Two Medicines, One Pathway: Building a bridge between Māori methods of wellness and Western models of care.
“It’s not like one of those illnesses that come in and attack straight away. It’s a slow sneaky killer.” That is how a whānau member from Māngere described living with Type 2 Diabetes. Words that carry weight, not just physical, but spiritual, emotional, relational words that the western health system rarely has time to sit […]
Turning Kūmara into Community Wellbeing
Healthy Families South Auckland and Auckland Council recently saw the social, economic and health impact that something as simple as kūmara can have for whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau. The Enterprising Kai initiative was officially launched in late May, marked by the harvest of several tonnes of kūmara that were then prepared and shared with community […]