Hoe Ngātahi Newsletter - October 2023: Supporting Māori learner success

As we have met with groups over the past year, we have heard how you want to meet up more regularly with others and wished there was a study group.

We realise that with work-based learning there aren’t classes to attend and of course everyone is working, often full-time. So, knowing who else is studying is difficult.

Being in the health industry you’ll be aware of the Privacy Act, which we are also bound by.
But we thought we could offer a place where you can share contact information with us and give us permission to share it with another person who is also willing to share their information. This is so you can contact each other and potentially set up a study group.

We would not be able to facilitate or moderate any communications or meetings, so you will need to take responsibility for your safety and wellbeing.

If you would like to try this, follow this link to complete the form.

We will gather responses for one month, then collate the information and by the end of November will contact anyone who responded. This contact will either be to share contact information or to let you know that no one else responded to match your area or qualification, depending on your choice when you complete the form.

15-year-old Marlborough Girls College student Hope Te Whiu has always been passionate about the elderly and is now on track to forging a rewarding career working with them, when she leaves school.

Thanks to a school Gateway programme through Careerforce | Te Pūkenga, Hope has already successfully completed the New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 2. She has also been offered the opportunity of specific palliative care training at a local hospice, to further broaden her skills.

Health care assistant Michelle at Oceania supported Hope with her programme helping her to understand assessment questions if they weren’t clear. “I couldn’t have done it without Michelle’s support and my manager Jacqui giving me the opportunity to come and learn at Redwood.”

Attending 2 day noho marae meant Hope could get some extra support
Hope jumped at the chance of attending a 2-day noho marae in Nelson for learners who identify as Māori.

“It was really enjoyable,” says Hope. “I was a bit nervous at first because I was the youngest person there by a huge age gap. But then I got used to it and being Māori really helped as it is an environment that I am comfortable in. I enjoyed working with the adults. I could just ask them to explain this or that in different words.

“I feel pretty proud that I’ve got my qualification,” says Hope.

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