• Nga Ngaru Hauora o Aotearoa = The National Māori Health Providers Association
  Site for providers of Māori health services, including a bulletin board, online copies of newsletters dealing with Māori health issues in Aotearoa, and papers dealing with health issues facing Māori and other indigenous peoples.
  
  
• Official website of te Runanganui o Taranaki Whanui
  Provides links for websites and news of current issues and events for Te Āti Awa. Provides access to the online radio station Atiawa Toa FM; the education and welfare group Taimaiti Whangai; and health and fitness centres such as Waiwhetu Medical Centre.
  
  
• ORA
  Te ORA is the online newsletter of Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Te ORA), the Māori Medical Practitioners' Association, and deals with Māori health issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Poumanawa Oranga
  Māori health provider at the top of the South Island. Includes newsletter and links to service providers.
  
  
• SHORE Centre : The Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation = Te Runanga, Wananga, Hauora me te Paekaka
  SHORE and Whariki Research Group, Massey University. Research includes alcohol and other drugs, Maori health, effects of place on health, Māori identity, youth mental health, nutrition and body image.
  
  
• Tūhoe Mātauranga Trust
  Promoting the health, social and economic well-being of Ngāi Tūhoe.
  
  
• Te Hauora o Turanganui-a-Kiwa =Turanga Health
  Health company with responsibility to govern the delivery of health services to the people of Turanganui-a-Kiwa.
  
  
• Te Hotu Manawa Māori
  National Māori health promotion organisation which works to reduce heart disease among Māori. Includes: Auahi Kore (Smokefree Māori), Kai Totika me Whakapakari Tinana (Nutrition & Physical Activity) and Aukati Kai Paipa (Smoking Cessation & Guidelines).
  
  
• Te Kaunihera o ngā Neehi Māori o Aotearoa = National Council of Māori Nurses
  NCMN supports professional and workforce development of Māori nurses. Membership open to registered nurses, student nurses and health workers who are Māori. Includes downloadable reference resources.
  
  
• Te ORA, The Māori Medical Practitioners Association
  Represents Māori medical students and practitioners working as specialists, clinicians, researchers and teachers. Includes AGM, events and newsletters.
  
  
• Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority
  The authority offers health services in Wanganui.
  
  
• Te Pūmanawa Hauora
  TPH, the Māori health research programme within Te Pūtahi-ā-toi, School of Māori Studies, Massey University.
  
  
• Te Puāwai Tapu : kaupapa Māori sexuality services
  An independent public health organisation specialising in sexual and reproductive health issues for Maori. Conference details available.
  
  
• Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa
  Provides assistance and encouragement for the social, educational, cultural, health, economic and political advancement of Māori and Pacific Islanders living in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton).
  
  
• Te Rau Matatini : Māori mental health workforce development
  An organisation working to strengthen the Māori mental health workforce. Information includes training available, career profiles, scholarship information, mental health, alcohol and drug providers.
  
  
• Te Wana Quality Programme
  Quality improvement programme for community health services, developed by Health Care Aotearoa Inc (HCA), a national network of community primary health care providers. Provides summaries of standards and indicators.
  
  
• Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust
  Provides economic, environmental, health and social initiatives to Waitakere City.
  
  
• Tomaiora Māori Health Research Group
  Tomaiora is committed to positive Māori development through improving the well-being of tamariki, rangatahi and their whanau. The group undertake research, projects and health promotion.
  
  
• Tui Ora
  An integrated health service organisation committed to enhancing health and wellbeing in the Taranaki region. A joint venture between the Taranaki Iwi Health Forum - Te Whare Punanga Kōrero Trust and the former Midland Regional Health Authority.
  
  
• Whāriki : Māori Research Health Group working in partnership with APHRU
  Archived site. Whākiri Research Unit aimed to provide high quality health research by Māori for Māori and Māori communities, focussing on health research into service delivery, health promotion, injury prevention and health policy.
  
  
• Whare kohanga, the "nest house" and its lore : comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal etc. contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungungu tribe of the North Island of New Zealand / by Elsdon Best
  E-Book created by the Knowledge Basket. Māori birth customs.
  
  
• Whariki, Te Rōpū Whāriki, the Whāriki Research Group ; SHORE, The Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation : Te Runanga, Whananga, Hauora me te Pākēha
  Te Rōpū Whāriki works with Māori communities and organisations, to provide high quality research and to further the development of a Māori health research workforce. Research partnership with SHORE.