Rauemi Māori
Resources for Māori
Mate Wareware App
The Mate Wareware app was designed as a tool to help Māori affected by mate wareware (dementia) and to raise awareness of the disease. Topics covered in the app include what mate wareware is and what Māori understandings of it is, the types and causes of it, how to look after whānau who are affected by it and how to identify if someone might be suffering from it.
For more information and how to download the app, see our Tools and Apps page.
Te Ipu Aronui: End of Life Roadmap
The Te Ipu Aronui site provides resources for Māori whānau (families) and health professionals to provide care to adults and kaumātua (older people) at end of life, and to take care of whānau through this process.
It supports whānau who may have been unable to retain their traditional care customs due to the forces of colonialism and assimilation, as well as the influence of modern urban lifestyles. The site contains pūrākau (stories) from whānau manaaki (family carers), rongoā clinicians, tohunga practitioners and Māori health professionals who took part in the Pae Herenga study (carried out by Tess Moeke-Maxwell), to show the different ways whānau manaaki provide care.
Te Ipu Aronui celebrates the ways of our tūpuna, our traditional methods of nurturing and caring, and the leadership that unites and strengthens whānau. The website also celebrates the inspiring ways that whānau adapt their tikanga (customs) to respond to their cultural preferences and needs.
Brainwave Trust Aotearoa
Brainwave’s vision is that all tamariki in Aotearoa are valued and nurtured in order to reach their full potential. They share knowledge about the critical importance of the first thousand days of life (early brain development) by making research understandable and accessible to everyone who influences the lives of pēpi, tamariki and rangatahi.
Brainwave provides education sessions for both whānau and health professionals for those who want to build knowledge and understanding of early brain development and the lifelong impact this can have on children.
