Te Whatu Ora

Manurereau, Crystal & Luke

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Kaitaia & Whangarei.

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Kaupapa Maori postvention

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Sit in the mental health and addiction domain of Health NZ but we are not mental health kaimahi. 

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Large amount of work is in the prevention space – and we receive notifications of the regions suspected suicide deaths. The team will then reach into communities to facilitate access to supports for whānau . 

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Developed kaupapa Māori approach to suicide (tangihanga process – whānau ngatanga, manaakitanga, aroha etc). 

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Sometimes saying “ I don’t know what to say “ to whānau can be the most respectful approach to 

whānau . 

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Exploring differing strategies – possibilities to approach – dark space of suicide prevention – with whānau .