Tonight, we are excited to release Ngā Taonga, which is a collation of whānau pūrākau highlighting four key themes derived from these treasured stories. We celebrated the release at a launch at AUT City Campus. Ngā mihi to everyone who attended. This event was recorded, and we will share this on this website soon.
The He Ture Kia Tika co-design rōpū have had the immense pleasure and privilege of hearing the intimate whānau pūrākau collated in this book. We have four chapters, divided into core themes we saw as a rōpū occurring across the pūrākau. Whanaungatanga highlights the importance of connecting, building trust and meaningful relationships in clearing the path for people to transform and achieve their goals and reach their destination. Tūmanako (hope) creates a space in which whānau share and show hope has been the motivating factor in their continuing journeys of recovery. In most cases, acts of aroha (love, compassion, kindness) or kia tika (doing the right thing) either became the catalyst for change or gave whānau encouragement to stay the course in realising their aspirations.
Ngā Taonga has been released today as an e-book, which you are free to share and download. In the near future, we plan to do a special run of hardcopies for a kōhā donation to help us with printing costs. So keep an eye out for more announcements.
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