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In the News (Thu 12 Nov 09)

  
  Youth Employment Summit: YES Campaign
As all whanau were aware they could withdraw from the research project at any stage, 6 whanau withdrew after giving their verbal consent but before the interview stage.
Whanau were given a copy of the research questions several weeks before the interviews were conducted at the place and time chosen by the whanau.
B) The Whanau identified by school made initial contact for agreement to participate in the research and the Whanau were given time to consider the research and questions.
www.yesweb.org /gkr/project_factsheet.html?pid=23   (733 words)

  
 Education Counts: Publications: Whanau Toko I Te Ora: A Parenting Skills Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Whanau Toko I Te Ora is a national parenting programme for Māori whanau delivered under the auspices of Te Ropu Wahine Māori Toko I Te Ora (the Māori Women's Welfare League).
Two-thirds of the whanau had improved their housing and transport circumstances over the period, either by reducing overcrowding in their existing homes, or by moving to another home with better facilities and services.
The whanau in the study encompassed a wide range of ages, but half had at least one child of preschool age, in most cases attending a kōhanga reo.
educationcounts.edcentre.govt.nz /publications/maori/whanau-toko.html   (1108 words)

  
 Whanau Toko I Te Ora: A Parenting Skills Programme - Ministry of Education
Whanau Toko I Te Ora is a national parenting programme for Maori whanau delivered under the auspices of Te Ropu Wahine Maori Toko I Te Ora (the Maori Women's Welfare League).
This complex whanau is the responsibility of the grandparents, who have had legal custody from birth of their two grandchildren (mokopuna - mokos for short) - girls aged three years and two years, and one great-grandchild, a baby aged 4 months born to their grand-daughter living with them.
This whanau consists of a mother and her partner, who is a drug addict, caring for a boy aged nine years, another aged five years and a seven months-old baby girl.
www.minedu.govt.nz /index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=8040&data=l   (16087 words)

  
 Te Whanau o Tihipuke - Hillcrest High School Prospectus 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Whanau classes are currently available up to and including Year 10 level.
To promote the concepts of individual and collective responsibility to the whanau, to the school and to the wider community.
To strengthen the relationship between whanau teachers and students' families as a reflection of the school's accountability to the Maori community.
www.hillcrest-high.school.nz /prospectus/whanau.htm   (361 words)

  
 XTRAMSN: Whanau
Whanau is a pacy short drama series that explores and teaches the Maori language via a cast of characters who speak both Maori and English.
Whanau tells lively and contemporary stories based around these characters, as well as being a gentle introduction to learning te reo.
Whanau is made with funding from TVNZ's charter and Te Mangai Paho.
xtramsn.co.nz /news/0,,12078-5910724-52_12255_true,00.html   (568 words)

  
 Aranui High School Whanau Studies
Whanau programmes aim essentially to produce bilingual individuals as well as highly qualified and motivated young Maori people.
Te Whanau o Aranui (the bilingual classes) have had many successes over the years – many of our ex-students are in high status positions around the country including university students, lecturers, teachers, Maori television and various government departments.
Te Whanau O Aranui is reputed to be the top haka group in the South Island.
www.aranui-high.school.nz /whanau-studies.php   (383 words)

  
 Te Whanau Ngatoko
Nga mihi ki a koutou katoa te whanau e noho ana ki tera taha o te Ditch.
The reunion was awesome - caught up on the little ones in the whanau and the additions on the way.
Kia ora Parnz welcome to the whanau website, I dont really know what to say but most of us on here are all immediate whanau, first cousins, brothers and sisters etc. but kei te pai.
groups.msn.com /TeWhanauNgatoko/home.htm   (169 words)

  
 Whanau Support Guidelines
The candidate and Whanau members will be welcomed (with a mihi and/or karakia as appropriate) and will have the opportunity to respond.
Whanau members or support people will be invited to speak about the applicant, either at the beginning or the end of the interview, outlining the person's qualities and suitability for the position.
Whanau members or support people may also be invited to ask questions of the committee.
www.waikato.ac.nz /hrm/vacancies/whanau.shtml   (174 words)

  
 Family/Whanau agreements
A family or whanau having difficulty caring for children or young people under the age of 17 can get help and support from Child, Youth and Family through a family/whanau agreement.
Child, Youth and Family is committed to working with families and whanau to strengthen their ability to care for their children and young people and agreements are one way we do this.
Drawn up between a family, whanau, social worker and a service provider (where appropriate), the family/whanau agreement spells out what services will be provided to the family.
www.cyf.govt.nz /2223.htm   (556 words)

  
 Whanau in Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Whanau based tourism makes up the vast bulk of Maori tourism businesses in New Zealand.
For Grant and Pauline Taylor, it took 10 years of being on the dole and talking about tourism before they sold their house at Aotea in 2003 and bought Mokau River Cruises.
Grant's whanau had land on Aotea harbour and they thought "it would be neat to bring tourists there and share it with them." They did a lot of brain storming.
www.kingcountry.co.nz /whanau-in-tourism.php   (771 words)

  
 Beehive.govt.nz - Whanau Development National Hui in Otaki
The Hui Whakapumau Whanau (Whanau development national hui) has been called by Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia, as a forum for flax-roots workers and whanau members to exchange ideas and clarify understandings of whanau development.
The whanau is at the core of tribal society.
This hui is an opportunity for whanau to decide whether their development is tied to service provision, or whether it requires a range of different strategies.
www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=16310   (479 words)

  
 Beehive.govt.nz - Strong whanau key to tangata whenua development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Tangata whenua everywhere will welcome research findings that strengthening the whanau and harnessing its potential for social and economic development should be a major focus of social policy, according to Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia.
It suggests that the way to assist urban whanau is to facilitate the development of whanau capacity to undertake themselves what they can best achieve.
"Whanau are equally emphatic that, in the past, government agencies and policy-makers have not been listening to them, and not responding to the ideas of the whanau itself on how government can best support them.
www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=18599   (667 words)

  
 education_whanau_2005
Part of this strategy is empowering and enabling whanau to take a more effective and active role in the education of their tamariki.
If five or six whanau are asking the teachers, Boards of Trustees and principals about this on a regular basis it will encourage schools to do this as part of their regular planning.
A lot of whanau and friends have told me how much easier and less stressful putting on Christmas has been for their whanau because they put a little bit of money away each week to pay for kai and other treats that we have over the holidays.
www.kahungunu.iwi.nz /sections/homepage/education_whanau_2005.htm   (579 words)

  
 Puke Ariki - Library - Review - Whanau II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Which is what Whanau II is about, in some ways: an indigenous race fretting to retain its identity within the careless neglect of modern society.
Witi revisits the characters of his East Coast upbringing and carries his story on a complicated framework of households, all of them trying in their own ways to cope with a heritage desecrated by pakeha revenge on Te Kooti.
His title comes from an explanation that this work is a revisiting of stories and people he wrote about in Whanau more than 30 years ago.
www.pukeariki.com /en/library/rev_w_01.asp   (542 words)

  
 Te Awhi Whanau: Cultural Guidelines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Te Awhi Whanau Inc., Aotearoa, is committed to action and equality in caring for people in the community, irrespective of disability, age, race, religious belief, sex, marital status, ethnic or national origins, political opinion, employment status, or sexual orientation.
Te Awhi Whanau Inc will have an attractive Leadership which is committed to participation, action and the achievement of its goals.
Te Awhi Whanau Inc., recognises the unique status of Maori as Tangata whenua and the Treaty of Wiatangi as the original health document of Aotearoa in terms of the intentions stated within its text.
homepages.ihug.co.nz /~teawhi/about/cultural.htm   (262 words)

  
 Family and Whanau Wellbeing Website
Development of Social Indicators for Family and Whanau -
To develop social indicators of family/whanau/household composition, socioeconomic status and wellbeing that are applicable to routinely collected information (e.g.
To assess the feasibility of combining data from different censuses / social surveys and the viability of constructing a synthetic cohort as a platform from which to monitor family and whanau wellbeing over time.
www.stat.auckland.ac.nz /whanau/about.html   (228 words)

  
 Whanau Housing - Accommodation Service | Victoria University of Wellington
Whanau Housing consists of Whanau House and Te Aromahana for 12-13 residents.
Whanau House is a two-storey semi-furnished house surrounded by bush with a balcony, housing 7 residents.
Whanau House is 15 minutes walk to university and city; bus and shops nearby.
www.vuw.ac.nz /st_services/accommodation/halls/halls-available/whanau.aspx   (275 words)

  
 Supporting Maori Women and whanau participation to improve Maori land utilisation
He Wahine He Whanau He Whenua is creating the opportunity for women and whanau to strengthen their roles as land owners and decision makers in a quest to increase the sustainable viability of their lands and reconnect with their whenua in positive ways.
Māori women say they have enjoyed the opportunity to share their hopes and aspirations with others as they turn to familiar means of expression such as waiata and whakatauki to express their experiences, stories and relationship with the land.
Local interest in Wahine sustainable farming, land utilisation and the programme Wahine Whanau Whenua is increasing with each workshop and this is being reflected in the numbers attending workshops.
www.maf.govt.nz /sff/about-projects/search/04-061/index.htm   (1065 words)

  
 KAA WHANAU WEB PROJECT
It warms my heart to know that our whanau (and this includes those currently in their own business pursuits) are out there doing it.
What do various members of the whanau do to earn a living: I feel this is an important patai as it helps in the networking sense that we can approach each other via this medium to be able to help each other out.
I am happy to be of assistance to any whanau member and will not take it as a personal affront if anyone disagrees with what I have to offer.
www.teuira.co.nz /KaaWhanau/kaanews.htm   (1553 words)

  
 About Us - Whanau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
For students to value education and develop a sense of purpose and direction for the future.
The whanau class is a vertical form that meets each form time.
We have had some senior students of Te Reo Maori continue with their study at the University of Auckland while still attending Northcote College.
www.northcote.school.nz /about_us/whanau.htm   (325 words)

  
 Vacancies Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Whanau members will be welcomed (with a mihi and/or karakia as appropriate) and will have the opportunity to respond.
Whanau members or support people will be invited to speak about the applicant,
whanau members or support people will be thanked for attending, and will have the opportunity to respond.
www.waikato.ac.nz /hrm/vacancies/whanau.html   (144 words)

  
 Macleans College - The Whanau House System
The whanau house is an ideal framework for providing an effective environment for learning and growth.
It reflects the distinctive character of the person it is named after.
Each student is placed in a form class in their year level in a whanau house.
www.macleans.school.nz /whanau/whanau.htm   (85 words)

  
 The Hireme Whanau
Hope all our whanau are well where ever they may be in the world....
I was 8lbs 14oz and 53cm long too cool aye, hang on my dad wants to congratulate your mummy and...
Kia Ora Whanau, Just a quick message to let you all know Toni had a baby girl on the 07/05.
au.msnusers.com /TheHiremeWhanau   (134 words)

  
 Whanau Day Out 2006 by Ezekiel 33 Trust "Watchmen on the Wall"
Whanau Day Out 2006 is a FREE family event lasting all day, with attractions for infant to the elderly.
Maori Television staff will be at the Whanau Day Out for interviews and filming.
Whanau Day Out is promoted on the CoffeeGroup website, which is another website created to assist families in the community.
www.ezekiel33.org.nz   (246 words)

  
 Ministry of Social Development - Work Areas - Families, Whanau
Families and whanau are strong and richly interconnected with their communities.
The pilot Whanau Development Project adopts an innovative approach to funding and working with communities.
Its key objective is to identify and support programmes that sustain and develop families and whanau and prevent any need for remedial social services.
www.msd.govt.nz /work-areas/families-whanau/index.html   (320 words)

  
 'Te Whanau o Aotearoa' New Zealand Documentary Film - Thread   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This is the story of a quest for peace, of a group of homeless and landless living on the streets of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital.
The group goes by the name Te Whanau o Aotearoa - Caretakers of the Land and is spearheaded by a dread-locked Maori Rastafarian who calls himself ‘Brother’.
In an effort to gain an audience with the government, he and his street whanau (family) enter into a waiting game, whilst being set upon by the police, the press and riled politicians.
www.thread.co.nz /article/762   (745 words)

  
 Waatea News Update: Whanau focus for education summit
He says the hui will consider ways to building whanau capability, relationships between whanau and schools, strategies which iwi can adopt and Te Puni Kokiri initiatives.
“Unless the whanau are engaged it doesn’t work, and that’s what the government and its agencies have never clapped on to.
This year's theme is about supporting the foundation of whanau.
waatea.blogspot.com /2006/10/whanau-focus-for-education-summit.html   (929 words)

  
 NZEI: Parents and Whanau
This page explains and informs parents and families/whanau about NZEI activities and explores ways in which parents and whanau can support their children's learning.
Constantly reinforce your cornerstone values, the first one being that the school community is a family and that the students are your “sons and daughters” while in your care.
Make your assembly time “whanau time”, a gathering where parents and families are always welcome and welcomed.
www.nzei.org.nz /parents_students/parents_students.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Te Rapuora Whanau Ora service is commited to promoting Maori whanau well-being
A key objective of the service is to ensure that the activities of existing health professionals are co-ordinated and effectively targeted for Maori, and that Maori are assisted to better utilise those services, however the services will be available to the whole community.
The development of a whanau health plan that includes how improvements in health status (as agreed with each whanau) are going to be achieved.
Whanau Ora is committed to targeting the MoH Maori Health Gain priority areas
www.tewaiha.org.nz /whanau.asp   (279 words)

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