129.037 Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report 2023-24 v8 - Low Res Spreads - Flipbook - Page 17
2023/2024 - Mahitahi Hauora Annual Report
Kai Ora Fund
In 2024 the Kai Ora Fund
received 62 applications, a 66%
increase on the previous year.
Over $135,000 in funding was
approved for 30 projects including
5 whenua Māori and Marae
projects, 15 community kai and
food forest projects, 5 education
and capacity building projects,
and 3 Business and Social
Enterprise projects.
One of the projects that received
funding this year was a healing
garden for Rongopai House. This
safe house provides free support
services and life skills programs for
whānau who are escaping violence,
addiction, or sexual abuse.
^ Kai Ora Fund 2024 project teams at a partner-led workshop.
Their healing garden is a groundto-table initiative developing and
maintaining a landscaped garden,
sustainability workshops, and
cooking classes. The Kai Ora Fund
partners are proud to support this
initiative.
• We are visibly demonstrating
our commitment by displaying
our certi昀椀cation and Pride flags
in our public areas as well as
our gender-neutral bathrooms.
The Kai Ora Fund partner
organisations include Far North
District Council, Healthy Families
Far North, Kāinga Ora – Homes
and Communities, Kaipara
District Council, Mahitahi Hauora,
Ministry of Social Development,
Te Puni Kōkiri, Te Tari Taiwhenua
(Department of Internal Affairs),
and Whangārei District Council.
Pātaka Kai
Supporting our
Rainbow Communities
To mark Global Pride Month in
June 2024, Mahitahi Hauora
signed the Pride Pledge, a
values-based commitment that
organisations and individuals
can take to demonstrate their
dedication to the safety, visibility,
and inclusion of the rainbow
members of their community and
workforce.
What this means:
• All Mahitahi Hauora employees
will receive Rainbow
Awareness training.
• We will provide educational
resources and training sessions.
• We will celebrate and
acknowledge events in the
rainbow calendar on our social
media channels and with team
events.
Mahitahi Hauora’s pātaka kai
allows us to provide support
to whānau and give back to
the community. This project
was led by our Mental Health
Service team, built by our
extended whānua and decorated
by tamariki from Whangārei
Intermediate School.
Community Voice
Advisory Committee
The Community Voice Advisory
Committee is an independent
body, its purpose is to provide
expert perspectives and
community input that champions
the voice and needs of whānau,
connecting Mahitahi Hauora
with high-needs and priority
populations. This year planning
work began for a hui connecting
disability service users with
providers, with the aim of
improving access to and the
quality of services.
The design features our maunga
Parihaka, acknowledging the
harbour it overlooks and the rivers
that flow beneath it. Tāne Mahuta
is depicted in the form of a Tiki,
the Atua of forests and birds, and
Tangaroa is depicted in the form
of a Manaia, the Atua of the sea
and 昀椀sh.
Donations to the pātaka kai
come from our staff and through
sponsorship from the Kai Ora Fund.
^ Mahitahi Hauora’s pātaka
ka, painted by students from
Whangārei Intermediate School.
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