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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.

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

Ola Manuia: Pacific Health and Wellbeing Action Plan 2020–2025. The government’s new national plan and commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of Pacific population living in Aotearoa New Zealand. This plan was informed by the previous Pacific health action plan Ala Mo’ui: Pathways to Pacific Health and Wellbeing 2014–2018.

Whakamaua: Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2025. Ministry of Health. It describes outcomes, objectives and action areas to achieve pae ora (healthy futures) for Māori.

Youth Plan: Voice, Leadership, Action. The Ministry of Youth Development's youth plan. The aim is to allow the voice and perspective of young people are listened to, valued and embedded in decision-making at all levels.

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.

Mana Taiohi: Youth Development Principle-Based Framework (Ara Taiohi). A principle-based framework for people who work with young people in Aotearoa New Zealand, informed by the voices of young people and people who work with young people.

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.

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.

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 Disability Strategy. From the Office for Disability Issues, this strategy guides the work of government agencies on disability issues from 2016 to 2026. It includes goals and objectives to help improve health outcomes for Pacific peoples.

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

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. 

Ara Taiohi. Supports people working with young people to enhance youth development. 

Code of Ethics provide an agreed set of guidelines for youth work in Aotearoa to ensure that youth work is carrield out in a safe, skilled, ethical manner.

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.

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 

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

Ministry of Social Development Strategies that will make a bigger and better difference in people's lives.

• Families and Whānau Status Report 2018

Connect & Kōrero: Innovating to Amplify Refugee and Ethnic Migrant Youth Voice in Aotearoa New Zealand Policy

The Hive Deep Dive with Decision-Makers: Insights & Recommendations Report. The Hive was created to facilitate a meaningful two-way communication channel between young people and government

Insights and Findings from Engagements: Strengthening Youth Leadership and Advisory Groups. Report prepared by the Ministry of Youth Development (2024). 

Māori Health Models

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

(Pulotu-Endeman, 2001)

Pacific Health Models and Strategies 

• Located on the Pasifika Resources tab of this guide

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