MANA TIAKI

Mana Tiaki is a community based whānau group in Tawa, Wellington that provides a support network for local Māori families.

It serves to culturally strengthen whānau in the region and to provide contacts for most whanau, who are urban Māori from all tribal areas of New Zealand, to support each other in a whanau environment. It also serves to empower the Māori community of Tawa to better engage with their respective schools and to consult productively with schools to improve the educational outcomes for their tamariki.

Mana Tiaki utilises the strengths and knowledge of it's resource people to grow and assist the Māori community as a whole.

Mana Tiaki - translates to mean 'caretakers of mana' The group chose this name for itself as a way of embracing their roles as parents overseeing the mana of their children in their school and in their commnity. We are charged with ensuring the cultural and spiritual safety, protection and empowerment of our tamariki..

The Mana Tiaki vision is to raise the profile of and celebrate Te Ao Māori as a whanau and in our wider community