Te pūrongo a te ratonga hauora o Te Kaokao o TakapauJAN 2014

Members of Te Hāhi Ringatū were part ofthe annual 25th of January hui at Ratana Pāthis year, the first time the church hasformally attended in 33 years.It’s also been that long since the church hashad a formal leader.The church elected 83-year old Wirangi Pera(left) of Te Aitanga a Mahaki as pou tikanga atthe church's New Year's Day synod at Wainuion the Ohiwa Harbour, in an attempt toreverse the decline in the church.It’s estimated that there are currently around10,400 members of the church, a drop of6000 since 2006.

Wirangi has been a force behind the trusteesof the Wainui Parish who are in charge of the600 acres that the Government gave Te Kootias a base for his people when they pardonedhim in 1883. His tīpuna, Te Tawhi andWaioeka Paraone, lived with Te Kooti at hishome in Te Karaka.Wirangi also led a large contingent on to thepoukai at Kokohinau marae in Te Teko, toreinforce the historic links between Ringatūand the Kingitanga stretching back to TeKooti's years of exile in the King Country.

TE POU TIKANGA HŌU O TE HĀHI RINGATŪ

KEY DATES:1868 Te Kooti escapes imprisonment on the Chatham Islands and

establishes the Ringatū movement1868 Ringatū tohunga are gazetted as ministers under the

Marriage Act1883 Te Kooti pardoned 1928 A formal constitution for the church is registered under the

Incorporated Societies Act.1938 A Ringatū hui in Ruatoki elects Paora Delamere as the

Poutikanga, a position he holds for 43 years 2013 Figures estimate there are just 10,400 members

National is doing its bit too.Around 100 Bay Of Plentypatients will receive electivesurgery in the next five monthsthanks to Government funding.The number of patientsreceiving elective surgery roseby 2732 between 2007 and2013 and now the Govt isinvesting $10 million this yearto increase this.Specialties where publichospitals can do better havebeen identified and everydistrict health board willreceive extra funding to providemore for patients.The Bay of Plenty DistrictHealth Board will receive morethan half a million dollars inextra funding which they'reusing for Ophthalmology (eyeconditions) and Plastics.

We all know that the best politicalpromises are made during an election year.And here are two offerings.The Green Party wants the Bay of Plenty tobenefit from a proposal to install communityservice hubs at decile one to four schools.Party co-leader and education spokespersonMetiria Turei (top left) says 79 schools in theBay of Plenty would have a dedicatedcoordinator to deliver services such as adedicated nurse, lunch fund and free afterschool and holiday care through the schoolto that community, to ensure children arehealthy and ready to learn, so they canachieve.Meanwhile Labour's East Coast MP MoanaMackey (below left) says her party's BestStart Package, would see 60 dollars a weekgiven to families with new-borns. She saysthis would give parents income support untilthe child turns three, when they would thenreceive an extra five hours early childhoodcare.

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MURUPARA ANDKAWERAU have beengiven the ability to hirenurses to try to boostprimary health care insmall or ruralcommunities.Health Minister TonyRyalRyall announced 48 graduate nurses will receive

scholarships to work with GPs in some of the country'shigher need areas.He says the scholarship fund provides another set ofhands for GPs to do a better job. He also hopes thenurses will learn about working in places like Muruparaand Kawerau, and find out how to provide better care.

P A E D I A T R I C C L I N I C S

If your child has a chronic health conditionthat requires specialist care, register themwith Te Kaokao o Takapau for our paediatricclinics with Dr John Malcolm.

Clinics are held on the last Monday ofevery month, from 1:00PM – 4:30PM.

Contact Social Worker Mahiti Mariu at TeKaokao o Takapau, PH 3129670 duringbusiness hours to register your child.

THE MAJORITY OF SERIOUS CRASHES in the Bay ofPlenty are due to driver error says a newly-releasedreport.Excessive speed, alcohol, falling asleep and crossing thecentre line were common causes found when 165separate road crashes in 2013 were investigated by theBay of Plenty District Health Board Trauma Service."Although deaths from road crashes are trending downinternationally, they remain a major public health andcommunity burden, with most occurring frompreventable causes," Trauma Nurse Specialist KatrinaO'Leary said.The report also revealed that serious crashes occurredmostly on rural roads, with 77 of the 165 accidentstaking place there.

LATEST RESULTS FROM THE 2013 CENSUS show thatBay of Plenty is home to fewer smokers than in 2006.There was an almost 23 per cent drop in the number ofregular smokers - in line with the 22.9 per cent fallnationally.Among 15 to 19-year-olds Bay of Plenty had 1,809fewer regular smokers in this age group than it did in2006 - a decrease of 46 per cent.Census figures also showed the largest iwi for Bay ofPlenty people of Māori descent was Te Arawa, with17,043 people, followed by Tūhoe, with 11,127 people.

K A N G E N W A T E RAvailable from Te Kaokao o Takapau only on

Monday, Wednesday and FridayMidday – 1:00PM and 3:30PM – 4:30PM

Te Ao Marama Whānau Ora Collective KairarangaMahina Harawira, attended the Tūhoe EducationAuthority wananga in January, where Tūhoe teachersheard about some of the services Te Kaokao oTakapau provides to our communities.Mahina spoke about the benefits of Te TāhereRaraunga, our client database that’s used by ourRheumatic Fever Prevention team.Some siblings have different surnames or are part ofblended families. If a child tests positive for the Strep-A bug that causes Rheumatic Fever, the databasehelps identify the whakapapa of each child and thewhānau members they are in close contact with.That way, all whānau members can be treated toprevent the spread of the disease.Mahina and Tipene Tīhema-Biddle, will also take partin the Whakatohea Rangatahi programme to developpath plans with 20 rangatahi from Opotiki College thismonth. A big focus will be on career goals and the 3-week programme will be based at Torere, Kutarere,Hamilton and Auckland.

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TŪHOE TE URUTAUMATUA and TeKaokao o Takapauare looking at aclinical partnership.

TUT’s new Physician Assistant and Caroline Steens ofTe Kaokao o Takapau’s Kaupapa Māori CommunityNursing Service may combine forces in some clinicalareas, to build on existing services and to launch newmedical services.The first two stages of health service developmentwithin Tūhoe communities by TUT will focus on GP andoral health care.Te Kaokao o Takapau has met with TUT and the Bay ofPlenty DHB to talk about a transition plan for appropriatesystems, infrastructure and processes to support how anursing service will be part of this.In the meantime our Kaupapa Māori Community NursingService has completed a Service Mapping Exercise and awellbeing survey was initiated in December 2013, with21 registered clients contacted. Collation and the resultsof the survey will be completed in February 2014.

Te Kaokao o Takapau Social Worker Mahiti Mariu and Rameka Tuhaka, thekaitakawaenga of our kaumātua programme Hīopeope, attended a workshop aimed atpreventing elder abuse and neglect in Whakatane recently.Elder abuse and neglect is a significant social issue. It’s estimated that up to 10 per centof the population over 65 years of age has experienced abuse or neglect at some time.Studies on elder abuse and neglect shows the victim and the abuser are usually peoplewho know each other well. Often the abuser is a member of the older person's family.Abusers can also be people employed in positions of trust – residential facility staff orpaid carers.Te Kaokao o Takapau promotes the prevention and reduction of abuse or neglectthrough Hīopeope, by promoting the health and wellbeing of older people and thosewho care for them. This includes information and support for caregivers and whānauabout preventing abuse or neglect in future.

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The EKE PANUKU team has been busy with Tūhoe at-risk youth. Nineteen are currently registered with ourservice.They’ve set up a Touch Team, sponsored by Te Kaokaoo Takapau, that plays every Thursday afternoon in theWhakatane Touch competition. More than half of theplayers are made up of rangatahi registered with EkePanuku and coached by Moko Savage, our YouthWorker.Some are also doing Cross fit training in Whakataneand Taneatua.Seven youths hiked up Taiarahia to learn about thehistory of the area and in preparation for Christmas,two boys went diving & fishing for their whānau in TeKaha with Moko.Mariana Kawana landed berry picking jobs for eightrangatahi at a local orchard. They spent 5-weeks inDecember toiling in the hot, hot sun and earned somepocket money for Christmas.Caroline Steen, our Kaupapa Maori Nurse also spoketo rangatahi about general health care and the QuitSmoking programme.

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Te Kaokao o Takapau plans to set up a Reference Groupfor CAYAD – Community Action on Youth and Drugs - tomake more use of our networks and partnerships.CAYAD Coordinator Tracy Mariu hopes this will ensure

we’re more active on problems affecting our youth,such as support and recovery for those coming back tothe community after treatment.We’re also supporting Febfast, which encouragespeople to give up alcohol for the month of Februaryand raise funds to help support young people and theirfamilies with alcohol and drug problems. Last year fivemembers of the Ruatoki kapa haka registered andparticipated in the alcohol free month.We also plan to gather baseline data from sports clubsand kapa haka to inform our AOD policies. This startedat the Turei Hare memorial Touch Tournament with acommunity survey targeting 100 people looking at theaccessibility of synthetic cannabis andmethamphetamine in our communities. Tracy alsospoke to a rangatahi wananga at Waimako marae,Waikaremoana in December (below) about the issue.R H E U M A T I C F E V E R

Our Rheumatic Fever Prevention team, Tina Biddleand Mavis Hemopo-Te Moana are ready for the newyear and our school-based throat swabbing service.Children aged five to 14 years in Ruātoki, Tawera,Taneatua, Waimana, Waiohau and Matahi schoolshave been part of the programme for 2-years.Te Kura o Huiarau in Ruatahuna is now on board tooand the Ruatahuna Nurse, Betty Manihera, and Healthassistant, Pohutu te Kaawa, will assist Tina and Mavis.A study conducted in 2010, showed as many as one inthree children in some schools were carriers of theStrep-A bug.

THE WHAKATANE MUSEUM is planning to exhibit local memorabilia aboutFirst World War.The museum digitised mementos from the public for its website – whichgoes live in April 2014 - and an exhibition at Te Kōputu a te Whanga a Toi -the Whakatane Library and Exhibition Centre – in 2015.Photographs, postcards, pay books and other memorabilia was collectedat a number of workshops last year, including one held at Te UruTaumatua in October.The work at left, entitled 'The Spirit Of His Fathers', appeared in theDecember 1915 issue of the New Zealand Observer and shows a Māorisoldier charging two Ottoman Turk soldiers with the ghost of a Māoriwarrior behind him. Cartoons like this attempted to encourage Māoriparticipation in the war.Just under 30 Tūhoe men are known to have served overseas with theNative Contingent in WW1.While more than 2000 Māori served in the Contingent and later, the MaoriPioneer Battalion, others opposed the war effort following the battles andland confiscations of the colonial Govt that had taken place less than 60years earlier.

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A NUMBER OF PĀKEHĀ are listed onthe Tūhoe Roll of Honour in theAnzac Memorial hall at Te RewarewaMarae.The four Mahoney brothers Ernest,Brian, Edward and Ulic were thesons of the Ruatoki schoolmaster,Cornelius Mahoney, when WW1broke out. Ernest was the only sonwho survived.Fred Thrupp, a Pākehā, married PareVercoe of Hamua and Fred Milroywas also a Pākehā who marriedKararaina, the daughter of TamarauTakurua.Jack Black, who is also on the Roll,was of Te Whānau a Apanui descent.

1. Te Iritima Uatuku2. Tame Te Whetu3. Rangiaho Paora4. Tamaho Ereatara5. Mita Hikairo Hohua6. Wikiriwhi Horohau7. Pita Kamureti 8. Rutene Karaitiana9. Rangitane Mika10. Piripi Reha11. Karaka Takao12. Charley Te Amo13. Pa Te Amo14. Whanoke Te Are

15. Te Teira Te Piihi16. Te Hauwaho Te Waara17. Te Hiko Te Whare18. Kingi Te Whetu19. Manawahau Taihakoa20. Puia Tamehana21. Te Au Kopa Tangohau22. Frederick Thrupp23. Hani Kawata Tuhoe24. Te Whitu Turei25. Taneatua Wilson26. Mahu Wiremu27. Rupi Wiremu28. Fred Milroy

W W 1 T U H O E R O L L O F H O N O U RAnzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, Ruatoki

THE TUHOE TUAWHENUA TRUST IN RUATAHUNA is growing its honey business aftertwo years of production.Manawa Honey NZ has beehives spread over 9000 hectares of bush, a commercialenterprise aimed at creating jobs and boosting the Ruatahuna economy. Locals havebeen learning the ropes about beekeeping with qualified beekeepers and adviserssince 2009. Production has grown slowly but surely as the number of hives and theirown beekeeper’s experience increases.The honey itself is unique. Although there is plenty of manuka in the region, theManawa honey bees prefer the fruit of the Mahoe tree which has a better supply ofnectar and pollen. Mahoe has medicinal properties too. The bark was used as a packon burns; the leaves helped treat rheumatism, and were applied to wounds and skindiseases.You can order Manawa honey on-line – www.manawahoney.co.nz