The Waikato Wellbeing Summit - 14 February 2020
Here in the Waikato, we have a remarkable opportunity – an opportunity to realise the powerful possibilities of our region: to sustainability develop a region of abundance.
Our summit is a call to action – a call to amplify and accelerate effort that has turned global goals into local targets, and now needs to catalyse those targets into action. We have an opportunity to rejuvenate a holistic narrative of interrelatedness and inter-generational wellbeing that has existed at the heart of te ao Māori for centuries – and develop that narrative to embrace the challenges of today’s complex international world.
Our project is the first of its kind in Aotearoa / New Zealand, and involves collaboration with regional iwi, business, industry groups, central and local government, tertiary education providers, economic development agencies, community organisations and citizens – working in partnership with and in alignment with te ao Māori.
The Hon Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joined community leaders, on Friday 14th 2020, to launch the Waikato wellbeing targets. The targets are aimed at achieving a more environmentally sustainable, prosperous and inclusive Waikato region by 2030.
The summit, attended by 350 leaders from across the region, provided an opportunity for people to review the targets and workshop how they can be turned into action in partnership with iwi, councils, community trusts, business, NGOs, researchers and communities.
The ten wellbeing targets are the region’s first set of wellbeing targets to end poverty, fight inequality and act on climate change. The targets are based on the 17, United National Sustainable Development Goals, but have been adapted to meet the unique challenges facing the Waikato region.
MANU TAKI - OUR LEADERS
Manu means bird. Taki means to entice, to lead, to bring along. The term manu taki is used as the general term for Māori leadership. Other terms are manu kura, manu taiko.
We are using the term manu taki to refer our leaders who have stepped up to take a leadership role in catalysing the Waikato Wellbeing targets into action. It symbolises leadership, uplift and succession.
Our manu taki are not alone, we share the load and together we will go further.
An appropriate pēpeha applies to our movement, where the combined efforts of many are needed to achieve our targets.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi. Engari, he toa takitini.
Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.
PRIME MINISTER JACINDA ARDERN BACKS WAIKATO'S TARGET TO REDUCE POVERTY
A project to improve the wellbeing of the Waikato region by 2030 could be used as a blueprint for others to follow around New Zealand.
That's what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wants, after helping the Waikato Wellbeing Project launch its 10 targets which will aim to end poverty, fight inequality and take action on climate change.
WAIKATO STARTS PROCESS TO SET WELLBEING TARGETS TO ACHIEVE BY 2030.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson was in Hamilton earlier this month to help start the process to develop 17 wellbeing targets for the Waikato.
The targets are based on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations in 2015. Waikato is the first New Zealand region to undertake the ambitious project of developing its own set of SDGs that align internationally.
WAIKATO SETS OUT ON WELLBEING PATH
Finance Minister Grant Robertson committed Treasury involvement in the Waikato Wellbeing Project.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson acknowledged Waikato was ahead of the game and promised Treasury involvement in the region’s Wellbeing Project when he spoke at its launch in August.
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