Vision

Hapai Te Hauora Tapui leads Public Health excellence in Aotearoa.

Mission Statement

‘Ko te amorangi ki mua, ko te hapai o ki muri’

• To create opportunities for Maori to influence change through proactive leadership

• To empower and support Maori to challenge and develop healthy public policy that reinforces healthy lifestyles and encourages role modelling with integrity

• To provide excellence in the implementation of Maori Public Health

Hapai te Hauora Tapui has a strong influence in supporting Maori Hapai Te Hauora Tapui is a Regional Maori Public Health Provider, is based at 212 Manukau Rd, Epsom. It is the result of a tripartite between, Te Runanga o Ngati Whatua, Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust and Raukura Hauora o Tainui. The core business of Hapai is to provide Regional Maori Public Health. It achieves this through its ability to broker contracts with the Ministry of Health on behalf of its partners. This approach ensures common advantages in respect of co-operation, advocacy, and supports economies of scale.

Hapai Te Hauora Tapui is clearly a successful service delivery mechanism due in large part to its staff, which are committed to Maori development, the development of a Model of Practice, which supports Maori development for hapu and whanau and the corporate vision and organisational culture. All of which contribute to making the Company unique.

Hapai Te Hauora Tapui does not in itself have a target audience as clearly defined by specific clusters or groupings of people.. Hapai however directs its focus toward kaupapa Maori practices of delivery. It also seeks to ensure that health promotion approaches are appropriate for Maori that live within the boundaries of these 3 organisations.

Having said this, what does Hapai do?

We provide public health services by:

• co-ordinating the delivery of a range of health promotion activities and events

• setting the framework for delivery through the development of and implementation of Maori Ora Mauri Ora

• raising the awareness of public health issues at a hapu and whanau level

• providing strategic advice on public health issues that directly impact on health outcomes for Maori

• advocating for improvement in Maori health outcome/s through public health and health promotion, networking and linking with the wider Public Health Sector.

The business has evolved rapidly in terms of the number of services it is currently delivering and in its overall capacity an example of this is reflected in its revenue growth from $700k in 1997 to in excess of $2m in 2004. It has established credibility in the community and currently has the confidence of the Ministry of Health and Maori Purchasing Organisations in the Company’s management and operations systems.