The Project Advisor within the Māori Education strategic policy team will be responsible for coordinating and managing a series of website and publication projects that support the Ministry’s focus on iwi and whānau engaged in learning. They will also manage publication projects related to the Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success policy programme and Tau Mai Te Reo – the Māori Language in Education Strategy.

Ideal applicants will possess:

Essential

• Demonstrated project co-ordination, facilitation and management skills
• High level of judgement, objectivity and integrity
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to work with teams effectively to design web content
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience in web-based, media or publication related projects

Desirable

• Understanding and practical application of the Treaty of Waitangi
• Understanding and use of te reo Māori
• An understanding of equity issues
• Experience in contract management

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly-regarded team and genuinely contribute to the Māori achieving education success as Māori.

On Tuesday February 7, Massey University will welcome 27 new first year students to its intense Maori immersion teaching course – Te Aho Tatairangi – the only course of its kind in New Zealand.

Whanau and students on the course will be formally welcomed to Te Kupenga o te Matauranga marae at Massey University’s Hokowhitu campus in Palmerston North.

Associate Prof Jahnke, Head of Massey’s School of Maori Education, said the redesigned and extended four-year course aimed to supply 200 Maori immersion graduates into the teaching profession by 2020.

“There is a shortage of teachers nationally, and in the Maori sector that shortage is critical and our graduates will help to build a bigger talent pool. It will also help the long-term rejuvenation of Te Reo Maori which is currently classified as an endangered language,” she said.

Lecturers include experts and current practitioners from leading Kura Kaupapa Maori known for their strength in Te Aho Matua, including Dr Kathy Dewes, who was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in last year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours and who is the principal of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Ruamata in Rotorua; Rawiri Wright, principal of Hoani Waititi in Auckland and Chair of Te Runanga Nui o Nga Kura Kaupapa Maori; and Toni Waho, principal of Mana Tamariki in Palmerston North.

One important aspect of the course is that all students are supported by, or assigned to, a kura hapai – mentoring school. This is a unique requirement that ensures the distance learning undertaken through the programme is married with daily practice.

The programme is being delivered through a new partnership between Te Runanga Nui o Nga Kura Kaupapa Maori and Massey University and is firmly based on the principles of Te Aho Matua, the foundation document which sets out the ethos behind the formation and running of Kura Kaupapa Maori, Maori-language immersion schools.

“This approach will ensure the ethos of the kura kaupapa Maori movement is upheld in the preparation of teachers who will teach in the total immersion sector,” Associate Prof Jahnke said.

“We are happy to be working closely with Massey to ensure our teachers are properly prepared. The inclusion of Te Aho Matua in the design, content and delivery of the programme is the key,” says Toni Waho, who is also a member of Te Runanga Nui.

Te Aho Tatairangi graduates will qualify with a Bachelor of Teaching Maori Medium / Diploma Maori Education.

For more information please contact Sue Allen, Massey Public Relations, on 029 917 5466.

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The call comes in a briefing to incoming minister Hekia Parata, who is also in charge of education.

The briefing says the education system is failing to meet the needs of Pacific students.

The ministry’s chief executive, Colin Tukuitonga, says educational underachievement is dragging down Pacific communities – and the country as a whole.

Dr Tukuitonga says more money is needed to boost Pacific participation in early childhood education and for bilingual education.

He says research shows bilingual education can be a path to better achievements for Pacific people.

This year’s review of the Pasifika Education Plan needs to set higher targets for lifting students’ performance, he says.

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• Use your te reo and networks in te ao Māori

Careers New Zealand builds the capability of influencers in our communities to assist them to be positive leaders and advocates for people who are trying to find the career path that’s right for them.

As a Kaikōkiri – Career Consultant, you’ll develop and deliver workshops to upskill whānau, iwi, kura and community groups about career decision-making. By passing on this valuable knowledge you’ll help to unleash the potential of thousands of people in your community and generate the power to transform generations to come.

You’ll use your creativity and confidence with te reo and tikanga Māori to develop new ways of reaching and inspiring Māori communities. Fluency in te reo (at a confident conversational level) and the ability to connect with people in communities is very important for this role.

You’ll also call on your in-depth knowledge of Māori communities in Manawatū, Hawke’s Bay or Wellington to share networks and information with our wider team of Kaikōkiri – Career Consultants. In turn, they’ll share their careers knowledge and help you to get grounded in our professional practice.

We’ll be looking for your skills in group facilitation and programme development and ideally you’ll also have experience in education. We expect you to have a relevant level 7 qualification, but we can support you to study towards a suitable qualification.

Check out our website, especially the Māori section, to find out more about what we do.

Starting salary is likely to fall within the range of $50,000 to $60,000 per annum.

The website tikitourmap.co.nz and fold-up brochure covers from Timaru across to Haast, and every spot further south.

The locations feature marae, waka landing sites, and well-known visitor attractions, such as the Shotover Jet, which is owned by Ngai Tahu Holdings.

Otago and Southland Maori Business Network chairman Richard Kerr-Bell says the guide comes with plenty of stories.

He says the stories and history are attractive parts of the map, because tourists can’t find out about them from any other source.

Mr Kerr-Bell says the tiki tour website will be launched on Friday.

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Working as part of the newly established Māori Health Directorate for the Southern District Health Board this position of Māori Health Manager will report to the District Manager for Māori Health.

In this role you will be responsible for providing advice, support and recommendations to the Southern District Health Board (DHB) on health service provision for Māori in Otago. As such the role is primarily of a resource, advisory and consultative nature and will see you as being responsible for facilitating effective communication and liaison between Iwi, the Southern DHB and other health providers.

You’ll provide leadership and management of Māori services in Provider Arm and Mental Health teams where you’ll be responsible for service management and leadership of Te Oranga Tonu Tanga and Māori Liaison Service both operationally and clinically though not at a strategic level.

You’ll need to be from a registered health professional with several years experience within the health sector, preferably within a hospital environment and a good understanding of voluntary and statutory agencies.

Your strong knowledge of Te Reo Māori, Nga Kaupapa Hauora Māori and the Kaupapa of promoting whānaungatanga will assist you in being effective within this role as will the understanding of whānau, hapu, Iwi, and marae management and the Treaty of Waitangi and its implications for Māori Health.

Working as part of the newly established Māori Health Directorate for the Southern District Health Board this position of District Manager Māaori Health will report to the Kaiwhakahaere Hauora Māori General Manager Māori Health.

This exciting role will give you the opportunity to provide leadership across the Southern District with strategic and operational oversight of the Southern DHB. You’ll also be responsible for service management of Māori specific services within the Māori Health Directorate.

Working directly with the General Manager and in line with the DHB District Annual Plan you’ll be responsible for leading the development, implementation and achievement of the Māori Health Plan. This will see you developing policies, protocols, preparing service activity plans and change management procedures across this new directorate.

You’ll have two Managers reporting into you in this role, one of which will be remote so you’ll be an experienced people manager. You’ll be adept at leading a team ensuring best practice in Human Resources, ensuring the effective recruitment, orientation, rostering and staffing of the services.

Your experience in financial management will be essential in assisting you to develop and manage annual and three year capital expenditure plans, as will your understanding of quality and risk programmes as you lead and administer Lead and manage certification and accreditation within services.

You will have excellent communication skills, allowing you to effectively communicate with your teams and also at management level. You’ll be a strong leader with the ability to manage your own time effectively, working within time lines and also with conflicting priorities at times.

This role will involve some travel within the Southern District so a full clean driver licence is essential.

Cornwall House is a Community Mental Health Service based in Greenlane Clinical Centre.  The Centre has an excellent reputation for providing effective acute services and a range of high quality therapeutic programmes with a strong multi disciplinary focus.

CAS provides a comprehensive range of therapeutic treatment options offering and providing intensive home support to Service Users and their families / whanau as an alternative to in patient admission.   As a key member of this professional, dedicated team, you’ll be assessing and managing the needs of Service Users that are referred to the service with an acute mental health presentation and increased risk.  Being a confident communicator and decision maker with strong nursing competencies are imperative.

This would suit someone who has worked in Community Mental Health setting, dedicated to empowering and enabling clients.  High level of time management and organisational skills required. This role is not suitable for New Graduate applications.

You will need to be a Duly Authorised Officer or willing to train to fulfil this requirement within the first year of employment.  Ideally you’ll be a RPN / RCpN familiar with crisis / acute work within a community mental health service.  A full and clean NZ driver’s licence is essential in this community based role.

This is a permanent, full time position.  You will be part of the CAS Roster (24/7 cover, 365 days a year), a fully rotating roster including morning, afternoon and night shifts, Monday to Sunday, based in Greenlane Clinical Centre.

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Lotofale aims to provide a cultural specific quality Mental Health service to adult Pasifika consumers and their fanau (families).  Commitment to our clients ensures healing in a holistic manner taking into account family, cultural, spiritual, physical and mental dimensions. In this way we are able to achieve the best possible standards of cultural-clinical care.

You will be working specifically with Pasifika service users who are inpatients at Te Whetu Tawera, ADHB’s Acute Inpatient Mental Health Unit situated at Auckland City Hospital.  This role will involve working collaboratively with service users and their fanau (families), co-ordinating and maintaining oversight of the acute inpatient episode of care, promoting recovery and timely discharge of inpatients from Te Whetu Tawera to the appropriate community service.
Sound working knowledge of Government agencies such as WINZ and HNZ and NGO sector services required.  An interest in the Pacific culture is viewed as a core requirement for this role and a fluency in a Pacific language would be advantageous.

You will already be a New Zealand Registered Social Worker or eligible for New Zealand Registration.   A full and clean driver’s licence is required.

This role is permanent, full time working Monday to Friday (40hr/week).

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