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About Us

He aha te mea nui o te Ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people.

Our Mission & Values

We are a Kaupapa Māori, not-for-profit education and development Charitable Trust.

Our mission is to provide relief, care and support to the vulnerable members of our society.


Our vision is to contribute towards transforming Hauora Māori from one of our country's most significant health risks, to one of our most outstanding achievements for the people of Aotearoa, New Zealand.


Our values stem from the Māori-centric paradigm of:

  • Kaitiakitanga

    Kaitaikitanga can be understood as the responsibility and practices that protect and nurture the mauri or essence and life force of people and places.  This includes the principles of whanaungatanga (meaningful connections/connectedness) and tiaki (caring for people and places).

  • Kotahitanga

    Relationship, kinship, sense of family connection – a relationship through shared experiences and working together which provides people with a sense of belonging. Reciprocal relationships.

  • Manaakitanga

    The process of showing respect, generosity and care for others.

  • Aroha

    Well being and connection to one’s spirituality, beliefs and values; affection, sympathy, charity, compassion, love, empathy.

  • Tika

    To be correct, true, upright, just, fair, accurate, appropriate, lawful, valid.

  • Pono

    To be true, valid, honest, genuine, sincere.

Our Board

The members of our board of trustees are thought leaders who have made a significant contribution to our Northland community. Each and every one of them brings a unique set of skills, life experience and wealth of knowledge to our organization.

Maraea Hart

TRUSTEE


Retired











Ngahine Lum

TRUSTEE


  • Recreation Sports (Owner Operator of Kahotu Fit, Kaitaia)
  • Trustee to Kaitaia Business
  • Association


Management

Teresa Hart

KAIWHAKAHAERE


Ko au te Kaiwhakahaere kei roto I te whare o Te Houtaewa Māori Charitable Trust.

He uri tenei no ngā iwi o Muriwhenua.

Kua noa nei te wa e noho ana ki te rohe o Ngāti Kahu, ki Whangaroa.

  • Projects and Programme Lead.
  • Diploma in Project/ Business Management, Teaching, Development for Rongoā Māori, Tourism through Mātauranga.
  • Whaea Teresa's Pepeha

    Ko Ngatoki-mata-whaorua te waka

    Ko Nukutawhiti te rangatira

    Ko Motatau te maunga

    Ko Hikurangi te awa

    Ko Te Horo te marae

    Ko te Orewai te hapū

    Ko Ngāti Hine rāua ko Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu ngā iwi

    Ko Teresa Hart tōku ingoa

Kaupapa Māori

Kaupapa Māori is by Māori, for everyone. Our services may be designed specifically for Māori, but it is of value to all whānau in the Northland region who want to improve their quality of life and wellbeing.


By weaving the Māori wellness concept Te Whare Tapa Whā into all our mahi, this helps us bring culture, whānau, inclusion, and community together to create an empowering experience for you and your whānau. 


Our services & events available to the Northland Community are:


  • Rongoā Māori

    We provide Rongoā Māori at Whare Rongoā,  Kaitaia Hospital and are also available to visit the whānau in around Ngāpuhi Nui Tonu, (we can come to you).


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  • Rangatahi Youth Development

    In partnership with AIO Solutions we deliver a youth centred kaupapa that encourages Rangatira, self growth & whanau participation.


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  • Mātauranga Māori

    We provide mātauranga, affordable training, advice,  advocacy and recognition for individuals and groups.



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Work With Us

If you would like to make a positive contribution to the Northland community, we encourage you to make contact.

We welcome those who are willing to share their time, resources and skills that will help our whānau.

Kaitiakitanga

THMCT service objectives respond to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the need to prevent or mitigate the impact of external threats to whānau, hapū, iwi, and Māori communities as a response to COVID-19 pandemic.


The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges for us all, to maintain a healthy lifestyle, quality of life, and well-being. Preliminary evidence has suggested that higher odds of both mortality and severity of the COVID-19 are closely associated with unhealthy lifestyle behaviours. Thus, to contribute to this challenging global situation.

Rongoā Māori is informed by a body of knowledge that has, as its core, the enhancement of Māori wellbeing. In this way, Rongoā Māori differs from a Western medical paradigm, whose focus is primarily the absence of health and wellbeing and treatments/interventions to return to a state of health. Traditional healing is formulated in a Māori cultural context, in which THMCT delivers services that include Mana Moutuhake (autonomy, identity, and self-actualisation).


Traditional Rongoā Māori is where THMCT has invested, Te Houtaewa footprint, to contribute various services into Te Tai Tokerau communities.

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