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E Tū Māori
Māori participation
E Tū Māori
Māori participation
He rōpū kiritaki matua ngā Māori i te rāngai tākaro, kori tinana, me te hākinakina.
He tokomaha ngā tama me ngā kōtiro Māori e whakauru ana, ā, he rahi ake te pāpātanga tūao a ngā kōtiro Māori. He rahi hoki te tūao a ngā pakeke Māori, ā, he mahi ā-whānau hoki ētahi momo hākinakina. Ahakoa e pai hāere ana ēnei pāpātanga, e kitea ana te taunakitanga inā tata nei, kua heke, kua koke tonu te heke a te whakaurunga a ngā Māori.
E ū ana a Ihi Aotearoa ki te whakanui ake me te whakawhanake i te whakaurunga Māori, me te kaiārahitanga e whakarato ana ki te hauora o ngā Māori rātou ko ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa mā:
- te whakanui i te mana o Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā mātāpono Tiriti o te Rāngai, te Kaitiakitanga, me te Whakaurunga. Ka koke tonu tā mātou tupu i te āheinga a tō mātou rōpū kia rite pai ai mā ngā haepapa Tiriti.
- te tautoko i ngā ara kōhure ahurea e oti ai i a Ngāi Māori te whakauru me te angitu hei Māori.
Māori are a key customer grouping in the play, active recreation and sport sector.
Māori boys and girls participate in high numbers and Māori girls volunteer at high rates. Adult Māori participation and volunteering is high and Māori have intergenerational participation in some sport codes. While these rates are encouraging, recent evidence confirms that Māori participation has, and continues to, decline.
Ihi Aotearoa is committed to increasing and improving Māori participation and leadership that contributes to the wellbeing of Māori and all New Zealanders by:
- upholding the mana of Te Tiriti o Waitangi & the Treaty principles of Partnership, Protection, Participation. We will continue to grow our organisation cultural capability to be better equipped to meet our Te Tiriti responsibilities.
- supporting cultural distinctive pathways that enable Māori to participate and succeed as Māori.
He Oranga Poutama
Stairway to wellbeing
He tahua penapena e whakatairanga ana i te whanaketanga me te whakaratonga a te ngahau ōkiko me te hākinakina i te wairua ahurea e tika ana ki ngā Māori.
An investment fund that promotes the development and implementation of physical recreation and sport in a way that is culturally appropriate to Māori.
Mātaiao
E whakahaerehia ana a Mātaiao ki te taha o te Healthy Active Learning Initiative, e ārahina ana tēnei kaupapa e Ihi Aotearoa e mahi ngātahi ana me Ngā Pākura, ā, e tautokohia ana te kaupapa nei e te Manatū Hauora me te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga.
Ko Mātaiao tētahi kaupapa Māori, ko tōna pūtaketanga ko te Atua Matua Framework me te tūhono i ngā tamariki ki te taiao kia pai ake ai ngā putanga hauora.
Hei kaupapa whakamātau, kua tautoko, kua kōwhiri hoki a Tapuwaekura i ētahi kura kaupapa Māori, ētahi wharekura, me ētahi kura ā-iwi huri noa i Aotearoa mai i te tau 2020 tae noa ki tēnei wā. I te tau 2023, kua horapa haere a Tapuwaekura huri noa i Aotearoa. Hei tāpiri ki te whakawhānuitanga o te kaupapa nei, kua panonihia te ingoa o Tapuwaekura ki a Mātaiao, ko te māramatanga o taua ingoa ko te titiro atu me te kimi akoranga i te taiao.
Led by Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa in partnership with Ngā Pākura and supported by the Ministries of Health and Education, Mātaiao runs parallel to the Healthy Active Learning initiative.
Mātaiao is a Kaupapa Māori approach underpinned by the Atua Matua Framework (Māori Health and Wellbeing Framework) and connecting tamariki to te taiao (the environment) for better health and wellbeing outcomes.
As a pilot initiative, Tapuwaekura has supported select kura kaupapa Māori, wharekura and kura ā-iwi across Aotearoa since 2020. In 2023, Tapuwaekura was expanded throughout Aotearoa. Along with the expansion, Tapuwaekura was renamed Mātaiao, which means to observe and learn from the environment.
MaraeFit Aotearoa
E rata ana ngā Māori ki te ngahau me te hākinakina ina koa e whakakotahi ai I ngā whānau, ngā hapū me ngā iwi. Mā ngā marae me ngā whare tapere e honohono ai i ngā whānau, ngā hapū, me ngā iwi ki ō rātou whakapapa, waiata, tikanga, reo hoki. He kaha, he pukutohe hoki te hononga o te marae ki tōna iwi.
Nō te mārama ki te painga o te hohenga ōkiko me tana whakauta ki te hauora, me te hirahira o ngā tāngata, me tō rātou hononga ki te marae i puta mai ai a MaraeFit.
Māori enjoy active recreation and sport especially when it enables being together as whānau, hapū and iwi. Marae are whare tapere the enables whānau, hapū, iwi to connect with their whakapapa, waiata, tikanga and te reo. The connection between marae and its people is strong and unrelenting.
MaraeFit emerged through understanding the value of physical activity and its contribution to wellbeing and the importance of people and their connection to marae.
Te Whetū Rehua
The Guiding Star
He rautaki e tautoko ana i ngā kaiwhakarato tākaro, kori tinana, me te hākinakina kia whai whakaaro ki tā rātou whakahoahoa, urutau rānei i ngā ngohe kia tika ā-ahurea ki ngā Māori.
A framework to help play, active recreation and sport providers consider how they might design or adapt activities to be culturally responsive to Māori.
Māori Participation in Community Sport Report
Ka whakaputaina i te Mei o te tau 2017, i whakatūngia te Pūrongo Whakaurunga Māori ki ngā Hākinakina Hapori e Ihi Aotearoa e mārama ai me pēhea te rāngai hākinakina e kori ai kia kaha whāngai i te whakaurunga Māori ki ngā hākinakina me te kori tinana.
Published in May 2017, the Māori Participation in Community Sport report was commissioned by Sport NZ to understand how the sport sector can mobilise to better foster Māori participation in sport and active recreation.
Ngā mātāpono tikanga pai
Principles for sport and recreation
E mōhio ana mātou kia whakawhanake, kia mau ai ngā rangatahi ki tō rātou kaingākau hākinakina, me rata rātou ki ō rātou oroko wheako hākinakina, ngahau hoki.
We know that for young people to develop and retain a love of sport throughout their lives, they need to enjoy their formative sport and recreation experiences.
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