Ā matou aronga | Our purpose
Tā mātou kitenga me te taukī whakatakanga
Our vision and mission statements
Whānau are at the heart of everything we do, as represented in our kitenga and taukī whakatakanga.
Te kitenga was chosen to describe our long-term moemoeā (vision) for whānau, the people who use our services.
The taukī whakatakanga is our day-to-day guide to how we work with whānau to achieve our long-term moemoeā.
Together, te kitenga me te taukī whakatakanga tell the story of how we support whānau to build knowledge and confidence, so they be the rangatira of their hauora journey.
Te kitenga
Te taukī whakatakanga
Tō mātou uara
Our values
Tō mātou uara are the tūāpapa (foundation) underpinning the way we work with whānau.
Ngā uara belong to te ao Māori, the Māori worldview and way of life. Te Piki Oranga has carefully chosen six uara that resonate most strongly with our whakapapa and our kaupapa.
Ngā uara o Te Piki Oranga are the qualities that underpin our ways of working, so that we may achieve our purpose for the benefit of whānau today, and generations to come. Carl Baker, Te Pou Taki, explains the kaupapa of ngā uara:
In the past, values helped protect the wellbeing of the whānau, and the survival of the collective. These values continue to make whānau strong today.
Ō mātou pou rautaki
Our strategic pou
The four strategic pou that guide us are:
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Improve accessibility for whānau
Strengthen iwi relationships
Reduce inequity
Increase kotahitanga across the organisation
Provide adequate facilities
Ensure sustainability and quality of services
Increase workforce capability
Ensure strategic plan is fit for purpose
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Ensure te ao Māori is the essence of all we do
Build culturally appropriate services
Support kaimahi cultural capability
Reconnect with Māori culture
Build tikanga
Tautoko marae
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Embrace innovation
Expand appropriate services
Develop public health / health promotion
Achieve best practice
Maintain an effective client management system
Grow leaders
Develop research opportunities
Implement the strategic plan
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Implement Māori models of hauora
Improve Māori health outcomes
Collaborate to address social and economic disparities
Support whānau with disabilities
Increase health literacy
Te Piki Oranga’s Mahere Rautaki (Strategic Plan) 2023-2028 helps us navigate changes in government structure, health system settings and in our population’s demographics, while progressing our strategic pou (goals).
Te Puna Hauora
Our source of wellbeing
Our services offer support with mental health, addiction, prevention and wellness.
Te Puna Hauora is based more on a traditional Māori community model than a Western clinical model.
It recognises that a health concern requires a whānau-centric approach, where a Māori individual may need the support and involvement of their whānau and whānau whanui.
Te Piki Oranga refers to people accessing our services as whānau because this infers a close and respectful relationship.
By placing whānau at the centre, we support whānau to become more self-managing, with increased health literacy and autonomy.
Te Puna (the source) Hauora (wellbeing) is the framework for how we provide services in Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui.
Whānau are at the centre of Te Puna Hauora, and our strategic pou, because we want to support the development of healthy, strong and self-sufficient whānau, and support access to knowledge that unites us as Māori.
Te Manu Aute – te tohu o Te Piki Oranga
The Kite – the logo of Te Piki Oranga
Te tohu o Te Piki Oranga is the symbol of te manu aute – a traditional Māori kite often made in the shape of bird, and covered with the bark of the aute (paper mulberry) plant.
The tohu symbolises how kaupapa Māori is translated into how kaimahi work with, and walk alongside, whānau. Whānau is represented by Manu Aute, at the centre of our care.
Around the centre are the tikanga Māori values and kaupapa our kaimahi practice to gain whānau confidence and understanding. From there, kaimahi can empower whānau to improve all aspects of their wellbeing.