University of Otago & Ngati Toa Rangatira renew partnership 17 Oct 2016
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17 October 2016
University of Otago and Ngati Toa Rangatira renew partnership
The University of Otago this week renewed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira. The MoU was signed at a ceremony at the University of Otago Wellington by Te Taku Parai, chair of Te Runanga, Sir Matiu Rei, Te Runanga Executive Director, and John Ward, Chancellor of the University.
“The University is delighted to be re-signing and reaffirming this very important relationship which brings our two organisations closer together,” says Chancellor Ward.
“Our relationship with the University of Otago has been a very good one for 25 years,” said Sir Matiu Rei at the ceremony.
Dean and Head of Wellington Campus Professor Sunny Collings said that Ngati Toa Rangatira has always been in the forefront of innovations in whanau ora, primary care and health promotion – developing health and social services that are Maori-led and benefit the whole community.
“They are well known for their determination and strong track record in improving access to low cost primary health care for residents of Porirua and Wellington. We acknowledge their contribution to the education of health professionals, including our dental and medical students,” Professor Collings says.
Ora Toa, the health services of Ngati Toa, employs five Maori GPs who are keen to mentor Maori students. Dr Sean Hanna, another of their GPs, is also employed by the University of Otago, Wellington as a clinical educator and advisor.
“Although Sean is not Maori himself, he is fluent in te reo Maori. Our medical students come back buzzing after their placements with Ora Toa” says Bridget Robson, Associate Dean Maori at the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW).
University of Otago research groups also work closely with Ngati Toa for research in their communities. Research collaborations include studies on what helps Maori communities to quit smoking, oral health, housing and rheumatic fever, as some examples.
The Eru Pomare Maori Health Research Centre was established at UOW in 1992 by a member of Ngati Toa Rangatira, the late Professor Eru Pomare, Dean of the Medical School and a distinguished leader in Maori health.
“The Eru Pomare Centre has always appreciated the support of Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira. In the early 1990s they helped to get us established with a contract to evaluate their whanau ora services, led by Charlene Williams and Matiu Rei,” says Bridget Robson.
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