Māori workforce development

Services we provide include:

• capability development
• workforce development
• integration of the Māori perspective within mainstream services and strategies
• supporting staff to become more responsive to Māori
• building the organisation's capability to achieve breakthroughs and major advances in Māori health.

• Māori studying at secondary level
• Māori studying at tertiary level
• Māori considering a career change
• Māori considering a return to the workforce.

What Kia Ora Hauora does

Information about Kia Ora Hauora

Health Workforce New Zealand (HWNZ) works on initiatives aimed at developing a workforce capable of supporting the delivery of health targets. HWNZ and Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora are working together to provide training support and opportunities for the non-regulated workforce to develop formal competencies in their current roles, and develop their potential to move into other health sectors as relevant.

The Hauora Māori Training Fund is contracted to Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora's Māori Health Development Group in the Wellington region.

The training fund supports the non-regulated workforce to gain certificates, diplomas and graduate diplomas and the levels of training range from Levels 2 to 7* on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) framework. There are criteria and requirements for all applications to do Level 7* training. The outcome of these applications will be determined by HWNZ.

Degrees and master's papers are not eligible for funding support from the Hauora Māori Training Fund as other funding opportunities exist to support these training programmes.

Application criteria

Apply today if you:

• are an employee of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora or a health or disability service that is funded by Health NZ
• can demonstrate a commitment to, or competence in, Māori health
• can whakapapa to and/or have cultural links with, te ao Māori and Māori communities
• are a New Zealand citizen, or hold a New Zealand permanent residency permit
• are supported by your current employer, who endorses your application
• meet the entry criteria required by the tertiary education provider.

Funding support

The Hauora Māori Training Fund provides support with:

• tuition fees*, through a tax invoice from the tertiary education provider
• travel subsidy*, which should be clearly indicated on your application form — this subsidy is only available if you are required to travel more than 50km by road one-way from your usual place of work to the agreed compulsory training programme
• accommodation subsidy*, which should be clearly indicated on your application form — this subsidy supports your cost for accommodation required at the agreed training programme location
• backfill*, which is the reasonable and actual cost (per hour) of replacing you while you attend the compulsory aspects of your training programmes during your rostered working hours
• course-related resources* for actual costs up to a maximum of $500 per trainee, and must be clearly indicated on your application form — this process requires the Hauora Māori Training Fund coordinator to purchase text book(s) on your behalf. You must provide a recommended reading list from your training provider, plus details of the bookstore.

*Conditions apply. Contact us for more information.

Who cannot apply for funding

This training fund excludes applicants:

• who already receive funding from the Ministry of Health for the same training programme
• who are studying in a programme not approved by NZQA
• who are already in a sponsored study programme
• who are studying for degrees or master's programmes. 

Contact

For more information or to request an application form, email hauoramaori@ccdhb.org.nz

Postal address: 

Hauora Māori Training Fund
Māori Health Development Group
Wellington Regional Hospital
Private Bag 7902
Wellington 6242