He Oranga Poutama
Developing, promoting and implementing physical activities in a way that is culturally appropriate to Māori.
About He Oranga Poutama
Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa supports Māori wellbeing by improving participation and growing leadership through play, active recreation and sport.
He Oranga Poutama investment is strongly centred on Māori ways of being and knowing. It’s about supporting and growing community leadership and participation in play, active recreation and sport as Māori.
Te Whetū Rehua is the framework that articulates the ‘as Māori’ concepts and principles which collectively define Māori leadership and participation in sport and active recreation.
Who we invest
We currently invest in 12 organisations through He Oranga Poutama to develop, promote and implement physical activities that are culturally appropriate to Māori. These are:
- Sport Northland
- Aktive
- Te Wharekura o Rākaumanga
- Te Papa Tākaro o Te Arawa
- Mātaatua Sports Trust
- Tūranga Health Services
- Sport Taranaki
- Sport Hawke’s Bay
- Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa
- Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu
- Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou partnering with Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti
- Te Rūnanganui o Te Ātiawa ki te Ūpoko o te Ika and Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira Incorporated partnering with Nuku Ora
Featured Stories
Growing Māori sport leadership
Hear from Ihaka Waerea, Kaiwhakarite at Sport Hawke's Bay, in this video as he shares his experience of growing Māori sport and community leadership in their area.
Whānau exploring, learning and participating as Māori
Meet Stephanie Broughton at Tūranga Health. In this video she shares the learnings and outcomes from Tū Marae, a marae-to-marae series of four duathlons in rural Gisborne to increase sport and active recreation amongst whānau.
Revitalising and developing sport and Māori approaches to active recreation
Hear Wiremu Mato, former Kaiwhakahaere at Sport Waitākere (now He Oranga Poutama Lead at Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa), in this video as he shares the learnings and insights from revitalising traditional Māori sports and games, including Kī-o-Rahi, in the greater Auckland region.
News
Expansion of He Oranga Poutama broadens reach to Iwi, Hapu, Whanau, Māori communities nationwide
On 29 June the Minister for Sport and Recreation announced the expansion of the long standing kaupapa Māori wellbeing programme He Oranga Poutama into four new takiwā (regions) with an increase in annual investment from $1.78 million to $3.38 million. This will broaden the programme’s reach into whānau, hapū, iwi, Māori across Aotearoa and forms part of the $7 million Kaupapa Māori Response Plan focused on providing and increasing culturally distinctive pathways that enable Māori to be physically active as Māori.
Evaluation
The 2021 He Oranga Poutama Outcomes Framework Review Report reviews the 2008 He Oranga Poutama Outcomes Framework.
The 2012 He Oranga Poutama developmental evaluation report tracks progress during 2009-2012 against the three areas of emphasis.
Any questions?
For any questions about He Oranga Poutama, please contact:
Wiremu Mato
He Oranga Poutama Lead, Sport NZ Ihi Aotearoa
E: wiremu.mato@sportnz.org.nz
M: 027 240 5276
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