Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 17, 2019 17:23:42 GMT 12
TOO MANY TAMARIKI ARE BEING HOSPITALISED WITH PREVENTABLE INJURIES. COULD MĀTAURANGA MĀORI BE THE ANSWER?
There is plenty of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge), and this knowledge has been a key focus of an ACC partnership with Safekids Aotearoa.
Safekids have been working to capture and share knowledge of te ao Māori approaches to child injury prevention. And importantly, to get this right, they needed advice from the right people.
So here’s the challenge I’ve set myself, my team at ACC, and in fact to all New Zealand Government organisations. We need to do a better job of keeping Māori tamariki safe. And I believe we’ll be in much stronger stead if we use mātauranga Māori to help deliver the right solutions, at the right time, in the right way. ....
www.acc.co.nz/newsroom/stories/too-many-tamariki-are-being-hospitalised-with-preventable-injuries-could-matauranga-maori-be-the-answer/
There is plenty of mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge), and this knowledge has been a key focus of an ACC partnership with Safekids Aotearoa.
Safekids have been working to capture and share knowledge of te ao Māori approaches to child injury prevention. And importantly, to get this right, they needed advice from the right people.
So here’s the challenge I’ve set myself, my team at ACC, and in fact to all New Zealand Government organisations. We need to do a better job of keeping Māori tamariki safe. And I believe we’ll be in much stronger stead if we use mātauranga Māori to help deliver the right solutions, at the right time, in the right way. ....
www.acc.co.nz/newsroom/stories/too-many-tamariki-are-being-hospitalised-with-preventable-injuries-could-matauranga-maori-be-the-answer/