TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boulton, Amohia F.
AU  - Devine, Tom
AU  - McMenamin, Katie
AU  - Walsh-Tapiata, Wheturangi
TI  - Te Ranga Tepua : : an iwi tribal) response to COVID-19 in Aotearoa New Zealand
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Aboriginal Health Research Networks Secretariat, 
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - CULTURAL ISSUES
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - HEALTH
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - PANDEMICS
KW  - SOCIAL WORK
KW  - SUPPORT SERVICES
KW  - HAUORA
KW  - KOWHEORI-19
KW  - MATE KORONA
KW  - MATE URUTĀ
KW  - RANGAHAU MĀORI
KW  - RĀTONGA KI TE IWI
KW  - TĀNGATA WHENUA
KW  - TE AO MĀORI
KW  - TIKANGA TUKU IHO
KW  - TOKO I TE ORA
KW  - WHĀNAU
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
KW  - RUAPEHU
KW  - RANGITIKEI
KW  - WHANGANUI
KW  - SOUTH TARANAKI
N1  - International Journal of Indigenous Health , 2022, 17(1): 3-15
N2  - “Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata, ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina; seek to bring distant horizons closer and sustain and cherish those that have been arrived at”.

 

This whakatauāki or proverb, from Dr Whakaari Te Rangitakuku Metekingi (LLD, CBE) of Whanganui and Ngāti Hauiti tribes reminds us that, while we must have a vision to aspire towards, we must also tend to the here and now, to the issues that are up front and close to home. It exhorts us to strengthen what has already been achieved and find ways of creating benefits for others. This paper presents the collaborative response to COVID-19 by Iwi (tribes) within Te Ranga Tupua (TRT), a collective of Iwi from the South Taranaki/Whanganui/Rangitīkei/Ruapehu regions of Aotearoa New Zealand. The research employs a mixed methods design, based on a Kaupapa Maori approach. The quantitative section identifies the population served and quantum of support provided, while the qualitative data presents the processes and associated learnings from the perspective of those tasked with the response. TRTs response to the threat of COVID-19 is shown to have been grounded in Māori values (tikanga), whānau (family) based and holistic, taking into account the mental, emotional, social, cultural and spiritual elements of safety and wellbeing, rather than just the absence or presence of the virus . The extensive relationships and networks that existed between tribes represented in the TRT collective were key to the timely distribution of care and support to Iwi members, to appropriate and relevant information dissemination and to the overall wellbeing of the people during the most difficult times of the COVID-19 response. (Authors' abstract). Record #7764
UR  - https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v17i1.36718
ER  -