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NGĀ POUWHIRINAKI
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Welcome
Naumai Haramai e te whānau ki te pae tukutuku o Ngā Pouwhirinakitanga o Aotearoa
Ngā Pouwhirinakitanga o Aotearoa has a history provided here as a small curation of the wider mahi that has taken place in the past. We owe our existence today to the many people who advocated for our kaupapa, mokopuna, their whānau, hapu and iwi.
"Titiro whakamuri, kokiri whakamua."
He kōrero e kī ana i te mareikura o Harata Green (2021),"Ngā Pouwhirinakitanga are Māori RTLB working in schools and kura throughout Aotearoa. Although not formally acknowledged, we, as Māori, are twice bound by the terms and conditions of our employer (s) and by tikanga Māori. This underpins all that we do professionally and in our everyday lives.
Tika means what is right or correct, and tikanga is the manner in which we go about our daily mahi, guided by ngā uara, values and practices passed down to us by our tipuna, ancestors. We work within the framework of Te Ao Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi partnership, protection and participation."
Ā Mātou Mahi | Our Work
He Urunga Tū- An Entrance to Engagement uses the concept of pōwhiri to illustrate how RTLB engage with casework.
Te ao Māori process of welcome, pōwhiri transcends time and is unique to the rohe (region) or space RTLB work in. It positions RTLBs in the role as manuhiri as they huitahi with whānau and kura.
Throughout the process of He Urunga Tū, RTLB are reminded of the importance of "an entrance to engagement" as manuhiri invited to support mokopuna, kaiako, and kura in a way that honours the partnership, while respecting the unique contexts of each whānau, kura, and rohe.
Drawing on the cultural supervision practice framework of 'Pōwhiri Poutama Approach, 2014' used in practice by Educational Psychologist Maria Mareroa who was providing cultural supervision at the time to RTLB, He Urunga Tū was refined by members of Ngā Pouwhirinakitanga o Aotearoa, particularly Pāpā Renata Tane and others, as a response to acknowledge and affirm the critical importance of the RTLB's 'work before the work'—the foundational efforts that precede engagement with the Request for Support. He Urunga Tū guides RTLB through the entire casework process, from initial engagement to case closure.
Gifted its name by Toma Waihirere in 2016, He Urunga Tū provides an entrance to engagement and a te ao Māori responsive approach to ensuring sustainable outcomes and culturally safe practice for all.
"Ahakoa ko wai, ahakoa nō hea "
No matter who they are or where they are from