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The ACC Kia Maanu Kia Ora (KMKO) water safety programme is a two year pilot (2019 - 2021), funded by ACC in collaboration with Water Safety New Zealand and Tangaroa Ara Rau. Its objective is to identify water safety programmes which are effective in strengthening Māori connection to wai and to help reduce Māori drownings.

The programme is using Dr Chanel Phillips’ Wai Puna water safety framework, in programme delivery and evaluation. Read about the kaupapa of Wai Puna here

In 2019/20 eleven kaupapa Maori education and skills programmes were funded to deliver a wide range of water safety programmes targeting various demographics, regions and activities. This increased to 18 programmes in 2020/21.

Providers

 

Northland

Moana Futures

Mana Moana Tiaki Dive Programme. Delivery that focuses on traditional tikanga related to kai gathering for marae events to participants in the Ngati Wai rohe in Northland. Read more

Waikato

Te Ripo Tapui 

Tuna Te Taniwha, for Te Kōhao Kōhungahunga and Whaingaroa Kohanga Reo kaiako, tamariki and whanau in Waikato.

Aotearoa Water Patrol

Water Safety in, on and around the water for rangatahi, 14 - 16 years old, from the Waikato region, and a broader programme for rangatahi and adults learning  boating and power craft safety.

Te Arawa River Iwi Trust

Awa river skills for tamariki. Conducted during a five day awa expedition in January 2021.

Whakatane

Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi

Haere pai atu, hoki pai mai. Delivery of wananga with key knowledge holders in the Mataatua rohe to bring together ancestral stories and water safety, safety messages through the medium of purakau, marae-based water-centric wananga at a range of Mataatua marae and iwi/community events in Mataatua.

Ruatahuna

Tuhoe Manawaru Tribal Authority

Water safety and river crossings safety. Delivery of kaumatua tikanga sessions, consultation sessions with whanau developing Kaiako / whanau professional development, Water Skills for life for Huiarau, Kura pounamu and kohanga Waka ama and safe drinking water huis.

Rotorua

Te Waiariki Purea Trust

Hinemoa water safety. Delivery of water safety skills programmes for tamariki in years 1 to 8 attending schools that are remote or close to potentially hazardous waterways and integration of water safety programmes into existing TWPT programmes reaching more students.

Gisborne

Ngati Porou SLC

Karakia a Paikea - A continuation and expansion of Ngāti Porou Surf Life Saving Club water safety work, including:

  • Ongoing recruitment of community from Hicks Bay, Te Araroa, Ruatoria Tokomaru Bay and Kaiti, Gisborne
  • Deliver and increase patrol support person awards
  • Delivery of kaupapa Māori Surf Life Saving wananga to tamariki, rangatahi and adults in Tairawhiti/ Ngāti Porou East Coast region on swimming, waka ama, kaimoana gathering, Tu papa -Stand up paddling, Whakaheke ngaru - surfing and rescue boat (IRB) and crewperson training.

Birds Eye View Consultancy

Planting the Seed. Delivery of a kaupapa Māori swimming programme to year 1-6 students from Waikirikiri School in Kaiti.

Hawke's Bay

Te Taitimu Trust

Our Way of Life. New kaupapa Māori programme delivering water safety to young parents of 2 - 4 years at a Kohanga Reo in Flaxmere.

Te Taitimu Trust

Nga mokopuna o nga tipuna. Ten day trip in January 2020, from Hawke's Bay to Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin and return for tamariki and rangatahi learning pool and open water water safety including Water Skills for Life, snorkelling and beach safety. 

Wellington

Raukawa Moana Voyaging Trust

Dive Programme. Delivery to participants in Wellington, Kahungunga and Ngai Pahauwera including free diving, experienced scuba, PADI refresher, open water, advanced open water, and Day Skippers training at Marae and Kura, pool and open water scenarios.

Internal Strengths

Rangatahi Leadership Programme. Kia Maanu Kia Ora water safety presentation as part of a leadership programme for Māori and Pacific Island rangatahi and their matua.

SplashSave

Kaupapa Māori water safety training for parents of Under five year olds. Delivered through a parent pack, written in Te Reo, and delivered to parents through Kohango Reos in the Wellington region. 

Tasman

Whenua Iti Outdoors

Place based, natural water, water safety programmes for tamariki 5 - 13 years from Marlborough, Kaikoura, West Coast and Nelson-Tasman.

 

Relevant kaupapa Māori water safety articles

 

Safety is Number One with Waka Ama

 

Water safety is a salient aspect of Waka Ama across clubs and competitions and Water Safety New Zealand is pleased to support Waka Ama and the whanau, to embed water safety and Kia Maanu Kia Ora within the community. These great short videos provide a wide range of safety information for the whanau and community when out on the wai on waka. Keep Reading

 
 
 
 
 

Hui leads to new approach for Māori

 

In May 2018 a hui was organised by Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) that bought together key Māori Water Safety stakeholders from across New Zealand. Attendees at the hui represented a wide range of stakeholder organisations and collectives and had expertise in water safety and drowning prevention for Māori across a range of activities. The f... Keep Reading

 
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