Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination Towards Māori with Lived Experience
Tracks
Room 3 - In-Person Only
| Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
| 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM |
| Room 3 |
Overview
Codey Bell, Kiriana Te Huki and Gloria Sheridan, Te Kete Pounamu & Te Rau Ora
Speaker
Mr Codey Bell
Programme Lead
Te Kete Pounamu & Te Rau Ora
Nōku te Ao Education Wānanga - Reducing prejudice and discrimination towards Māori with lived experience
Abstract
Codey Bell and his team lead the Nōku te Ao education wānanga, providing a Māori lived experience worldview to combat prejudice and discrimination and broaden health professionals' perspectives and practices nationwide. This program promotes a holistic approach, shifting from viewing Māori whānau with lived experience of mental distress and/or addiction as a deficit, to recognizing and nurturing their inherent strengths and taonga. Emphasizing that lived experience can be a source of strength, they advocate for continued positive change for Māori, leveraging collective efforts to move beyond approaches that are restrictive and transactional to empowering and transformational.
Biography
Codey Bell leads the transformative Nōku te Ao Education Programme at Te Kete Pounamu - The National rōpū for Māori with living experience of mental distress and/or addiction. He uses his living experience and project management background to enhance holistic wellbeing and dismantle discrimination alongside his amazing team. Codey helps lead wānanga that educate and enlighten, shifting perceptions of whānau Māori with living experience from deficit views to a perspective that recognises their strengths and taonga. Committed to advocating for equitable health outcomes, Codey continues to advocate for our people's whakamana and tino rangatiratanga across all levels of society..
