Introducing Project Mauri Ora: wānanga by Māori, for Māori to explore the prevention of and response to sexual harm in the Aotearoa music community.

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The Māori Music Industry Coalition (MMIC) and SoundCheck Aotearoa (SCA) proudly announce a new wānanga program with the goal to bring tangata whenua of the music community together to discuss preventing and responding safely to sexual harm in the community.

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Developed and run by an all-Māori team, Project Mauri Ora will deliver a number of wānanga throughout Aotearoa in May and June 2024.

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The wānanga is based from two unique learning models; a Te Ao Māori learning model developed by Korowai Tūmanako and SoundCheck Aotearoa’s Professional Respect Training program. Steeped in Te Ao Māori, weaving matauranga Māori and lived experiences into the kōrero and learning, this wānanga is designed to be a mana-enhancing experience for attendees to explore this topic in a culturally safe space.

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Project Mauri Ora is led by the Māori Music Industry Coalition with support from SoundCheck Aotearoa. The team delivering Project Mauri Ora is led by Ninakaye Taane-Tinorau (Ngāti Maniapoto), and consists of Whaea Joy Te Wiata (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga) and Matua Russell Smith (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) of Korowai Tūmanako, with Wairere Iti (Tūhoe), Anna Loveys (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga), Sarah Owen (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata), and Matutaera Herangi (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Mahanga).

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Wānanga dates for 2024
Friday 17 May, 9am-4pm – Ōtautahi
Thursday 23 May, 9am-4pm – Te Whanganui a Tara
Thursday 20 June, 9am-4pm – Tāmaki Makaurau or Waikato TBC

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All wānanga are free to attend and available to all tangata whenua in the Aotearoa music community. These days are fully catered with breaks throughout the wānanga for kai, rest and connection. Read more about Project Mauri Ora here.
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Register for the Project Mauri Ora wānanga here.

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This program was made with funding and support by the Ministry for Culture and Heritage with specialist guidance, knowledge and integral input from Whaea Joy Te Wiata and Matua Russell Smith of Korowai Tūmanako.

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