What is Kotahitanga?
Kaupapa & Koronga
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Māori with Lived Experience
This is a space for whānau Māori with living experience of hauora hinengāro (mental distress) and/or harmful substance use (AOD), facilitated my Māori lived experience leaders.
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Māori Values & Principles
Guided by the applied principles of tuakana teina (peer support) awhi mai, awhi atu (sharing and receiving knowledge) and Te Whakakoharangatiratanga (absolute respect).
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Safe Space: Sharing & Kōrerorero
We explore mātauranga knowledge, stories, and thoughts to enhance wellbeing from a Māori worldview. We have a tika (honest) kōrero as whānau to genuinely check in with one another.
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Weekly Zoom Hui
Each week we meet in the same place (same Zoom link) at the same time. It's a great way to stay connected to us and our kaupapa, but most importantly, to one another.
Past Kotahitanga Kōrero & Kaupapa
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Whakapapa o Kotahitanga
Past Kotahitanga Kōrero & Kaupapa
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Over lockdown, we found that a lot of our whānau Māori with lived experience were feeling isolated, especially through social distancing requirements. The Te Kete Pounamu team created Kotahitanga as a online weekly virtual hui, where whānau could come together and connect with like-minded people to discuss how things were going over that period of time.
As time went on, Kotahitanga developed into a space where we could explore different Māori pūrākau, and their importance and relevance to our daily lives, our connections, and mauri ora (wellbeing).