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MARAE
Our goal for marae is
that they are supported
and enabled to be
economically sound and
self-sufficient. Since 1996
Marae have received
$37.1 million
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in annual
marae development
grants and $6.5 million
for marae facilities
projects. In 2016:
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$1 million distributed
in annual Marae
Development grants
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$45,000 distributed
in Marae Facilities
grants to support
construction,
maintenance and
upgrade of marae
buildings and environs
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Marae Development
Plan draft and
consultation round
completed and plan
now awaiting budget
prioritisation
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Framework for the
Marae Strategic Asset
Management Plan
developed
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53 marae asset surveys
completed
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Xero accounting
package developed for
marae to self-manage
finances
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61 Waikato-Tainui
marae now registered
for the Marae
Insurance package
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22 marae valuations
completed
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Inaugural Whakatupu
Marae Governance
programme developed
and implemented
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N3 Trade Card
introduced as a way
of obtaining discounts
for marae from a wide
range of suppliers
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22 fire risk assessments
completed in
association with NZ
Fire Service
MOKOPUNA ORA
Mokopuna Ora is our
partnership with Child,
Youth & Family to improve
the lives of mokopuna of
Waikato-Tainui descent
are in state care. It aims
to reduce the number of
mokopuna entering care;
increase the number
of mokopuna being
safely placed within their
whaanau, hapuu and iwi;
support whaanau into the
role of primary caregiver;
and connect mokopuna
to their tribal identity.
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Mokopuna Ora pilot
involving 10 whaanau
trialled and evaluation
report to June 2016
completed
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Joint steering, working
and advisory groups
established
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Model for intervention
practice developed
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Iwi Support Advisors
appointed with a
view to building more
capacity
Koroki Waikai and Melissa Johnson
OPERATIONS REPORT
STRENGTHENING WHAANAU FOUNDATIONS
Koroki Waikai and Melissa Johnson are our Mokopuna
Ora Iwi Support Advisors.
Both have backgrounds in social work, counselling and
youth mentoring and are inspired by the Mokopuna
Ora initiative and its goals for supporting whaanau to
ensure better outcomes for peepi and tamariki.
“The whaanau foundations within our iwi need
strengthening and I believe Mokopuna Ora is going
to be a big part of lifting our people to a better space,”
says Koroki (Waahi Paa).
As Iwi Support Advisors Koroki and Melissa provide
the link between CYF and whaanau. Their priority is
to ensure that whaanau understand the CYF process
and legal implications so that they can make informed
decisions about their mokopuna.
“Mokopuna Ora is a strategic tool that I believe
empowers whaanau to navigate the CYF process.
Whaanau are better able to manage the issue
themselves,” says Melissa (Te Rarawa) who has so
far worked with 18 whaanau cases involving 60
mokopuna, including young mum Shennese Matenga.
“They helped me put a plan together for CYFs for my
children and I would never have done that if I didn’t
have anybody alongside me. I still get the time with my
kids that I need every week. It’s pretty much thanks to
them I’ve got my kids still in my life,” Shennese says.