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MANA Midwifery Consultancy

Maternal and Neonatal Advisory Consultancy Services

MANA Midwifery Consultancy provides kaupapa Māori-informed consultancy across maternal, neonatal, whānau, and community health spaces.

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This service supports organisations, services, agencies, iwi, hapū, NGOs, education providers, research teams, funders, and health professionals seeking grounded, culturally responsive, clinically informed advice.

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Services may include:

  • Maternal and neonatal health advisory

  • Kaupapa Māori maternity service design

  • Policy, process, and programme development

  • Workforce development and cultural safety guidance

  • Funding proposal writing

  • Report writing

  • Strategic planning and implementation support

  • Research and evaluation

  • Written contributions

  • Collaboration across health, education, community, iwi, and government sectors

 

Best suited for:

Organisations, health services, NGOs, iwi providers, education providers, research teams, community projects, funders, and government agencies.

Wāhine Wellbeing, Mentoring and Professional Development

This service supports wāhine, māmā, midwives, students, health workers, leaders, and changemakers seeking personal, professional, cultural, or spiritual development.

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This mahi recognises that for many wāhine — especially Māori wāhine — personal wellbeing, professional growth, cultural identity, leadership, healing, and purpose are deeply connected.

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Services may include:

  • Wāhine wellbeing coaching

  • Personal development sessions

  • Mentoring for midwives, students, graduates, and health professionals

  • Kaupapa Māori professional development

  • Reflective practice sessions

  • Leadership support

  • Support through professional isolation, burnout, transition, audits, complaints or uncertainty

  • Support navigating healthcare system

  • Reconnection with purpose, values, wairua, identity, and direction

 

Best suited for:

Wāhine, māmā, Māori health workers, midwives, student midwives, new graduates, emerging leaders, community practitioners, and those seeking grounded guidance.​

Business Operation and

Project Management

This Pou is practical, strategic and action focused. It supports individuals, whānau, groups, practices and organisations who need help setting up, building, strengthening or re-structuring services to meet contractual obligations, service requirements and kaupapa aspirations.

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This mahi is designed to support clarity, structure, accountability and implementation - helping move ideas, services and projects from intention into sustainable action.

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Services may include:

  • Midwifery practice set up

  • Practice agreements, processes and policies

  • Business planning

  • Writing service framework, funding proposal, funding reports

  • Governance and operational support

  • Systems and documentation development

  • Project management

  • Key stakeholder engagement

  • Support through programme evaluation

  • Te Tiriti o Waitangi Critical Analaysis

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Best suited for:

  • Midwives

  • Midwifery practices

  • Wāhine, whānau

  • Community groups

  • Kaupapa Māori projects

  • Health Services

  • NGO's: Iwi, Hapū

Wānanga | Public Education

This Pou brings kaupapa Māori facilitation, maternal wellbeing, hapūtanga education, advocacy, and public voice into spaces where whānau, tauira, practitioners, and communities gather.

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Through wānanga, workshops, speaking, writing, media, and advocacy support, this mahi helps translate complex kaupapa into accessible, grounded, and mana-enhancing kōrero.

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Services may include:

  • Multi-day wānanga planning, facilitation and delivery.

  • Kaupapa Māori facilitation

  • Maternal wellbeing workshops

  • Community education events

  • Hapūtanga wānanga including wahakura and rongoā.

  • Author contributions

  • Guest speaking

  • Panel participation

  • Media interviews and contributions

  • Written resources

  • Public Health Education

  • Advocacy letters for patients, whānau and community groups

  • Complaint writing for whānau

 

Best suited for:

  • Education providers

  • Public education platforms

  • Tauira | Students

  • Researchers

  • Iwi, hapū, whānau, wāhine

  • Midwifery practices​

Hapūtanga: Pregnancy Education Classes

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