He Korowai Oranga: Maori Health Strategy in New Zealand

Running head: HEALTH STRATEGY IN NEW ZEALAND
HEALTH STRATEGY IN NEW ZEALAND
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Introduction:
He Korowai Oranga is a Maori health strategy which acts as an overarching framework to
guide the government as well as the health and disability sector. This would help to achieve the
best health outcomes for the Maori people of the nation of New Zealand (Came et al. 2016). The
following assignment will mainly describe the aim of the assignment which would be followed
by how such a strategy would help in developing the health status of the Maori people after
implementation.
Aims, target group and rationale for chosen strategy:
The strategy was mainly proposed as an overarching framework which was published
keeping in mind to overcome different challenges and thereby create suitable environments for
the whanau. This strategy ensured that the environment should not only be liberating but also
enable the whanaus to shape as well as direct their own lives in the best possible ways to achieve
the quality of the life which the Maori are entitled to as tangata whenua in Aotreora. Basically
this strategy mainly aims achievement of whanua ora and healthy families (Jones 2014). This is
mainly done through an approach which reciises and thereby builds on the integral strengths and
assets of te wnahanu helping the development of the wanahusu. It mainly provides the
framework for the public sector so that they can take the responsibility for the part it performs in
supporting the different the health status of the whanau. This strategy therefore includes
inclusion of policies which are helping in the promoting whanau well being, developing the
quality of the education, developing employment opportunities and also for suitable housing
(Came et al. 2016). It also provides safe working conditions as well as improvements in income
and wealth and addressing systemic barriers that include institutional racism. Building on the

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integral strengths and assets of the whanau and encouraging their development is the main aim.
The main rational for choosing this strategy is that this strategy provides an overall guidance to
the healthcare sectors as well as to each and every individuals of the whanau to develop their life
not only physically, but also mentally, psychologically and socially, thereby covering each
aspect of lives of an individual required for healthy living (Came et al. 2017).
Ways by which the strategy supports the aims of the New Zealand health strategy:
The 2016 New Zealand Health Strategy had mainly stated the direction of the health
services so that improvement can be done to the health of the people and the communities of the
nation. This strategy mainly has two parts. One of them is the future direction and the other part
is the roadmap of action 2016. In the former part of the health strategy five important strategic
themes were introduced. This includes empowering people where the individuals of the nation
understand their issues, manage their care, take correct choices and communicate well and
support navigation. The second system consists of setting up of centers near to people’s homes
so that care can be provided to people in their own local areas. The third theme was value and
high performance which includes building a culture of performance and quality improvement in
proving health care by the public a health workforce ultimately helping in improving of services
and systems. The fourth theme was acting as one team while providing care and developing a
sustainable community for living trusting each other and keeping family and whanaus eat the
centre of work (Came et al. 2015). The fist one is the initiation of smart systems which
discovered, developed and shared effective innovations across systems. Therefore it is found that
the themes which are incorporated in New Zealand Health strategy are entirely covered by the
principles of the He Korowai Oranga. The later also has the main aims of supporting the whanu,
hapu an iwi thereby helping in community development in such a way which results in best