Kaihāpai Oranga - Te Ikaroa - NPHS at Te Whatu Ora, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā! Nau mai, tono mai ki Hauora Māori Tūmatanui kia kumea te pae tawhiti hei pae tata, kia whaia te pae ora mō ngā whānau, mō ngā hapū, mō ngā iwi. E kōkiri!

• Join a team of passionate public health professionals
• Play a critical role in transforming the future of health as a Kaihāpai Oranga
• Located in: Te Ikaroa region

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. 

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. 

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care. 

About the Role

Based within community, the Kaihāpai Oranga role is integral to building sustainable, long-term partnerships with iwi, hapū, and hapori Māori. You will partner to deliver initiatives that eliminate health inequity and support the achievement of Pae Ora. This position will be confident and agile working from an iwi/ Māori systems worldview, whilst also drawing on multicutural approaches. 

This role is an active connector between NPHS and Māori community which provides a trusted conduit for Māori whānau, hapori Māori, Iwi to share priorities, needs and feedback on service delivery, issues or opportunities for improvement. The role also provides a channel for community voice to share needs, priorities, aspirations and feedback from whānau and hapori Māori.

This role sits in the Te Ikaroa region.

Hauora Māori Tūmatanui:

There are significant expectations in the kaupapa of the NPHS, that we will embed the health sector principles of the Pae Ora Act to achieve equitable outcomes for iwi and Māori communities. The Hauora Māori Tūmatanui Directorate is the lead in supporting the NPHS to: embed the health sector principles of the Pae Ora Act; support of iwi and Māori communities to realise their well-being aspirations; rapidly expand and develop our Māori workforce; and grow and develop the capability of our non-Māori and non-Pacific workforce to provide a culturally safe service.

To succeed in these aims, Hauora Māori Tūmatanui works as a cross-functional team embedded in all NPHS Directorates and supports our kaimahi Maori through the Pā Tūwatwata model to keep our workstreams safe and to have a strong foundation of whakawhanaungatanga and manaakitanga to build a Māori workforce that is valued, elevated and can support the achievement of Pae ora.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) within Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, work towards Pae Ora (healthy futures) for all by engaging with the wider determinants that impact people's health, focusing on oranga/wellbeing, prevention, protection, and population-level intervention. We are connected across boundaries to deliver public health services that are nationally planned, regionally delivered and locally tailored.

About you

As a Kaihāpai Oranga, you will be confident and agile working from an iwi/ Māori systems worldview, whilst also drawing on mainstream approaches.  You have lived experience or experience working alongside hapori Māori. Your previous experience should demonstrate your ability to apply mātauranga Māori, critical thinking and using sound judgment to develop advice, options and support delivery of work programmes.

• Lived experience or significant experience working alongside communities (eg: Tangata Whaikaha, rural communities, transitional housing, LGBTQIA+) 
• Passion for tikanga, matauranga Māori and/or a willingness to develop this 
• Passion for Te Reo Māori and/or a willingness to develop skills in this 
• Established relationship with iwi and hapū in the area you will be working 
• Basic technology skills and a willingness to learn new systems 
• Clean full NZ Driver Licence
• Willingness to travel across the region

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Thursday, 14 May 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Anesha Pillay at Anesha.Pillay@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.