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Hauora: Report on Stage One of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry (WAI 2575).   Also a physical copy is available in the library at 362.1 WAI     

Kāinga Kore: The Stage One Report of the Housing Policy and Services: Kaupapa Inquiry on Māori Homelessness (WAI 2750) available in the library at 362.5 NEW   

Article

The Waitangi Tribunal’s WAI 2575 report: Implications for decolonizing health systems

Action Plans

Every Life Matters. The Ministry of Health's Suicide Prevention Strategy 2019-2029 and Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2019-2024 for Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kia Kaha, Kia Māia, Kia Ora Aotearoa: COVID-19 Psychosocial and Mental Wellbeing Plan. A framework for actions to support the mental wellbeing of New Zealanders due to the impact of COVID-19.

Mental Health and Addiction Workforce Plan 2024-2027 Health New Zealand's plan to grow the mental health workforce in New Zealand. 

Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2025 is the implementation plan for He Korowai Oranga, New Zealand’s Māori Health Strategy – it will help us achieve better health outcomes for Māori by setting the government’s direction for Māori health advancement over the next five years

Frameworks

Equity of Health Care for Māori: A Framework. The framework guides health practitioners, health organisations and the health system to achieve equitable health care for Māori through leadership, knowledge and commitment.

A Framework for Health Literacy. The Ministry of Health developed this framework because it is committed to a health system that enables everyone living in New Zealand to live well and keep well. Building health literacy is an important part of this.

Te Hiringa Hauora research framework: Health promotion research at the interface of mātauranga Māori and Western science. Founded on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the concept of equity. It draws on Māori health promotion and Ottawa Charter-based generic health promotion models, kaupapa Māori principles, and best practice research approaches in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Let's Get Real - Refreshed  The refreshed framework for Te Pou, a national workforce centre for mental health, addiction and disability

Oranga Hinengaro System and Service Framework identifies the core components of a contemporary mental health and addiction system with a 10-year view. It provides guidance for those responsible for publicly funded health system policy, design, service commissioning, and delivery. See also Health New Zealand's information on Oranga Hinengaro.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi Framework. The Ministry of Health’s Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti) Framework provides an updated expression of the Crown’s Te Tiriti obligations in the context of the health and disability system.

Models

Approaches to Integration. A new model of integrated primary mental health and addictions services (IPMHA) being implemented across New Zealand by the Ministry of Health.

Newsletters

Mental Health and Addiction Update. Subscribe to and access to regular newsletters about the Ministry of Health’s work in mental health, addiction and suicide prevention.

Strategies

Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy sets out a shared understanding of what children and young people need and want in order to be well, what government is and should be doing to support them, and how we must work together.

New Zealand Health Strategy sets out how New Zealand's health system can improve people’s access to and experiences of health services so that everyone benefits

Pae Tū: Hauora Māori Strategy ensures the health system upholds Te Tiriti o Waitangi, improves equity and enhances long-term health outcomes for whānau Māori.

Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28. This draft Strategy is based on engagement, research and evidence, including engagement with gambling harm prevention and minimisation organisations, health and disability services and workers, and the gambling industry.

Three Steps to Meeting Health Literacy Needs-Ngā Toru Hīkoi e Mōhiotia ai te Hauora. A guide from the Health Quality & Safety Commission for health professionals that provides a process to follow with every person in every health care discussion. 

Code of Ethics of dapaanz, the professional association for people working in addiction treatment.

Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996. (NZ Legislation version)

The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights (Website version)

Regulations are rules made by a government or a government agency. They deal with the detail and implementation i.e. how something set out in an Act should be done. This could refer to the technical side of things or for things that might change over time and need updating.

Code of Ethics. This Code is to establish and maintain standards of professional practice for all categories of Member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) and to inform and protect members of the public seeking their services. 

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) online process for NZAC.

Membership Information and Guidelines for the New Zealand Association of Counsellors.

NZAC Policies and position statements

New Zealand Drug Foundation. They take the lead in Aotearoa New Zealand with educating, advising and advocating for healthy approaches to alcohol and other drugs

• Policy and Advocacy 
• Alcohol Regulation

Guidelines

Talking Therapies for Pasifika Peoples. A practice guide for mental health and addiction services which predominately presents ways of working with Pasifika individuals and their families.

Cultural Safety Training Plan for Vocational Medicine in Aotearoa (2023). Research to better understand actions medical colleges are taking to support cultural safety and health equity.

Families and Whānau Status Report 2018

He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction

Health Status Report. Provides a detailed nationwide picture of the health of the people of Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023. 

Mental Health and Wellbeing Year in Review. This outlines the progress made by the Ministry of Health in the second year of delivering to He Ara Oranga: Report of the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction

Tofa Saili: A Review of Evidence about Health Equity for Pacific Peoples in New Zealand (2019). Summarises available information on the health of Pacific peoples in New Zealand. It outlines the demographic and socioeconomic factors impacting on Pacific peoples, key health outcomes, and what is currently known about the barriers and facilitators to accessing health care.

Māori Health Models

• Te Whare Tapa Whā – Mason Durie. 
• Te Wheke – Rose Pere
• Te Pae Mahutonga – Mason Durie

• Meihana Model - see 

Pitama, S., Robertson, P., Cram, F., Gillies, M., Huria, T., & Dallas-Katoa, W. (2007). Meihana Model: A clinical assessment framework. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 36(3), 118–125.

Pacific Health Models

See the Nursing Pacific subject guide for models such as Fonofale, Fonua, Seitapu.

International

The Ottawa Charter. In 1986 in Ottawa, Canada, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed an approach to improve the health of populations and individuals. This is known as the Ottawa Charter and is used in New Zealand as a framework for planning public health.

Atkins and Murphy Model of Reflection

Atkins, S., & Murphy, K. (1993). Reflection: A review of the literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18, 1188-1192. 

(Available in the library. To access, click here)

Gibb's Reflective Cycle

Gibbs, G. (1988). Learning by doing:A guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford Brookes University. https://thoughtsmostlyaboutlearning.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/learning-by-doing-graham-gibbs.pdf 

Johns' Structured Reflection

Rolfe et al. Reflective Model

Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., & Jasper, M. (2001). Critical reflection for nursing and the helping professions: A user's guide. Palgrave. 

Otago Polytechnic has a Reflective writing guide which discusses the reflective model of Rolfe et al. (2001). This is found under the Reflective model tab. 

Tanner's Clinical Judgement Model

Tanner, C.  A. (2006). Thinking like a nurse: A research-based model of clinical judgment in nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 45(6), 204-11. 

(Go to the library homepage and search for the article title. Select the Search Everything or click here).

Reflective Practice Resources

Check the index at the back of these books for the different models e,g. Gibbs or Johns etc

Want help with study skills, academic writing and time management? Take a look at the learner resources available or contact a Learning Advisor on LSS@wandw.ac.nz

See the Research guide's Data Sovereignty tab for information on Māori data sovereignty.

See the Research guide's Data Sovereignty tab for information on Pacific data sovereignty.