In 2017, the Te Aitanga a Mahaki Strategic Plan was confirmed.
The vision for our people is: “Whanau who are Healthy, Wealthy & Wise."
These are the 3 cornerstone pillars of this simple vision for our people. And the
platform for delivering our vision is whakapono. Thriving whanau with a ngakau
mahaki is the aim.
Last year the vehicle for delivering our strategic plan was confirmed to be our pa
kainga or villages - which includes our marae, churches, whanau and wider
community. This strategic approach is underpinned by the adage, "it takes
a village to raise a child."
The simple aim of Te Aitanga a Mahaki Trust is for our villages to be totally
responsible for our whanau within the village.
Ko te kai a te rangatira, he korero - Discussing what works for our whanau
We are seeking YOUR view on how the vision and strategic plan can be achieved for
your whanau in your village - and what collectively we can do together across
all of our whanau in all of our villages. Receiving YOUR korero by completing
this questionnaire, ensures we capture the manawa, whakaaro and mauri of your
korero. There is also space for you to offer thoughts over and above the
questions we have posed. Kaitakawaenga from your village - like we currently
have for housing through Toitu Tairawhiti Housing Limited - will work with me
to capture your voice and help me create key themes for your village and the
collective villages of Mahaki, including Turanganui a Kiwa. We will present the
key themes back to your village in a presentation. We will discuss and seek
your validation of your villages' individual themes, and the common themes
across all villages. Validation means, "have we captured what your
individual voice and our collective voices have said?"
Naturally, we won't be able to include every single comment, however from our shared
manawa, whakaaro and mauri the key common themes will emerge. Once we have
received the validation from the whanau in your village, the next phase will be
to develop a plan of how to achieve the agreed outcomes for your village.
Please answer all of the questions.
Your completed version will come to me and input into a database. I will manage the
security of that database. The last day to have a say, is 31 July 2024.
Please share this questionnaire links to anyone within your village, your marae, your
whanau. Please note: if you are helping to capture someone else’s korero,
please use the words they use, their exact language and phrases.
If you have any questions or patai about the questionnaires, please contact your kaitakawaenga:
Te Karaka - Pimia Wehi mokaitkk@gmail.com
Mangatu - Jo Perry ce@ora.org.nz
Puha - Nicky-Marie Kohere-Smiler nmspeechlanguagetherapy@gmail.com
Waituhi - Libby Te Rauna libby.terauna@hotmail.co.nz
Patutahi - Angie Hohepa angie@toituhousing.co.nz
Waihirere - Tapeta Wehi t.wehi@thekahaexperience.com
Tarere - Hokinga Wanoa hokinga@trotak.iwi.nz
Jesse Horsfall, 0210508915, jesse@jesse-innovations.com
