Hauora Aotearoa

It`s MHAW (Mental Health Awareness Week), and we heard what you said. ĀE please to Mauri Tau practices in te reo Māori and Pākehā. Here they are, e hoa mā. Share them far and wide for you to use whenever you need them. He tākoha mā koutou!

Introducing our tīma…

Maddie Brosnan
POUAKO | FACILITATOR

Iwi: Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Hāmoa
Ko wai au?
Ko Taranaki te maunga
Ko Tokomaru te waka
Ko Waitara te awa
Ko Parihaka te marae
Ko Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Hāmoa ōku iwi
Ko Maddie Brosnan tōku ingoa

A māmā of two, Maddie is a Holistic Birth and Postpartum Doula who offers support by holding our māmā and their whānau. Maddie is passionate about living Hauora. Her Yoga, Pilates, and Psychosomatics certifications means she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our kaupapa of Hauora Aotearoa.

We are blessed to have Maddie as our HA Pouako (Facilitator) for Te Taitokerau rohe. Maddie brings to any room a fresh and uplifting energy, as well as a stable and grounded approach to Hauora and a passion for sharing Te Ao Māori. We see through Maddie’s tamahine, Āio, confidently joining in our tīma hui, a beautiful example of the power of sharing Hauora tools with our next generation.

Applications now open.

We are looking for people to facilitate our Te Reo Hauora programme in schools in the Wellington region. We know there are many powerful ways to work with young people, so we welcome people with experience as sports coaches, trainers, teachers | kaiako, kapa haka tutors, youth workers, counsellors or mentors for rangatahi.

You will be responsible for the delivery of Te Reo Hauora in 2-4 schools alongside one of our current Pouako.

Me mahi tahi tātou hei oranga mō te katoa” ~ We must work together for the wellbeing of all!

Hauora Aotearoa, a charity leading generational change, seeks a Pouako | Facilitator to address the wellbeing crises among rangatahi and teachers. Our programme, Te Reo Hauora, blends Te Whare Tapa Whā with Western brain science, teaching daily hauora tools to kaiako and rangatahi. Our goal is to reach 50 schools annually by 2026.

Introducing our tīma…

Iwi: Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi

Jordan comes from a health and fitness background. As a qualified PT, Jordan has spent time as an assistant basketball coach for the Indiana Elite Prep Academy in the US and as the 2023 strength and conditioning coach for the Tokomanawa Queens basketball team in Wellington. Taking a holistic approach to health, Jordan understands the importance of mindfulness and its role in having a well-rounded view of health. With a passion for helping others, Jordan is committed to passing on the value that mindfulness can bring to a positive lifestyle.

We are lucky to have Jordan as a Pouako in the Wairarapa & Te-Whanganui-a-Tara regions. We admire Jordans unwavering dedication to personal growth for himself and others. Jordan exudes a positive energy that our rangatahi easily connect with.… he does some pretty mean handstands too!

Amazing news e te iwi. Our beautiful friends over at and their community raised $3873 through their Sunday Koha Class to support our kaupapa.🫶🏽✨

Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏🏽

Our deepest gratitude to all those who contributed and especially to for choosing us as your Jan/Feb non-for-profit recipient.

Your koha will go directly towards supporting our kaupapa to be in schools teaching rangatahi tools to increase their resilience and nurture their hauora. Helping them to live well, learn well, lead well.

Tēnei ka mihi kauanuanu ki a koutou katoa te hāpori e āwhina mai nei. Ngā mihi o te ngākau 🫶🏽

Ngā mihi tino nui to our friends over at Engage Play for inviting our Pouako to play and learn all about tākaro Māori this weekend at their wānanga with the super inspiring

We had so much FUN reconnecting with our own ira tākaro and hearing the stories and whakapapa of how our tūpuna embedded this play into all aspects of their life… honouring the ira tākaro within our tamariki and nurturing their natural movement as a way to fine tune their pūkenga and teach resilience.

We can’t wait to incorporate all we learned into our Te Reo Hauora sessions with our ākonga.

Check out our stories for some highlights and laughs from our weekend. 😂☺️

“If the wairuatanga of our tamariki is supported FIRST, it drives academic success.” Ange Moko.

Tā Mason Durie describes Wairua as a felt experience, beyond explanation with words… it’s when you feel your spirit lift.

Taha Wairua practices are different for everyone, some find that Wairua lift in cultural practices, in karakia or waiata, others in watching the sun rise in the morning.

Te Reo Hauora (our 10week in school kaupapa) gives our rangatahi a chance to explore what being well in their wairuatanga looks and FEELS like, for themselves. It provides our kaiako with practical tools to create Wairua uplifting environments in school. And it gives our ākonga a chance to share what they’ve learned with tamariki at a local early childhood centre.

To enquire about having Te Reo Hauora in your school hit the contact us button on our page today.

To all our generous donors, Hauora Aotearoa extends our sincerest thanks and appreciation for your generous contribution to our recent pledge drive in collaboration with over Christmas.

Deep bows to Tim Ferris for spearheading this campaign. We were unable to reach our goal of $25K, but we are eternally grateful to Tim and his team for the awareness created for our kaupapa (programme).

Your support is vital in advancing our mission to drive generational change so our kaiako (teachers) and rangatahi (youth) can live, learn, and lead well. By donating, small or large, you are championing our next generation of leaders to survive and thrive. Amazing!

Your koha (donation) will help us deliver our ten-week Te Reo Hauora (the language of wellbeing) programme to disengaged youth. At a time when Aotearoa (New Zealand) has a wellbeing crisis, we can’t wait to get started in schools in a few weeks.

That means that today’s youth will have the tools to navigate life’s challenges, no matter how tough. That’s the future we want to create! A generation of self-aware, emotionally-intelligent leaders, standing in their full potential!

To every one of you again... thank you, thank you, thank you!

Kia pai te tau e tū mai nei e hoa mā - Friends, I wish you all a wonderful year filled with joy, prosperity and continued good health.

Mauri Ora!

To all our ākonga(students) & kaiako(teachers) we have had the pleasure to serve this year… thank you for entrusting us to tautoko(support) you with your wellbeing.

It’s been a massive year for HĀ

We’ve grown our whānau(family) welcoming new team members who are passionate about supporting wellbeing in schools.

We’ve relaunched from M3 mindfulness to Hauora Aotearoa, shifting to non-profit in order to serve more schools across Aotearoa.

We’ve refined our kaupapa(program) and made it more robust, grounding everything we do in the holistic Whare Tapa Whā(four walls of wellbeing) framework.

We’ve been gifted a new call to action from Sir Mason Durie… Live well, Lead Well, Learn well. And we’ve had wānanga(deep discussion) about how we best support our school communities to do just that!

We’ve held wānanga with rangatahi(youth) to make sure we understand their wellbeing challenges, re-shaping our kaupapa around their feedback to make sure the program we deliver is rangatahi informed.

We’ve continued to upskill ourselves in many areas from mātauranga Māori(indigenous knowledge) to trauma-informed practice, to sharing practices that uplift each other’s wellbeing.

We’ve started our campaign of raising funds to help us continue to help our rangatahi and kaiako in 2024 & beyond (link to donate in bio)

We’ve spoken at events & run workshops about mental health and youth wellbeing all around Aotearoa & even across to Australia.

But MOST IMPORTANTLY we’ve seen our rangatahi grow in confidence, resilience & emotional awareness. We’ve supported them with tools and experiences to help them stand in their mana(power), to thrive in their rangatiratanga(leadership) & to be WELL.

We couldn’t have done any of that without you, our kura(schools) from the far North to the deep South who’ve said yes to our call to;

Live well, Learn well, Lead well.

Thank you for being on this journey with us.

Our team wishes you all a safe, joyful & restful holidays. See you in 2024.

E te iwi - kia haumaru te noho ki te taha o tō koutou ake whānau. Nui te aroha nā mātou te tīma a Hauora Aotearoa ki a koutou kātoa x

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Come join our M3 Whānau.

This is an amazing opportunity for reo Māori speaking Facilitators living in Wellington. Contract work, ready to start ASAP!

Must be interested in changing the lives of school communities with our holistic resilience-based Mindfulness kaupapa. Tonoa mai e te iwi! 🤍🖤❤️

So looking forward to sharing our mahi with Pouako throughout Aotearoa nei. Have you registered e hoa mā?

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It's so near e hoa mā. We can't wait to share our M3 Whānau App with you. Have you registered? Link in BIO >>> M3 Whānau App... Coming soon ‼️

Kei te pēhea koe? No, really. How ARE you?

1 in 4 of us in Aotearoa are at risk of struggling with our mental health. And the statistics are even higher for whānau Māori.

Here at M3 we aren't happy with that. We all deserve better support, and so at M3 we have been putting in the mahi in the background to do our bit to move towards a big change.

Next week we're kicking off Mental Health Awareness week, and rounding out Mahuru Māori, with a very special new kaupapa. It's all about making M3 Mindfulness practices as easy as poss for pakeke or adults - all while celebrating our beautiful reo.

Register to download the M3 app when it drops using the link in our bio, and you could win one of 50 annual subscriptions!

Keep an eye out e hoa mā. We see you. We are here for you. And this one's for you. 📱❤️