Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust Hauora Hokianga

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Hokianga Health Enterprise TrustHauora
Hokianga Nga Punawai o Hokianga Hokianga
Drinking Water Project A Case Study Good
Practice in Action Funding For
Results Office for the Community Voluntary
Sector November 2005
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Nga Punawai o Hokianga 1999 2002 Hokianga
Drinking Water Project
Ministry of Health
Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust Hauora Hokianga
33 Marae Marae Committees
3 Marae 60 Houses Whirinaki Water Board
60 Houses Pakanae Water Board
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Partnerships
key success factoran alignment of aspirations
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An Alignment of Aspirations
Ministry of HealthTo provide safe drinking water
to small rural, isolated communities
Hauora HokiangaTo improve the health of the
Hokianga community
Hokianga CommunityTino Rangatiratanga (ownership
of issue)Kaitiakitanga (responsibility for
guardianship of people and land)
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Partnerships
were based on .values trustaccountabilityris
k managementsustainability
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Government
values trustTo achieve its goal, the
Government requires a relationship with a
provider that has credibility and track
record of provider a relationship with
community capability (project management,
accountability, financial management) appropriat
e mechanisms for managing risk
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Provider
values trustTo achieve its goal, the provider
requires a relationship with the Government that
is responsive to the aspirations of the
community and has appropriate mechanisms for
managing riskand the provider needs to be
trusted by its community able to apply the
principle of subsidiarity
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Community
values trustTo achieve its goal, the community
requires a relationship with a provider that
is responsive to the aspirations of the
community and has appropriate mechanisms for
managing riskThe community needs legal
entity leadership (kaumatua) support for the
management of risk brokerage
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Accountability

Hauora Hokianga
MOH
Community
Kaiwhakakokiri (project coordinator)
Effective Relationships
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Kaitiakitanga

Ancestral connection to land Water in a spiritual
cultural context Mauri manaaki (ability to
provide what used to be) Whirinaki and other
Hokianga communities enabled Hauora Hokianga to
achieve its aspirations for this project
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A community evaluation of Nga Puna Wai o Hokianga
Jeff Foote Maria Hepi, ESR Hone Taimona
Marara Rogers, HHET Maryanne Marino Mike
Anderson, WWB Nicola North, University of Auckland
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Learning from the stories of Nga Puna Wai o
Hokianga
Cross-cultural collaborative evaluation
involving Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust,
Whirinaki Maori Committee and ESR Whirinaki
Maori Committee involvement in design and
construction of their community water
supply Research agenda, data collection
protocols, analysis and dissemination conducted
kanohi ki te kanohi from Nov 2001 to April
2004 Funded by Foundation for Research, Science
and Technology
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Critical Success Factors
Devolution of funding to a community organisation
with good relationship with hapu Employment of
two local negotiators Kaupapa Maori consultation
process Community involvement and
ownership Benefits beyond safe drinking water
spin offs Virtuous cycle of community development