Data helps support community wellbeing Hei aawhina te raraunga i te toiora hapori
Census information helped get kai, hygiene packs and medicine to 11,000 whaanau.
Data helps support community wellbeing Hei aawhina te raraunga i te toiora hapori
Census information helped get kai, hygiene packs and medicine to 11,000 whaanau.
Data helps support people in our communities Hei aawhina te raraunga i te toiora hapori
Knowing more about our communities can help tell us where they need the most support.
Census information showed that 3500 houses and 11,000 whaanau in the Raahui Pookeka needed support. That motivated Tiana Matatahi and her team to set up Pookekatia Te Iwi to provide that support.
Right now, they are getting kai packs, hygiene packs and medicine to those 11,000 whaanau. They are also giving extra care to tamariki and kaumaatua – the people who need support the most.
Feedback from kaumaatua has been hugely positive. They are already seeing the positive changes the extra support has on the wider community around them. Pookekatia Te Iwi's hope is to direct support to as many people as they can, so everyone has a better chance of taking care of their health and wellbeing.
[Visual: Aerial shots of the Raahui Pookeka, including the Waikato River, houses, and the Waahi Pa.]
[Visual: A woman standing outside Waahi Paa]
[Onscreen text: Kyly Anne Callaghan, Te Hua Kawariki, Waahi Paa]
Kyly Anne Callaghan: Census data showed us that there was around 3,500 houses in Raahui Pookeka, which means 11,000 whaanau that actually needed support.
[Visuals: Volunteers packing groceries into boxes, and putting them in to a van.]
Kyly Anne: Pookekatia te iwi was established to support our most valuable people in our community, which are our kaumaatua and our babies.
[Visual: A group of six smiling volunteers in Waahi Paa Pookekatia sweatshirts, holding boxes of groceries.]
Kyly Anne: The assistance that we offer is kai packs, hygiene packs, general assistance within COVID.
[Visuals: A volunteer takes a box out of a van, sits it on a doorstep, and knocks on the door.]
[Visual: A man sitting on the doorstep, talking.]
[Onscreen text: Koroki Waikai, Raahui Pookeka, Waikato]
Koroki Waikai: Huge feedback from our kaumaatua saying that the service is fantastic.
[Visual: Koroki picks up the box, and waves.]
Koroki: Not only is it about COVID, but it’s also about the wellbeing of kaumaatua on the marae and in the community.
[Visual: Volunteers sitting around a table, working on laptops, and laughing]
[Visual: Kyly outside Waahi Paa.]
Kyly Anne: It feels like we have accomplished something good. This census information is for iwi, hapuu and whaanau. It belongs to everybody.
[Visual: A group of people in front of Waahi Paa. They puukana.]
This census information is for iwi, hapuu, and whaanau. It belongs to everybody.
Kyly Anne Callaghan
Pookekatia Te Iwi
