Mahi | Our Work

Featured Tauira | Case Study |

Featured Tauira | Case Study |

Rheumatic Fever Co-Design Initiative

Co-designing with communities and other system stakeholders to develop new ways of preventing and managing rheumatic fever in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Te Tīma Māori Final Report

A discovery, insights, and prototypes report developed by the Māori team that highlights the approach, learnings and key insights and the prototypes that were created and embedded.

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Te Tīma Māori Co-design Resources
Kiriata (videos) - Ko tō Manawa, ko tōku Manawa

These three kiriata are made specifically for tamariki Māori and are titled Ko tō Manawa, ko tōku Manawa (Your heart, my heart). They are centred around the whakapapa pūrākau of Papatūānuku and Ranginui and how their tamariki brought light to a world of darkness. This is a metaphor for how tamariki can do the same with rheumatic fever. The kiriata are filled with te reo Māori, karakia, waiata and positive messaging that equips tamariki and their whānau with the knowledge they need to be safe from rheumatic fever.

Video 1: Te putanga i te pōuriuri / Navigating the darkness

In video one, our guides Hinehui and Māreikura help us make sense of what rheumatic fever is.

Video 2: Kia haumaru tā tātou noho / Protecting our world

Video two explains why sore throats are an issue and what to do if you get one.

Video 3: Kia kotahi mai rā / United in the light

Video three has a focus on our collective responsibility and the need to look out for one another.

Watch the videos

Te Haerenga | The Journey

  • 1) He aha te kaupapa?

    • Who are we and what is this kaupapa?​

    • Who are the right people for this mahi?

    • Where might we be going?

  • 2) Ko wai/ he aha?

    • Who do we know?

    • What do we know?​

  • 3) Whakarongo, whakawhiti whakaaro

    • Interviews and workshops​

    • Synthesis​

    • Drawing out ideas​

    • Testing ideas with whānau and stakeholders.

  • 4) Mahi auaha​

    • Creating, building ideas

    • Prototyping​

    • Case for change

5) Kaupapa katoa

  • Maintain relationships
    – keep whānau connected, check in hui,
    walk-throughs planted throughout, growing our audience.​

  • Thought leadership opportunities​

  • Identify opportunities for scale.

Mahi | Our Services

  • Our way of working ensures co-design and participatory initiatives are whānau-centred, creating the conditions for safe and authentic participation.

  • With domain expertise in the health sector, we design health services, policies and initiatives that work for Māori.

  • We specialise in qualitative design research and insights that are grounded in Te Ao Māori values and perspectives. Our researchers can operate in Te Reo Māori and English mediums.

  • We pride ourselves in being for Māori by Māori with significant haumi who tautoko our kaupapa. To elevate Māori. We learn from our experiences as and help to achieve our collective aspirations.

  • Our way of working and its application within design practices creates the bridge for cultural exchange and the sharing of stories between Aotearoa New Zealand and our whanaunga (relatives) in the Pacific, helping to empower indigenous communities overseas.

  • We position climate change and climate responses within the relationship between people and place, so that we’re uncovering different ways to innovate.

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