Ā mātou Tāngata / About us
“Amohia ake te ora o te Iwi, ka puta ki te whei ao”
“Nā Kīngi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII”
Ngā Iwi/Mātāwaka
Te Tiratū is the Iwi Māori Partnership Board for the Tainui waka rohe. Te Tiratū is made up of representation from Pare Hauraki, Waikato, Raukawa, Te Nehenehenui, Ngāti Hāua (Taumarunui) and Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa.
IMPB’s are advocates for whānau and communities in their respective rohe. IMPB’s are responsible for understanding local hauora Māori needs and aspirations, and influence the regional strategies, local priorities and the design and delivery of healthcare services to meet the needs and aspirations.
IMPB’s are also responsible to give feedback on how the health sector is performing in meeting the needs of Māori across the motu.
IMPB’s are crucial to supporting tino rangatiratanga and mana motuhake for whānau Māori health and wellbeing.
For further information on the function of an Iwi Māori Partnership Board, please refer to section 30 of Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022.
Te Tiratu: The Name
Inspired from the book Wayfinding Leadership (2015)
by Chellie Spiller, Hoturoa Kerr and John Panoho …
‘Reaching skyward is the tiratū, which must have the capacity to withstand immense tension. It absorbs the pressure of the mighty forces of the wind upon its sails, and is the ballast at the centre of the waka, located between the two hulls, providing balance to keep the
waka steady. The mast.. represents the waka community woven together…” (105). The mast as a metaphor for the alignment of mana points to the cultivation of effective teams. (110). When mana coalesces and connects, we are open to a much greater power of the whole. (122)
A waka isn’t going to get far without sails and wind in those sails. The sails represent the component part of the collective – who are we willed by and who are we willing for?
Another meaning is tira – group, tū to stand, a tiratū – a group that stands up to take action.
Te Tiratū Tohu – Designer Sonny Houpapa
Te Tiratū: The Tohu
Te Papa Noho – The Deck acts as the platform of
collaboration and conciliation. This is where we stand up our mast”
Visual representation of a Waka Hourua with Te Tiratū incorporated through text.
Pakati designs: representation of Te Taurawhiri o Ngā Tākai here, the lashings that represent our
connections.
Kowhaiwhai designs: are our many marae, hapū, whānau and people represented through each governing entity.