Māori Value Report: Manaakitanga
Improve quality of life: Satisfaction with our environments and standard of living
Manaakitanga is a powerful way of expressing how Māori communities care about each other’s wellbeing, nurture relationships, and engage with one another. Manaakitanga also extends to the whenua that needs care in order to ensure sustainability for future generations.
The value of Manaakitanga is often expressed through the responsibility to provide hospitality and protection. Manaakitanga derives from two words - ‘mana’ and ‘aki’. Mana is a condition that holds everything in the highest regard. Aki means to uphold or support. Extending Manaakitanga requires respect, humility, kindness and honesty.
Key Indicators
Cultural
The outcome from Manaakitanga within the cultural pou of the Māori Plan for Tāmaki Makaurau is that Māori communities are culturally strong and healthy.
Te reo Māori speakers
Social
The overall outcome from Manaakitanga within the social pou is that Māori are enjoying a high quality of life. A high quality of life can be measured in a variety of ways. Here, the focus is on overall life satisfaction and physical health.
Life satisfaction
Māori health
Environmental
The environment is intrinsically connected to Māori as a people. If the environment is cared for and is in a healthy state, then so too is the wellbeing of people.
River qualities
Water quality
Economic
Economic indicators are commonly used as indicators of standard of living and quality of life. While wellbeing is now measured beyond economic indicators, these are still important measures for tracking changes in outcomes for Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Household income
In the Manaakitanga Report, we discuss how affordability of living costs and transport costs affects options for housing, employment, education and health for Māori.