ABOUT
Nga pakiaka | Our Roots
Mahi Tahi kaiako provide mentoring support for whānau in jail or at risk of entering jail. The Trust has been working with Ara Poutama, the New Zealand Department of Corrections, since 1995 delivering wānanga at Corrections facilities, marae and facilities throughout Aotearoa. Our nationally acclaimed wānanga arose from promises and partnerships forged by members of the 28th Māori Battalion during the Battle for Cassino.
Promises to support whānau of the fallen have led to Mahi Tahi now being the country's leading provider of prison rehabilitation services. Our wānanga are focussed on increasing awareness of traditional Māori principles, values and disciplines. Our kaiako aim to strengthen or restore mana, and to motivate and equip whānau to live as law-abiding, productive family and community members.
Nga wāhi | Our Locations
Since inception Mahi Tahi kaiako have worked at Correction facilities and in communities throughout Aotearoa
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Nga uara | Our values
Tino Rangatiratanga
Whanaungatanga
Kaitiakitanga
Wairuatanga
Manaakitanga
Self-determination, ownership, control…
An ethic of belonging, kinship...
Guardianship of natural resources....
Spirituality....
Caring for ourselves and others...
Nga aronga | Our direction
VISION
Kāhore he Māori ki roto i ngā whare herehere : No Māori in jail
MISSION
Breaking the cycle of offending through tikanga
ORGANISATIONAL VALUES
Rapua ko te pai ka whakanui - seek the good and magnify it
E tipu, e rea, mō ngā rā o tou ao; ko tō ringa ki ngā rākau a te Pākehā hei ora mō tō tinana; ko tō ngākau ki ngā taonga a ō tīpuna hei tikitiki mō tō mahunga; ā ko tō wairua ki te Atua, nāna nei ngā mea katoa – Grow and branch forth for the days of our world; Your hand to the tools of the Pākehā for the welfare of your body; Your heart to the treasures of your ancestors as adornments for your head; Your spirit with God, who made all things.