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"Prevalence of mental disorders among M a ori in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 40, no. 10 (2006): 914–923. Kingi, Te Kani. "The Treaty of Waitangi: A framework for Maori health development." New Zealand Journal of Occupational Therapy 54, no. 1 (2007): 4.
Diagram of a whare, named with domains of Hauora.. Hauora is a Māori philosophy of health and well-being unique to New Zealand. [1]It helps schools be educated and prepared for what students are about to face in life.
Whānau Ora (Māori for "healthy families") is a major contemporary indigenous health initiative in New Zealand, driven by Māori cultural values. Its core goal is to empower communities and extended families to support families within the community context rather than individuals within an institutional context.
The Maori Health Authority, or Te Aka Whai Ora, was established in 2022 to improve health outcomes of Maori, which lag the broader population. Maori make up 17% of the country's population.
In 2022, the New Zealand Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission published the mental health services and addiction services report, Te Huringa: Change and Transformation. [11] This monitoring report was the first of its kind and was a reconstructed model of the previous Mental Health Commissioner’s framework.
The 1990s also saw the separation of intellectual handicaps from mental health services, [22] and more attention was paid to Māori, who were over-represented in the mental health system. From 2012 on, the Health and Disability Commission has overseen the integration of New Zealand's response to mental health issues.
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Hinemoa Elder MNZM (born 1966) [1] [2] is a New Zealand youth forensic psychiatrist and former television presenter. She is a professor in indigenous research at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, [3] a fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and sits on the Māori Advisory Committee of the Centre for Brain Research.