Kim Ngarimu, Deputy Secretary

The Policy Wahanga brings together our policy development, monitoring and research functions to create and drive innovative, cutting edge policy utilising the Māori Potential Approach. The Māori Potential Approach provides us with a disciplined framework and set of guiding principles to give effect to the strategic outcome of Māori Succeeding as Māori. Our specific focus areas are:

Culture - creating an enabling environment for Māori to maintain, develop and practice their own distinctive culture and value system now and into the future;

Wellbeing – building on the inherent strengths of whanau to enhance the wellbeing of Māori people and the quality of citizenship they experience;

Economic – creating an enabling environment by which Māori can maximise the gain from their assets and to position Māori to capitalise on opportunities for current and future economic prosperity;

Research and Monitoring – providing a strong platform of information and analysis to inform the development of policy, and providing assurance over, and advice to improve, the effectiveness of government interventions for Māori.

Our work involves both policy leadership across a range of Māori specific initiatives, and influencing policy advice provided more widely across the state sector to ensure that other agencies consider, and address, improving the quality of outcomes for whānau, hapu, iwi and Māori.

Last modified: 9/01/2008