Recruit, Retain and Revitalise the
māori health workforce!
Whakamau, Whakaū, Whakaora
I te ao māori
MŌ MĀTOU
Kia Ora Hauora (KOH) the ‘Māori Health as a Career Programme’ is a national Māori health workforce development programme that was established in 2009 to increase the overall number of Māori working in the health and disability sector. We support growth in the Māori health workforce that is more reflective of the communities the workforce serves and supports.
Kia Ora Hauora engages with Māori students, current health workers, and community members seeking a career in health. We promote health careers, both clinical and non-clinical. We are an information hub that provides knowledge, tools and resources to get you started on a health career pathway.
No matter what stage of the decision-making process you are in, we can assist and support a better understanding of the exciting professions in healthcare. We provide increased opportunities for Māori to see the ‘health sector in action’ through mentoring and local events. This includes open days, hospital visits, science days, wānanga, workshops and tertiary events.
NGĀ TAUIRA O
TE KURA TUARUA
For most careers in health you will need to study at tertiary level and get a degree or diploma. The first thing to understand is what subjects you need to be studying at secondary school to make sure you’re on the right path towards your dream job .
NGĀ TAUIRA O NGĀ WHARE WĀNANGA
Wondering what career pathway your degree can take you on? We’ve got that covered! Explore this page to discover your tertiary options and check out the Personal Stories and Career Profiles to get inspiration and hear others experience.
RĀNGAIMAHI
Searching for your first health job? Or maybe you’re ready for the next challenge in your health career.
TE HAPORI
If you want to support someone to start their career in the health sector you’ll find helpful information here.
NGĀ KARAHIPI
There are many scholarships available for tauira Māori from tertiary institutes, Te Whatu Ora, iwi, hapū trusts and the government. The secret is finding out about the ones you can apply for, and then applying for them! It will take a little bit of time to put your applications together, but it will be worth it!
KIA ORA HAUORA BACKGROUND
Kia Ora Hauora was established in 2009 in response to the national and international shortage of health sector workers and the demand for more Māori health professionals.
There is a well-established link between providing culturally safe care and improved health outcomes for Māori. We know that increasing the representation of Māori within the health workforce and the normalisation and strengthening of cultural capability and capacity will contribute to better health outcomes.
Māori represent approximately 17% of the population of Aotearoa, however Māori workers in the Health and Disability Sector are significantly underrepresented in both clinical and non-clinical roles.
Hauora Māori promotes holistic approaches to healing, and often combines both western science and matauranga Māori to create the best health outcomes for Māori whānau and the wider communities in which they live.
Kia Ora Hauora is contracted by the government to support Māori achievement and increase the number of Māori working in the Aotearoa health sector.
KIA ORA HAUORA OFFERINGS
KIA ORA HAUORA KAUPAPA
Matauranga Māori is a widely accepted holistic framework that recognises the inter-connectedness of all things and places whānau at the centre.
This is at the heart of the Kia Ora Hauora approach combined with our focus of working across the health sector to solve the systemic challenges whānau Māori encounter.
While Kia Ora Hauora is a health sector initiative the interventions that we deliver sit firmly within the education sector, and the tools with which we deliver these interventions are through the kaupapa of whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and rangatiratanga.
We are not a programme that delivers training courses or formal qualifications, and we don’t employ doctors, nurses, or other health professionals. We create and nurture partnerships within the education sector to engage rangatahi and other Māori learners in education and training that will ultimately lead to fulfilling careers in the health sector.
Kia Ora Hauora is in the business of removing barriers so that Māori succeed. We provide leadership and support for whānau wanting to move into health careers and enable them to become leaders in their own right.
We work closely with a range of partner organisations and rely on the ability of our teams to be well connected across multiple sectors.
MANU KOROKĪ
Our goal of creating long term change for Māori through improving health outcomes by growing the Māori health workforce can be likened to the stages of a new day. Te Manu Korokī talks of the chorus sung by the birds on the breaking of dawn, announcing the new day.
Traditionally in Te Ao Māori the dawn is broken into different parts reflecting the change of the sun’s position, the changing light and the different activities that occur during this process. Manu Korokī – the singing bird – the aspiration of Kia Ora Hauora is to support whānau to live better lives through improving health outcomes by growing the Māori health workforce as depicted below. Our goal is that whānau celebrate their future, like the singing bird announcing the new day.
