Te ORA is a unique organisation representing Māori medical students and doctors working as clinicians, researchers and teachers.
Te ORA’s mission is to enable key strategies including:
Increasing the Māori medical workforce towards population parity.
Improving access of Māori to medical and health education, research and knowledge.
Developing and engaging with clinical leaders to support long term responsiveness to Māori health.
Te ORA has formalised relationships with key health organisations, participates in key health committees, provides secretariat support to projects, sponsors summer studentships and provides Māori clinical advice and leadership across the broader New Zealand health sector.
Kairangi
DR MAARIRE GOODALL
NGAI TAHU
Maarire Goodall, raised in Murihiku, was a doctor-scientist, a writer, a musician and composer, a philanthropist, and a social justice champion. In the words of his son, Anake, he was an “example of the potential we all have to turn up and make statements that matter and, through selfless action, improve the wellbeing and opportunities of those around us”.…Read More
DR PARATENE NGATA
It’s his burning passion for Māori public health and his incredible leadership that people remember about GP Dr Pat Ngata. Despite being far away from his people and finding the cold difficult to bear, Pat graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) from Otago University in 1970.…Read More
Ngā Mema o te Poari
DR. KASEY TAWHARA
KAIHAUTŪ – CHAIR
Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Porou, Te Rarawa, me ngā hononga ki Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruanui
DR. ARIHIA WAAKA
MEMA O TE POARI – BOARD MEMBER
Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maahanga
DR. WIREMU MACFATER
MEMA O TE POARI – BOARD MEMBER
Ngā Raurū, Ngāti Ruanui, Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi
TE RATO LEACH
TUMUAKI O TE ORANGA – PRESIDENT, MĀORI MEDICAL STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Māhaki, Te Whānau a Kai
PROF. DAVID TIPENE-LEACH
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR 2023
Ngāti Kahungu, Ngāti Manuhiri
TANIA TE WHENUA
MEMA O TE POARI – BOARD MEMBER
Ngāi Tūhoe, Whakatōhea
History
The whakapapa or story of the contemporary Māori doctors began over 100 years ago when Sir Maui Pomare (Te Atiawa) graduated from the American Missionary College in Chicago. Four years later Sir Peter Buck – Te Rangihiroa (Ngāti Mutunga/Ngāti Tama) – became the first Māori graduate from the Otago Medical School followed by Tutere Wi Repa (Ngāti Porou) in 1908. The final member of this famous quartet was Pohau (Ned) Ellison (Ngāi Tahu) who graduated in 1919. They were the original members of the Māori Medical Practitioners Association, and began the public and community health efforts to improve the health of their people. Alongside Sir James Carroll (Ngāti Kahungunu), Sir Apirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou) and other members of the Young Māori Party, they became the driving forces behind the Māori renaissance and development. Taken from Dr Paratene Ngata oration given to the annual conference of the RNZCGP, September 2002 A group of Māori medical practitioners met in 1995 to establish Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa. The inaugural annual meeting (Hui-ā-Tau) took place in 1996, where a constitution was ratified, an executive elected and the legal status of an incorporated society obtained. The second Hui-ā-tau was held in early 1998. The first Scientific Conference was held in conjunction with this annual meeting to promote information exchange and present member’s scientific and research work. Hui-ā-Tau and Scientific conferences have been held annually since then.
The Whakapapa of the Tokotoko
The serpent that forms the hand piece represents the medical serpent. The top carved figure is Sir Maui Pomare – 1st Māori Doctor who graduated in the USA 1898. The 2nd carved figure is Te Rangi Hiroa – Sir Peter Buck – 2nd Māori Doctor and 1st Māori Doctor to Graduate from NZ Otago in 1904. The 3rd carved figure is Tutere Wi Repa – the 3rd Māori Doctor The 4th carved figure is Pohau Ellison the 4th Māori Doctor Then the next carved figure is a Tāne figure and represents all male Māori Doctors The bottom carved figure is a wahine figure representing all female doctors and the 1st Female Māori doctor was Rina Moore nee Rophia graduated 1947 Below these figures is the pātiki pattern which represents the whakapapa of Māori doctors. Kaiwhakairo – Abel Vaireka, Te Ātiawa, Kuki Airani
History
The whakapapa or story of the contemporary Māori doctors began over 100 years ago when Sir Maui Pomare (Te Atiawa) graduated from the American Missionary College in Chicago. Four years later Sir Peter Buck – Te Rangihiroa (Ngāti Mutunga/Ngāti Tama) – became the first Māori graduate from the Otago Medical School followed by Tutere Wi Repa (Ngāti Porou) in 1908. The final member of this famous quartet was Pohau (Ned) Ellison (Ngāi Tahu) who graduated in 1919. They were the original members of the Māori Medical Practitioners Association, and began the public and community health efforts to improve the health of their people. Alongside Sir James Carroll (Ngāti Kahungunu), Sir Apirana Ngata (Ngāti Porou) and other members of the Young Māori Party, they became the driving forces behind the Māori renaissance and development. Taken from Dr Paratene Ngata oration given to the annual conference of the RNZCGP, September 2002 A group of Māori medical practitioners met in 1995 to establish Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa. The inaugural annual meeting (Hui-ā-Tau) took place in 1996, where a constitution was ratified, an executive elected and the legal status of an incorporated society obtained. The second Hui-ā-tau was held in early 1998. The first Scientific Conference was held in conjunction with this annual meeting to promote information exchange and present member’s scientific and research work. Hui-ā-Tau and Scientific conferences have been held annually since then.
The Whakapapa of the Tokotoko
The serpent that forms the hand piece represents the medical serpent. The top carved figure is Sir Maui Pomare – 1st Māori Doctor who graduated in the USA 1898. The 2nd carved figure is Te Rangi Hiroa – Sir Peter Buck – 2nd Māori Doctor and 1st Māori Doctor to Graduate from NZ Otago in 1904. The 3rd carved figure is Tutere Wi Repa – the 3rd Māori Doctor The 4th carved figure is Pohau Ellison the 4th Māori Doctor Then the next carved figure is a Tāne figure and represents all male Māori Doctors The bottom carved figure is a wahine figure representing all female doctors and the 1st Female Māori doctor was Rina Moore nee Rophia graduated 1947 Below these figures is the pātiki pattern which represents the whakapapa of Māori doctors. Kaiwhakairo – Abel Vaireka, Te Ātiawa, Kuki Airani
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