Kia tau
Tau mai ko te Mauri
Ko te Mauri Tu
Ko te Mauri Noho
Ko te Mauri a Rangi
Ko te Mauri a Papa
Ko te Mauri Aio
Kia Tau
Tau Mai ko te Mauri Aroha
Ko te Aroha tera o Nga Tupuna
Uhi Wero!
Haere Mai te toki
Haumi E
Hui E
Taiki E!
Kua Tahuhu Haere/to trace our descent
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On the 26th October 1993 an inaugural meeting was held by a group of Maori Midwives who had a passion for Maori issues and Haputanga. What grew from this seed has become the largest collective of Maori midwives in Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu named Nga Maia-the Brave!
We acknowledge the heart and determination of our membership past and present to realize the dreams and desires for Whanau to have birthing knowledge that upholds the significance of creation and the Mana of all involved in the process of birth.
We strive to develop frameworks for practice that acknowledge the validity and significance of Whanau being offered care that reaffirms Maori epistemology/knowledge as being a birth right of all Maori through whakapapa.
Our dreams are to provide Kaupapa Maori resources for whanau to access in order to weave the concepts that speak to them into their birthing stories and to provide a space for Maori midwives to generate and debate our ways of knowing and walking beside whanau.
We consider each role to be as each others kaitiaki in this path and one that is given breath through desire-Hau-Ora, Aro-Ha, Mauri Ora!
