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Ka Tika Ka Ora – The Māori Health Provider Work Programme

‘Kia tika a muri, ka ora a mua’ – if the right support is given from the back, then the work of those at the front will be successful.

Health and disability support providers that are owned and governed by Māori (Māori providers) are a distinctive feature of the New Zealand health sector. With their emphasis on whānau ora and developing health services that work for Māori, Māori providers play an integral part in providing whānau with the opportunities they need to take control over their own health and wellbeing.

Ka tika ka ora represents the first time the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) and District Health Boards (DHBs) have developed an overview of their activities to support Māori providers. Ka tika ka ora is about more than just Ministry and DHB contracts with individual providers; it is about ensuring Māori providers have the support they need to be effective, high performing organisations.

On this page:Aim
Themes
Development of Ka Tika Ka Ora
Types of Māori Providers
Information on Māori Providers by DHB Region
Māori Health Provider Directory
Presentation of Ka Tika Ka Ora
Further Information

Aim

The aim of Ka tika ka ora is to:

• develop a comprehensive national picture of the activities the Ministry and DHBs have planned to undertake to support the Māori health provider sector in the 2009/10 financial year;
• provide a foundation for building a consistent approach by the Ministry and DHBs in supporting a strong body of Māori providers.

Themes

When we spoke to Māori providers around the country, five main themes were identified based on some of the main challenges Māori providers face. The activities we gathered from the Ministry and DHBs have been organised and presented according to these themes. The five themes are:

• Funding/Contracting
• Compliance costs
• Relationships
• Workforce
• Champions for Māori providers

Development of Ka Tika Ka Ora

The Ministry undertook a number of key activities to develop Ka tika ka ora. The activities included:

• sector engagement hui and a review of literature
• analysis of feedback from the hui
• convening of internal and external advisory groups
• gathering of planned Ministry and DHB activities for 2009/2010 for inclusion in the work programme.

The Ministry would like to thank all those who took part in the development of Ka tika ka ora including attendees at engagement hui, members of the advisory groups, and key DHB contacts.

Types of Māori Providers

In developing Ka tika ka ora the Ministry found that there is a need to recognise variation between Māori providers. Three main ‘types’ of Māori providers have been identified, characterised by the kinds of services they offer. The three types are:

• specialised - often small providers that focus on one kind of health service (eg smoking cessation, sexual health, rongoā);
• comprehensive - health service providers that offer a mixture of personal and public health services (e.g public health, primary care, mental health, general practice);
• integrated providers - offer a range of health and social services (e.g housing, family support and education liked programmes as well as comprehensive health services).

Information on Māori Providers by DHB Region

This map contains the most up-to-date information the Ministry has on where Māori providers are located within New Zealand. This map is a work in progress as the numbers are still estimates at this stage. It will be updated as information is made available to the Ministry.

Māori Health Provider Directory

The Ministry is creating a directory of Māori providers operating in each DHB region. The directory is still being developed and will be updated as Māori provider contact details are made available. Please note: some of the details on this page are out of date and may not be accurate. If you are a Māori provider, and your details are not in the directory or you would like to update your details, please fill out this website listing form (Word, 71 KB) and email or fax it to:

Raewyn Cairns
Email: Raewyn_Cairns@moh.govt.nz
Fax: (04) 495 4496

Presentation of Ka Tika Ka Ora

Ka tika ka ora consists of a publication and a series of tables of activities gathered from the Ministry and DHBs.

Publication (link to publication)
The publication includes information on the objectives of the work programme, the strategic context, information on the Māori provider sector and examples of Ministry and DHB activity. It reiterates the importance of Māori providers as set out in the Ministry’s statement of intent. If you would like a printed copy of the publication please contact Wickliffe by email (moh@wickliffe.co.nz) or phone (04) 496 2277, quoting HP number 4924.

Tables of Ministry and DHB activities

• DHB activities to support Māori providers (Word, 404 KB)
• DHB activities support Māori providers by theme (Word, 455 KB)
• Ministry activity organised into themes
• Suggested solutions from the sector engagement hui with Maori providers (Word, 75 KB)

Further Information

If you would like further information on Ka tika ka ora – the Māori provider work programme please contact:

Arthur Selwyn
Māori Health Directorate
(04) 816 2986
arthur_selwyn@moh.govt.nz