Te Tai Tokerau - Northland
Making a Difference through Partnership
Strategies
The objective will be achieved through the following:
Accountability
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will:
- hold providers and funders accountable for the provision of services that meet
- the needs of consumers, families and whanau and the Northland community
- Members of the group will:
- be accountable to the community of Northland
- be accountable to each other and to the group
Advocacy
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will advocate for consumers, families and whanau and the Northland community through a constructive process that will include:
- challenge
- debate
- change
Communicate
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will:
act as a conduit for information flow between consumers, families and whanau, the Northland community and the providers, funders and the Ministry of Health.
Lobby
Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will work constructively through established processes and networks to achieve change. If required the group will lobby:
- the Northland DHB
- the Ministry of Health
- Government
- other key groups
Networks
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will:
- work with existing networks within the region
- build on the existing networks
Partnership
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will:
- work in an inclusive way
- encourage cooperation and collaboration
- focus on the community, iwi, providers and funders “working together” to develop solutions
Planning
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will:
- work with Providers, Funders and Policy makers to ensure that the needs of consumers, families and whanau and the Northland community are incorporated into all planning processes from the outset of the process
- develop innovative solutions
- promote “common sense” and practical solutions
- evaluate the effectiveness of changes initiated
Resources
The Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group will:
- work to ensure the most effective use of limited resources - people, funding and facilities
Commitment
Individual members of the Te Tai Tokerau Northland Mental Health Action Group are committed to:
Maori
- The Treaty of Waitangi
- Tikanga Maori.
- Recognise Te Tai Tokerau Kawa (mana whenua)
- Acknowledge the importance of Maori philosophies of and for wellbeing
- Positive Maori development
Change
- making a difference for consumers / Tangata Whaiora, families and whanau and the Northland community through assertive action
Personal integrity
- acknowledging and accepting different views and perspective’s of individuals and groups
- clear and effective communication
- empathizing with consumers Tangata Whaiora, families and whanau
- openness and honesty in their relationships
- providing leadership
- respecting each other
- disclose conflict of interest
Positive process
- commitment to and ability to attend meetings
- active participation in meetings
- constructive interactions within the group
- creation of a safe working environment
- inclusive processes
- maintaining confidentiality for work in progress if required
- transparency
Representation
- actively listen to consumers, iwi, family and whanau and the Northland and the Northland community.
- promoting the issues and ideas of the groups and organizations that they
- represent and not promoting their own views or issues
