Aotearoa - New Zealand

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Te Tiriti o Waitangi has been identified as the founding document of Aotearoa and the key to health promotion in this country. Both Maori and English texts can be found on the Te Puni Korkori web site Texts of the Treaty 

TUHA-NZ

TUHA-NZ is a framework developed in 2000 to assist health promoters to apply Treaty based thinking and planning to their health promotion practice. Download TUHA-NZ here

Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Health Promotion

The underlying aspirations of health promotion can be seen in the Treaty of Waitangi. Here is a one page summary of the link between the Treaty and health promotion.

Ngā Kaiakatanga Hauora mo Aotearoa-Health Promotion Competencies for Aotearoa New Zealand

These competencies were published in 2000 after extensive consultation by HPF. They describe a framework of knowledge and skills for health promotion practice in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Competencies

Generic Competencies for Public Health in Aotearoa-New Zealand

The Generic Competencies for Public Health provide a minimum baseline set of competencies that is common to all public health roles across all public health sectors and disciplines. The Health Promotion Competencies sit on this base line.  See the  PHA website  for the Generic Competencies and key documents about their development and implementation.