Author: Elizabeth Emere Harte

Elizabeth Harte was interviewed by tākai (previously SKIP) to share a bit about tūpuna parenting, and to talk about the calabash whakatauki – a favourite one to share about our tamariki! Below is a snippet from the article, but if you want to read the whole thing, go to tākai’s beautiful website, which is full… Continue reading What would your tūpuna do?

How better support for perinatal mental health could transform the future for communities in Aotearoa New Zealand Holly Walker interviewed Elizabeth Harte as a Q&A within the Āhurutia Te Rito | It takes a village report to share about traditional Māori parenting ways, including the importance of the kāinga (village) to our tūpuna. This report… Continue reading Āhurutia Te Rito | It takes a village

Te Hiringa Hauora funded us to develop our website, establish or marketing activities and deliver Ngākau Aroha Parenting, our professional development journey. They published this article in December 2021 after the launch of this website. Tūpuna Parenting shares knowledge about Māori approaches to raising children from pre-European and early contact periods, as an inspiration for… Continue reading Launch of the Tūpuna Parenting website

Published @ RNZ: 9:04 pm on 8 December 2021 Author: Te Aorewa Rolleston, Reporter Whānau Āwhina Plunket staff will learn more about te ao Māori and ways to engage with Māori whānau under a new partnership. It comes after Plunket, the largest Well Child services provider, was found to be failing Māori, Pasifika, and disabled… Continue reading Plunket staff to learn more Māori mātauranga under new partnership

Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 11:38 amPress Release: Tupuna Parenting Tūpuna Parenting, a movement reclaiming traditional, Māori parenting practices to grow pēpi and tamariki into the rangatira of tomorrow, today announced a strategic partnership with Whānau Āwhina Plunket. The partnership has seen 11 Plunket Kaiāwhina (Māori health professionals) attend Tūpuna Parenting wānanga via Zoom over a… Continue reading Press Release: Tūpuna Parenting Movement Announces Partnership With Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Nau mai, haere mai e te whānau and come with us on our journey to reclaim, reframe and realise the power and potential of tūpuna parenting.  Our tūpuna pre-colonial times were gentle and respectful parents and whānau. They can help us be great parents to our tamariki too. For this series, Talking Matters partnered with us to reflect on how channelling our tūpuna can create language-rich environments for pēpi and tamariki today.  Tūpuna Parenting: Pepeha  Nau mai, haere mai e te whānau. Pepeha is a way of… Continue reading Partnering with Talking Matters