Healthy Families Waitākere

West Auckland kaupapa Māori initiative strengthening hauora outcomes for tamariki

07 October 2026

A new kaupapa Māori initiative, Whāia te Oranga, is bringing specialist hauora practitioners into West Auckland’s kura Māori bilingual units – and building the case to keep them there. The new initiative from Healthy Families Waitākere is setting up the structures at Rānui Primary and New Windsor School’s bilingual units for

Wayfinding Leadership: how a pilot became the school’s own

24 September 2026

“Stand up if you or your ancestors come from the Pacific Ocean.” That is the first instruction in the Wayfinding Leadership artefact. It is also how the pilot opened at Te Kura o Pātiki, Rosebank School, where more than 100 tamariki from the Samoan, Tongan and Niuean bilingual units took

Shared Learning days with Healthy Families South Auckland and Hutt Valley

27 August 2026

Last month, we spent two days in shared learning with the Healthy Families South Auckland team — one day they joined us in Waitākere, the next we headed to Auckland Council to learn alongside them. The Healthy Families Hutt Valley team joined us, and it was a valuable chance to

West Auckland kaupapa Māori initiative strengthening hauora outcomes for tamariki

Wayfinding Leadership: how a pilot became the school’s own

Shared Learning days with Healthy Families South Auckland and Hutt Valley

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