TY  - SER
AU  - Lewis, Lashana
AU  - 
AU  - King, Paula Toko  
AU  - Mackay, Hunia Te Urukaiata
AU  - Paki Paki, Natalie
AU  - Anderson, Daniel
AU  - Kemp, Susan P. 
TI  - Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio – See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider
PY  - 2023///
PB  - University of Calgary, 
KW  - CHILDREN
KW  - FAMILIES
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - ORA
KW  - RANGAHAU MĀORI
KW  - SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE
KW  - SUPPORT SERVICES
KW  - TAIOHI
KW  - TAITAMARIKI
KW  - TAMARIKI
KW  - TE AO MĀORI
KW  - TIKANGA TUKU IHO
KW  - TOKO I TE ORA
KW  - WELLBEING
KW  - WHĀNAU
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 2023, 12(1): 3 - 27
N2  - This paper showcases the kaupapa (philosophy) and practices of a Māta Waka (pan-tribal), community-based Kaupapa Māori service provider in the nation-state currently known as
New Zealand. Te Hou Ora Whānau Services aims to provide services that support and empower tamariki (children), rangatahi (youth), and whānau (extended families) from
diverse backgrounds and experiential realities to fulfil their potential within the context of their cultural heritage and their communities. The purpose of this study was to explore the
philosophy and values underpinning the everyday practices and experiences of eleven kaimahi (practitioners) who work for the organisation. Analyses of the data identified five
overarching pou, or foundational supports that underlie kaimahi ways of being, knowing, relating, and doing, together with seven ‘takepū,’ or preferred ways of engaging with
others. Findings of the study provide an important window into the holistic, relational kaupapa of this Māta Waka organisation and its kaimahi: a set of commitments and actions
that, as the findings demonstrate, are fundamentally a practice of aroha (love). While some of the elements are specific to the New Zealand context, the pou and takepū offer guidance
relevant to programs globally seeking to successfully and creatively respond to the priorities, aspirations, and moemoeā/dreams of Indigenous children, young people, their families, and communities. (Authors' abstract). Record #8721
UR  - https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jisd/article/view/76407/56866
ER  -