Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Healthy Futures

We have designated Māori staff members who work determinedly and effectively in the background educating staff and informing management of issues. 

Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Healthy Futures)

We have designated Māori staff members who work determinedly and effectively in the background educating staff and informing management of issues. 


Their role also includes connecting with Māori hauora organisations and working collaboratively with government agencies to deliver on New Zealand’s He Korowai Oranga: Māori Health Strategy and more recently Whakamaua – Māori Health Action Plan 2020-2025.

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Nā te manaaki kairangi ki ngā tāngata Māori

o Aotearoa, me te whakaute hoki, ka

whakatū mātou i te mauri me te mana

o Nēhi Maude.

By providing the best care for all

the people of Aotearoa today, and treating

every person with respect, we honour

the spirit and mana of Sibylla Maude.

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Partnering with Māori / What are we doing about equity?

The Nurse Maude Hauora Māori Plan is designed to ensure that the Māori populations in the regions we serve, benefit equitably from Nurse Maude’s services. It is specifically designed to address our own development requirements to ensure our ability to achieve equitable service outcomes for Māori kiritaki.


Nurse Maude holds consumer hui each year for Maori and Pasifika. This initiative provides feedback about our services and assists in the development of service brochures that capture the interest of specific kiritaki (consumers).

Ethnicity data

We collect ethnicity data of kiritaki (consumers) to build a picture of the uptake of services and health outcomes of Māori (and Pasifika) so we can understand the disparities in healthcare delivery, and how they can be addressed.

Staff

  • Komiti Māori is for staff who whakapapa Māori and it is the place to bring up concerns, offer ideas and plan what needs to be done to promote and maintain Nurse Maude as an inclusive organisation for Māori.
  • Waiata lessons with te reo are held each month and are always lively, loud, full of fun and well attended by staff and volunteers.
  • Yearly training is offered on the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Community

Nurse Maude holds consumer hui each year for Maori and Pacific Peoples. This initiative provides feedback about our services and assists in the development of service brochures that capture the interest of specific kiritaki (consumers).

Documentation

Latest news

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Seven days, seven conversations: making it easier to talk about death and dying

9 September 2026
For dying matters, we've released the seven days, seven conversations podcast series. A podcast about helping people talk more openly about death, dying and palliative care.
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Suitcase Stories’ generous support for Nurse Maude Hospice

3 September 2026
A huge thank you to Chapter 1 and everyone involved in Suitcase Stories | Chapter1 , which culminated in the Runway Reveal event which was held on Sunday 30 August in the gallery. The event brought together Canterbury artists, supporters and the wider community around a very creative idea…transforming suitcases into unique works of art, with funds raised to support Nurse Maude Hospice and Koru Care Christchurch. Each artist was given a suitcase and invited to tell a story through art – there were 66 suitcases (most were vintage style) in total. The identity of the artists remained a mystery, so people have been purchasing the suitcases without knowing who had created them. Each suitcase is being sold for $500. The artists’ identities were revealed at Sunday’s event. The Runway Reveal was a great celebration of the project, with a group of young Koru Care recipients carrying the suitcases down the runway while wearing clothing they’d selected from our Nurse Maude op shops.
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Aged care challenges need to be faced together

18 August 2026
Nurse Maude has welcomed A Place to Grow Old as an important opportunity to rethink how New Zealand supports people as they age; moving from separate services and settings towards care that is connected around the person. Nurse Maude CEO Louise Zacest says the report provides a clear description of the key challenges facing the aged care sector and provides direction and recommendations on what is needed to address these. “As the report itself notes, these aren't challenges for the future – they are already here. We welcome the recognition that significant reform is needed, and that we need to start this work now.”