Te Huringa ō Te Ao provider Ako sessions

Ako sessions create space for providers to pause, reflect on their mahi and explore what's working. These sessions are for providers to build reflective practice and learning loops at the heart of Te Huringa ō Te Ao.

Ako sessions are active, relational spaces that support collective insight and connect local learning back into the system, to embed what works for whānau. They offer the Community Design and Service Development team the opportunity to listen, identify shared challenges and better support providers to strengthen and grow services.

March 2026

“ He Tirohanga Whakamuri, He Anga Whakamua”

We reflect on the past to guide us into the future.

Building on the learning from the October 2025 Ako, the March 2026 sessions created space for deeper collective reflection across providers and MSD. Centring tāne, wāhine, and whānau voice, this Ako focused on recognising shared patterns emerging in practice including the importance of relational, long‑term change, trust, workforce sustainability, and how the system shows up. These insights capture learning across rohe and guide how we continue to listen, learn, and adapt together alongside communities.

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October 2025

“Mā te rongo ka mōhio, mā te mōhio ka mārama, mā te mārama ka mātau, mā te mātau ka ora.”

Through listening comes understanding, through understanding comes clarity, through clarity comes knowledge, through knowledge comes wellbeing.

In the first Ako sessions, we reflected on tāne and whānau voices, what excites and challenges us, making sense key themes and turning it into action. These sessions have reminded us that listening is not passive – it’s active, relational, and deeply restorative.

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