Wharangi Ruamano
Wharangi Ruamano representatives to NETS
2012 Co- chairs Donna Foxall (EIT) and Koru Codlin (Te Maatapuna o Te Maaturaka - CPIT)
BACKGROUND
Wharangi Ruamano is the Māori nurse and midwife education group representative of Māori Nurse & Midwife Educators who work within the tertiary education sector, and those who work within the clinical practice sector.
Te whakapapa o Wharangi Ruamano extends back to the inception of NCMN Te Kaunihera o Ngā Neehi Māori and regular meetings held by Māori Nurse & Midwife Educators. At the TauiraNeehi Māori hui in 2001 at Whakatu Marae, Nelson, Kaumatua Olly Taukamau, Te Ururoa Flavell and John Vercoe from Waiariki; Wai Makiri Mason from AUT; Taukiri Thompson from Whitireia; Matua Whakaruru from Taranaki; Tako Haupapa from Manukau; Reverend Makere Paul—Hoetawa from EIT; and Jamesina Kett from Waikato bestowed the name Wharangi Ruamano on the Māori Nurse and Midwife educator collective. The name and kaupapa of this group was endorsed in Tamaki Makaurau in 2002.
1. PURPOSE
To establish and develop a forum for Māori Nurse Educators engaged in the delivery of Hauora Māori me Kawa Whakaruruhau/Cultural Safety education and practice that supports:
- Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Tino Rangatiratanga
- Tikanga Māori
- Māori Nurse Leadership and best practice
- The improvement of Māori health outcomes
- Effective and ongoing communication with national nursing organisations
2. OBJECTIVES
- Support and develop the role of kaiako/Māori Nurse Educators.
- Encourage and promote a culturally safe work environment for kaiako and tauira/students in the nursing education tertiary sector.
- Develop recruitment and retention strategies for tauira and kaiako neehi Māori.
- Provide kaiako and kaiawhina (Maori student support) with a forum for professional development.
- Monitor and contribute to the ongoing development of Hauora Māori and Kawa Whakaruruhau within the nursing education tertiary sector.
- Foster relationships with stakeholders in tertiary education, and the health and disability sectors.
- Provide opportunity for cultural supervision for kaiako.
3. REPRESENTATION/MEMBERSHIP
Membership is open to any Nurse and Midwifery educator who identifies as Māori within the education and practice settings.
4. STRATEGIC LINKS
- Te Kaunihera o ngā Neehi Māori (National Council of Maori Nurses)
- Te Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa (Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ)
- NETS (Nurse Educators Tertiary Sector)
- Te Runanga ō NZNO (Maori Representative Group of New Zealand Nurses Organisation)
- Te Ao Marāmatanga Māori Caucus ( New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses)
- College of Nurses Aotearoa (NZ) Maori Caucus
- Ngā Maia/Māori midwives collective
- Ngā Ngaru Hauora/Hauora Māori Health providers
- Ngā Manukura Āpōpō/Māori leaders of tomorrow (workforce development)
- Te Rau Matatini (Maori Workforce development)
- DHBNZ : 1) A collective of all the DHB’s that have Maori nursing workforce strategies 2) Kia Ora Hauora Programme – a national initiative to encourage more Maori into the health workforce.
5. HUI
Hui are held tri-annually:
- Annual Tauira Māori Nurses hui-Wharangi Ruamano caucases during this time.
- Hui held at July NETS meeting
- Hui-a-tau usually held at the end of the year in November or December
Decision making will be made by consensus of the group.
6. QUORUM
The quorum is based on a minimum of five (5) nursing schools/membership organisations being present at any Hui.
7. RESPONSIBILITY/REPORTING
Wharangi Ruamano members are ultimately responsible to respective employers. The group will provide an annual July report to NETS and Te Kaunihera o ngā Neehi Māori.