Nau Te Rourou, Naku Te Rourou

Date of publication: November 1999

Ano te pai, ano te ahuareka
o te nohonga o te teina, o te tuakana i raro i te whakaaro kotahi!
Tena koutou katoa

Maori health initiatives in communities throughout Aotearoa have grown both in quantity and quality over the past decade. This has involved real challenges to those of us who work in the health and disability sector.

The most successful of these initiatives have demanded that we change the way we think about the services we deliver and the way we deliver them. Each has extended a challenge for all services to consider how we can improve our responsiveness, both to Maori clients and to the broader community. And they have shown us that where we offer appropriate choice to Maori clients and the broader community, then we have a much greater chance of success.

These key concepts of change, challenge and choice, I believe are very appropriate as we join the East Coast communities in celebrating the transfer of Te Puia Hospital and the associated community health facilities to Ngati Porou Hauora.

With this transfer Ngati Porou Hauora takes responsibility for the management of the resources needed to ensure that the health needs of the local communities are met. While this change in management responsibility will no doubt provide greater security in the ongoing provision of health services on the East Coast, Ngati Porou Hauora still faces the challenge of moving their services into the new millennium.

Since 1995, Ngati Porou Hauora has proven its ability to deliver local solutions to local health needs. Indeed, the kaupapa, and the values which the service identifies as important for itself, its clients and its staff reflect a very real awareness of what is appropriate for Maori clients in a Maori community.

Now, enjoying the strength of community support, and offering a range of innovative, client focused, accessible and affordable services, Ngati Porou Hauora is well placed to continue its commitment to improving the health status of Maori and of the broader community.

It has been a privilege to work through the procedures and processes involved in the transfer of Te Puia Hospital and the associated community health facilities to Ngati Porou Hauora and to have achieved such a successful outcome.

Whäia te iti kahurangi ki te tuohu koe me he maunga teitei!

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