“Whakamana te puna mauri ora o Ngāti Rārua, mo ngā hekenga a muri ake tonu”
“Realise the wellspring of vital identity that is Ngāti Rārua for all the migrations yet to come”
WHĀNAU ORA
Mā te whānau, mā te hapū ka ora ai te iwi.
Ko te Aroha, te Manaakitanga e korowai nei i a koe.
Whānau Ora is about working together as Whānau,
Hapū and Iwi for the health and wellbeing of our people.
Oranga Hauora | Health & Wellbeing
A strong advocate for Whānau Ora, Amoroa Molly Luke is a drving force for the health and wellbeing of Māori. She is the founder of Te Hauora o Ngāti Rārua, one of the first accredited Māori health providers in Te Waipounamu.
Her leadership for change across the health sector to see better outcomes for Māori Whānau continues to be instrumental today.
Amoroa Molly Luke
“That is my hope that one day that everything will come into Whānau Ora which is health, education, housing it is everything so that our people are not being pushed around all over the place. They can come to one place and be healed and looked after – that is Whānau Ora for me.”
The Wairau floods caused devastating intergenerational health implications on Whānau & Hapū of Wairau Pā. As whānau reflect on the past they are determined to see better health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori.
Dr Lorraine Eade
“As soon as Ngāti Rārua got here we had to cope with the flooding remembering that we didn’t have the banks. Not only did you have the flooding, you had the typhoid that came so we lost a lot of our people.”
The health and wellbeing of whānau is paramount, Ngāti Rārua Iwi leaders acknowledge that there is an urgent need to help address the housing crisis and housing affordability. To ensure whānau have access to every means of help and support is vital.
Barney Thomas
“There are some fundamentals in life and those fundamentals are everyone wants a job, everyone needs to be educated, everyone needs a house but most importantly everyone needs good health.”
