Tātai Kōrero DVD celebrates Māori parents

The DVD Tātai Kōrero features interviews with a selected group of Māori parents in both te reo Māori and English and gives their perspectives on how whakapapa, whānau, waiata, and mirimiri support them and their children’s learning and development.

It will be used as a training resource tool as part of the Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) and Family Start in-home visiting programmes and joins a range of free positive parenting resources that SKIP provides to parents and caregivers of children from birth to five years.

“This DVD is aimed at inspiring and motivating Māori parents and whānau to interact with their children in a positive way that celebrates their identity and strengthens their connection to their whānau, hapu and iwi,” says Gael Surgenor, Head of SKIP.

“It provides a Māori perspective to follow on from the successful ‘Good Morning’ clips that were released on our Parenting for Early Learning DVD last year,” she says.

SKIP provides parents with practical advice on how to teach children to be independent, and socially responsible.

SKIP has been running since 2004 and has supported thousands of families through its more than 200 community funded projects and various national partnerships.

For further information contact:
Tina Collison
Project Manager SKIP
Ph 916 3379 or 021 245 2517

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DVD details

Tatāi Kōrero will be launched as part of the Ministry of Social Development's Māori Language Week celebrations at 3pm Monday 21 July 2008, Ministry of Social Development, Level 3, Bowen State Building, Bowen Street, Wellington.

The DVD comes with notes on the sleeve on how to use it, discussion topics, a photo gallery and posters to be used as visual aids when discussing various topics in the DVD. It was funded jointly by the SKIP team from the Ministry of Social Development and the Family and Communities team from the Ministry of Education (now the new Āhuru Mōwai team that is part of MSD).

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Biography details

The people interviewed in this DVD were chosen based on trying to get a mix of ages, profession, gender and place of residence.

• Lower Hutt Kaumātua - Bruce Aranga (Tūhoe) and Beryl Aranga (Ngāti Porou)
• Whangara, near Gisborne,Dad - Jay Love (Te Whānau o Tūtekohi) and his daughter Mourei Aroha Maniapoto-Love
• Newtown, Wellington,Mum - Lana Simmons-Donaldson (Ngāti Porou) and her son Benjamin Donaldson
• WanganuiDad - Pahia Turia (Ngāti Apa, Ngā Rauru me Te Ātihaunui a Pāpārangi) and his whangai son Tawhana i te Rangi Ngataki-McCrath
• Titahi Bay, PoriruaNana - Vicky Ellison (Ngāti Raukawa and her mokopuna Davida Skelton and Tu Kaha Bevan-Akavi

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SKIP

SKIP is a community based programme run by MSD's Family and Community Services to help parents build their skills in raising their children in a positive, loving way, using limits and boundaries rather than physical discipline.

The programme offers resources for parents and caregivers of children from birth to five years wanting advice and information. Through the SKIP Local Intiative Fund (LIF) we also provide money for positive parenting activities and projects developed and run by community groups and organisations. We also work in partnership with national non-government organisations to help them better support parents practising positive parenting.

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Āhuru Mōwai team

The Āhuru Mōwai team provide support and training on the Āhuru Mōwai and Born to Learn Curriculum for Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) and Family Start workers.  They were previously the Family and Communities team within Ministry of Education and moved to the Ministry of Social Development's Family and Community Services on 1 July, 2008.