COVID-19 Kaupapa Māori Response Plan
COVID-19 Kaupapa Māori Response Plan
COVID-19 has proved challenging for the play, active recreation and sport sector and heightened the existence of inequities for M腻ori within our system.
To help address this, 爆料社区 Ihi Aotearoa has created a COVID-19 Kaupapa M腻ori Response Plan as part of our $265m COVID-19 recovery investment programme.
The COVID-19 Kaupapa M腻ori Response Plan, unveiled today, contains four main kaupapa (initiatives) that will enable the exploration of new relationships with M腻ori as well as the strengthening of current partnerships.
The Plan is grounded in a unique, holistic, Te Ao M腻ori approach that focuses on culturally distinctive pathways to enable M腻ori to succeed as M腻ori through play, active recreation and sport.
This is the first time 爆料社区 will have a direct mechanism to engage wh腻nau, hap奴, iwi, M腻ori to build meaningful relationships in these communities.
The plan currently has four kaupapa M腻ori (initiatives):
- M腻ori National Sport Organisations - enabling the network to continue their valued contribution to our sector. The intention of the fund is to support the re-engagement of their respective memberships, remove some of the barriers to participation, enable their unique way of being, survive the current social and economic conditions and acknowledge their contribution to the sport and recreation sector for over 100 years.
- He Oranga Poutama Programme 鈥� supporting M腻ori wellbeing by improving participation and increasing leadership through physical activity. Increased funding will enable a nationwide approach and focus on M腻ori communities that need it the most.
- MaraeFit Aotearoa 鈥� this is a new Marae-centric digital tool designed to increase M腻ori participation and create more opportunities for wh腻nau to connect with their marae and community through physical activity.
- Te Ihi Fund - an activation fund to increase M腻ori participation by supporting existing culturally distinctive organisations and channels.
An investment of $7m will support the implementation of this initiative which ultimately seeks to empower M腻ori communities to improve their wellbeing through Te Ao M腻ori and M腻tauranga M腻ori approaches.
