Te Waiora H.E.A.L. Consultancy
At Te Waiora H.E.A.L. Consultancy, we are dedicated to empowering individuals, organizations, and communities to integrate Māori values and frameworks into their everyday practices. With over 25 years of experience in health and social services, our approach is grounded in Kaupapa Māori principles, ensuring cultural integrity, practical outcomes, and meaningful impact.
Who We Are
Te Waiora H.E.A.L. was founded to bridge the gap between understanding and action when it comes to Māori health, wellbeing, and cultural responsiveness. Our expertise lies in operationalizing Māori frameworks such as Te Wheke, Te Whare Tapa Whā, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi into real-world solutions. Whether you are an organization looking to better serve Māori communities or an individual striving for cultural competency, we provide the tools, training, and guidance to make it happen.
What We Offer
Cultural Supervision
We provide tailored cultural supervision for workspaces, individuals, groups, and organisations. Our supervision sessions are designed to:
- Create safe spaces for cultural growth.- Navigate cultural challenges with integrity.
- Foster alignment with Māori values in professional practices.
Facilitating Learning Experiences
We specialise in facilitating clinical and cultural social work experiences that enhance both professional learning and cultural understanding. Through customized sessions, we:
- Build capacity for cultural competency.- Support professionals in applying Māori frameworks effectively.
Community-Based Care
We work alongside communities using Kaupapa Māori models of care, such as Te Wheke and Te Whare Tapa Whā, to promote holistic health and wellbeing. This involves:
- Collaborating with community leaders to design culturally aligned care strategies.- Supporting initiatives that foster resilience and connectedness.
Industry Training
We deliver industry-specific training to organisations and professionals who require guidance in working effectively with Māori. Our training covers:
- Cultural responsiveness and engagement.- Application of Māori health and social frameworks.
- Practical strategies to foster inclusion and equity.
Our Expertise
We specialise in the following areas:
- Operationalising Te Tiriti o Waitangi to enhance Māori health and social wellbeing.
- Delivering frameworks that help organisations move from understanding theory to applying it in practice.
- Supporting cultural responsiveness through tailored solutions.
Our additional expertise includes:
- Policy and Report Writing: Crafting culturally aligned documents to support organizational goals.- Research and Evaluation: Providing evidence-based insights to improve programs and services.
Why Choose Te Waiora H.E.A.L.?
With decades of experience, we bring tested, practical solutions to every client.
Our approach is personalised, ensuring it meets your unique needs.
Everything we do is rooted in Māori values, ensuring authenticity and impact.
Our services and tools are designed to integrate seamlessly into your existing systems.
Who We Serve
Our services are designed for:
Health services, social services, businesses, and government agencies looking to enhance their cultural competency.
Social workers, health practitioners, and educators seeking cultural supervision and training.
Those creating or revising policies to reflect Māori values and compliance with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Groups requiring culturally informed project management guidance.
Transforming Capability into Action
If you’re ready to improve your overall capability to deliver services to Māori, we offer a suite of tools to help you in any environment. We don’t just teach you about Te Ao Māori systems — we show you how to put them into practice. Our goal is to empower you to create culturally aligned practices that lead to better outcomes for your clients, teams, and communities.
HEAL is a hikoi that myself and hapu mama walk along together, side by side. This model is completely women focused allowing her to make her own decisions and set her own goals. We continue on this hikoi together until we have the best possible outcome from the decisions she has made and the goals that she has set……this kaupapa will not set her up to fail if you as a professional allow her to lead the way. Addressing her needs minimises risk.
HEAL is built on a professional friendship rather than a clinical or medical focus. It focusses on building a relationship of trust with our hapu mama and places them at the centre to empower a plan and outcome that they are the main driver of. Every hapu mama that I have worked with implementing HEAL into her life has been successful no matter how big or small, the first success is that she is engaging!
When a women’s mana/wairua/ihi has been taken from her, HEAL will mend it and bring it back. HEAL enables her to transform through her own kaupapa and goal setting with the support and open discussions between myself and herself. I become the scaffolding around her to provide a protective barrier between her and other service providers that she has lost faith in because she felt she has not been “heard”. This returns her to her own kaha and empowers her to regain the mana that she was rightfully born with.
“HEAL” IS POWERFUL WHEN YOU HAVE THE WOMAN’S TRUST…….TRUST IS THE FOUNDATION, UNDERSTANDING HER SITUATION AND ENVIRONMENT IS PARAMOUNT AND THE TIME THAT YOU DEDICATE TO HER HAS NO BARRIERS. ”