Te Papa o Tāne

23/07/2024

Big thanks to Jason Reti from TOA Mauri for volunteering his time to run the first Te Papa o Tāne trial of kickboxing classes for young tāne Māori in Kaitaia. We want to review the program and work on ways to integrate our outcomes more into the next iteration. Please fill in this survey to go in the draw to win some NZ boxer gloves.
https://forms.office.com/r/WqVbeuJd3W

26/05/2024

: Tamatū and Hinetū: Online well-being courses ready to go

An innovative hauora strategy delivered online will be ready to roll next week. The latest intake for the six-week Tamatū and Hinetū online health challenges will begin on Monday 27th May. Founder, Pene Tāwhara (Ngāti Kahu o Te Pātu) says the courses are based on the proverb "they who stand - live, while they who sit - perish". The key focus is on improving the Whare Tapa Whā (overall health & wellbeing) of tāne me ngā wāhine. The Zoom course includes workouts and classes in Te Reo for all levels.

23/05/2024

"Let's shift the narrative! We often hear from our men who are struggling to find paid work about how negative perceptions affect their well-being.
"People look at me and see a big strong guy, they don't know my back is injured and I can't even lift the dog biscuits into the trolley, they just look at me like I'm useless"
"convictions! I can't even get an interview"
"I do my part at home cos I can't get a job... my partners aunty called me a house b.tch"
It's time to change this damaging perception of tāne! From the earliest encounters with Māori men, they were commended for their nurturing ways with their children. Let's move away from criticizing men for what they're not doing and start celebrating them for their strengths and contributions.
Together, let's uplift and empower one another.

Josh Koia is a 38-year old father to five stepchildren and 16 month old Ancient. No stranger to father-figure-roles in his career as a social worker. We talk to Josh about his life now as a stay-at-home dad.

09/05/2024

Mean Tāne Mean!
This is the first community wide wānanga tāne from our Te Papa o Tāne alliance to address tāne ora 💪🏽

29/04/2024

Hikihiki tū ana ki Te Papa o Tāne i tūtakina ai ki te pōuriuri, ki te pōtangotango.
The name Te Papa o Tāne derived out of this karakia from Ruanui as he journeyed to Aotearoa. Te Papa references the floorboards of the waka as a means to find wellbeing for our people, place for tāne to stand in safety from the waves of life.
Here our COB Brothers stand where the original people of Te Aupōuri left via waka to find safety.

A few of the cobs have decided to get back into a form of training that we all grew up on during our kura days. We are picking the hoe back up again and throwing a men’s team in to train towards the National WAKA AMA regatta in Karapiro at the start of next year.

A part from putting another goal in front of us to work towards, Hoe Waka is a wholesome activity that allows us to connect with the moana, Ngā rēkē and kōrero tuku iho about our home- Te Hiku o te Ika.

Our latest training on the weekend was in the heart of Te Uri o Tai, where we had one of the local cobs Hone Tamati share with us the beautiful hītoria of the area.

29/04/2024

Stoked to tautoko this funding announcement today from the Movember foundation who are investing world wide in indigenous men’s health and NZD$6.4 million specifically into wellbeing initiatives for tāne Māori.

28/04/2024

Rangatahi Voice
The taiohi representative in our roopu left us with a short but impactful message. "Remember that what you decide at this table will ripple to us in the next generation"

28/04/2024

Proud to have Circle Of Brothers showing some of what our alliance can do to support tāne Hauora in Te Hiku.

28/04/2024

On Now

Mean to see funding available to help the bros!