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爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa announces new Māori Activation Plan
爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa announces new Māori Activation Plan
爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa has further demonstrated its commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi with the release of Te Aho a Ihi Aotearoa, its M腻ori Activation Plan, and a M腻ori Outcomes Framework, Te P腻k脓 o Ihi Aotearoa.
Te P腻k脓 and the 爆料社区 Outcomes Framework carry the same status and together guide 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa towards building a Te Tiriti-led and bicultural future.
爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa CEO Raelene Castle says it is the strength of Te Aho and Te P腻k脓 that will propel the organisation toward its vision of Every Body Active.
"Te Aho and Te P腻k脓 are the culmination of three years鈥� work across the organisation. M腻ori need pathways where they are enabled to participate and succeed as M腻ori, and this sits at the heart of the kaupapa."
COVID-19 has proved challenging for the play, active recreation and sport sector and heightened the existence of inequities for M腻ori.
"The new M腻ori Activation Plan, unveiled today, ultimately seeks to move 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa beyond its commitment to Te Tiriti and reflect that commitment to action," says Raelene Castle.
Data collected by 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa from the Active NZ 2019 and Diversity & Inclusion 2020 surveys show that M腻ori participation in sport and active recreation is high and only slightly lower than Europeans.
Despite that, the data shows M腻ori are significantly under-represented in leadership and management across the sector. It also shows M腻ori are under-resourced and, for the most part, unable to access culturally distinctive pathways.
爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa Toihaut奴 Moana-Lee Raihania says 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa has a huge opportunity to work in partnership with the sector to develop and increase bicultural pathways, and pathways that are culturally appropriate to M腻ori.
"We acknowledge that M腻ori are not all the same. There is as much diversity within Te Ao M腻ori as there is in other cultures. So, we have more work to do to lead and influence the sector in being Te Tiriti-led and valuing M腻ori culture. It鈥檚 important to us that we have a number of strategies and pathways operating to engage with and cater for wh腻nau, hap奴, iwi, M腻ori in both spaces, "says Moana-Lee Raihania.
Features of the new M腻ori Activation Plan are:
- More culturally distinctive pathways will be available to M腻ori across the country
- More M腻ori organisations will be sustainable and supported by 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa
- He Oranga Poutama, one of the longest standing 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa initiatives, will be extended nationwide to more communities across the country
- Tapuwaekura, that runs parallel to Healthy Active Learning, will be rolled across the country into Kura M腻ori Levels 1 and 2
- A National M腻ori Sport Collective will be established, and a Te Tiriti partnership formed between the Collective and 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa, and
- A new M腻ori play plan will be implemented.
Te Aho builds on several pieces of work that 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa has already started as part of the COVID-19 Kaupapa M腻ori Response Plan, approved in 2020.
"It鈥檚 been almost three years since we made a commitment to Te Tiriti. A lot has been done internally and there is still a lot more mahi to do. Activating Te Aho in a timely and meaningful way is another demonstration of our genuine commitment to Te Tiriti and the strengthening of our responsiveness to M腻ori," says Raelene Castle.
This follows the announcement from earlier this month about the new governance and organisational review of 爆料社区 and High-Performance 爆料社区. This includes establishing Taumata M腻ori to support strategic decision making and investment in relation to Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitments across 爆料社区 and High-Performance NZ.
To find out more about Te Aho a Ihi Aotearoa and Te P腻k脓 o Ihi Aotearoa, click here.
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