The following cards are designed to show how the Mana Taiohi principles can be applied in your mahi and within your organisation.  

What’s on the cards  

Each card provides an example of an action related to the Mana Taiohi principles categorised into: 

• Policies and systems: Changes your organisation can make to better support young people (dark blue cards). 
• People: Attitude changes and actions you can lead to enhance the mana of young people (medium blue cards). 
• Environment: Steps to create a safe and empowering social and physical environment for young people (teal cards). 

Some cards may fit into more than one category. 

On the back of each card, you’ll find discussion questions to inspire further conversation, and the Mana Taiohi principles linked to each action. While each card emphasises one or more of the principles, all 8 Mana Taiohi principles are interconnected and work together.

How to use the cards 

• Print the cards, selecting ‘print on both sides’ (long edge). Choose A3 size to make the text more accessible and easier to read.
• Use them as prompts to start developing an individual or organisational action plan for embedding Mana Taiohi.  
• The cards are colour-coded based on the categories. You can use all the cards together or focus on one category specific to your role within an organisation (e.g. policies and systems).
• Organise the cards into groups based on: actions you already do, actions you could do, and actions that are aspirational. From this, create an action plan for embedding Mana Taiohi in your mahi.  
• Use the blank cards, on the last page, to create actions and prompts specific to you and your organisation.   

Mana Taiohi – practical action cards

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