Our approach

We have spent the last year engaging in talanoa and wananga within this ecosystem – which includes mana whenua, church groups, community organisations, businesses and whānau – to build relationships and understand what health priorities are vitally important to support community prosperity.

The feedback we have received on community need and aspirations for health care has informed the foundations of how we work and what we do.  

Our purpose  

Working together for collective prosperity.  

Purposeful interactions strengthen our dependencies and capacities to be more responsive, especially in a developmental environment where historic inequalities and challenges exist. 

Our vision

E malumanuiale afio’agaileaiga, E malumanuiafoile aiga ileafio’aga 

ENGLISH TRANSLATION The wellbeing of the local community lies in the family. The wellbeing of the family lies in the local community. 

Our vision in action  

To achieve our vision, we embrace the strengths of the Soalaupule Pacific ecosystem.  

This concept describes the resilient informal network of Pacific people, families, churches, non-profits, businesses, service providers and other groups that have evolved into a uniquely powerful way of creating shared value and fostering community vision. 

The Soalaupule ecosystem is connected by shared values and identity, including the collectivistic worldview that recognises the importance of collective needs and wellbeing. This approach reflects the Pacific stewardship role for our Locality model, and supports alignment with overlapping Māori and mainstream ecosystems. 

Our Partnerships and Relationships

We have set partnership with mana whenua at the heart of our plan while acknowledging the deep and sustained connections that Pacific peoples have to this place and the changing social and demographic make-up resulting from the many New Zealanders who make Ōtara-Papatoetoe their home.  

Le Afio’aga o Aotearoa recognises the Post Settlement Governance Entities (PSGEs) of our mana whenua partners and their mana as tangata whenua authorities and as direct Tiriti Partners of the Crown. 

Our Values 

We recognise the underpinning Māori values of manaakitanga, aroha, wairuatanga, and whānaungatanga. We recognise our individual and collective obligations to Te Tiriti o Waitangi–now and into the future. 

For Pacific peoples, leadership, acceptance, and affirmation is earned through active participation and dedicated service to families and their communities of belonging and identity. 

Ole a lai le pule, ole tautua – The path to leadership is service. 

• Tautua I tumaagaifanua: respecting the practices and rangatiratanga of tangata whenua, acknowledging kinship between Māori and Pacific peoples and supporting Te Tiriti o Waitangi 

• Tautua faatamālii: serving with integrity and pride 

• Tautua alofa: empathy, love, and compassion 

• Tautua tuāvae: to learn and be guided at the feet of community elders and leaders 

• Tautua matavela: obligations of hospitality and nurturing 

• Tautua matapalapala: unconditional commitment and dedication to our families 

• Tautua matalilo: serving strategically to achieve change 

• Tautua lē gāsē: engaging professionally and respectfully 

• Tautuaupu: serving through communication such as advocacy, treatment, and education 

• Tautua toto: wholehearted commitment and dedication