Haakuitanga Haakorotanga
Māori Parenting Programme
Ngā Whakamarama
Service Description
A nine week block Māori Parenting Programme that gives parents an understanding of and
learning in effective parenting skills.
The programme consists of the following:
• connecting to whakapapa.
• how your personal journey influences the way you parent your tamariki
• traditional roles of wahine and tane
• human development, focussing on infancy childhood and adolescence
• parent and child safety, including physical and emotional safety
• understanding the negative aspects of the misuse of power and control
Objective of the programme:
The aim of this programme is to create a greater sense of the understanding and responsibility of the parenting role amongst Māori whānau in order to provide a nurturing and safe environment for tamariki.
Mā wai ēnei mahi? Can anyone use this service?
• Māori whānau
• Mixed tane/wahine groups
• Whānau living in the Hutt Valley
• This programme is free and confidential