1. Te Pa Harakeke: Six Markers of Flourishing Whanau
Prof Te Kani Kingi, Director Maori
Research Centre for Maori Health and Development
MASSEY UNIVERSITY, WELLINGTON
29 May 2015

2. Flourishing

3. Flourishing

4. Flourishing

5. Flourishing ?

6. Defining Flourishing Families
“Families that are vibrant, resilient, nurturing and optimistic about the future”

7. Markers of Flourishing Families
Economically secure
Cohesive
Safe
Relational
Independent
Aspirational

8. Markers of Flourishing Whanau
Economically secure
Cohesive
Safe
Relational
Independent
Aspirational
Whanau Heritage
Whanau Wealth
Whanau Capacities
Whanau Cohesion
Whanau Connectedness
Whanau Resilience

9. Marker 1: Whanau Heritage Whanau will flourish when they are strengthened by a distinctive heritage
Whanau whakapapa connections
Access to cultural skills and knowledge (te reo, tikanga, waiata)
Whanau links to customary land
Access to Urupa or whanau taonga
Associations with Māori institutions

10. Marker 2: Whanau Wealth Whanau will flourish when they have sufficient wealth to enable high standards of living
Whanau assets such as land, buildings, shares
Whanau incomes
Whanau financial reserves
Whanau housing and ownership
Access to Māori trust funds and whanau investment portfolios

11. Marker 3: Whanau Capacities Whanau will flourish when they have the capacity to fully participate in society
Celebrate external achievements (educational or sporting)
Whanau that have positive lifestyles
Whanau employment (not just income)
Whanau that feel part of their community
Embracing society and not being overwhelmed by it…

12. Marker 4: Whanau Cohesion Whanau will flourish when they are cohesive, practice whanaungatanga, and are able to foster positive intergenerational transfers
Quality relationships within households and within the wider whanau (respect)
The positive use of on-line communication systems
Opportunities for whanau living elsewhere to participate in whanau life
Positive whanau leadership
Whanau events and participation in those events
Involvement in whanau traditions
Whanau wananga

13. Marker 5: Whanau Connectedness Whanau will flourish when their connections beyond the whanau lead to empowerment
Whanau utilisation of societal institutions ( eg, schools and healthcare) and facilities (sports grounds, gyms)
Whanau participation in community affairs
Whanau exercising citizenship rights (voting)
Whanau contributions to community boards, committees and voluntary efforts
An ability to embrace their community and society

14. Marker 6: Whanau Resilience Whanau will flourish when they are able to overcome adversity and adapt of changing circumstances
Whanau planning for the future
Evidence of positive whanau change over time
Opportunities for the transmission of knowledge and values across generations
To encounter and successfully overcome adversity
Enduring whanau leadership and resilience

16. Te Pa Harakeke: Six Markers of Flourishing Whanau
Wellington 29th May 2015
Te Pa Harakeke: Six Markers of Flourishing Whanau
A/Prof Te Kani Kingi
Director Maori
Director Research Centre for Maori Health and Development
MASSEY UNIVERSITY
WELLINGTON

17. Next Superu Event …

18. Next Seminar – 24 July: ‘Growing Up in New Zealand’ – new research
New Zealand's contemporary longitudinal study tracking the development of approximately 7,000 children
Assoc Prof Susan Morton – will present on latest the ‘Vulnerability Report’
Superu will present on ‘maternal alcohol use during pregnancy’