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Additional Service Description

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Our people

Evidence based

Partnerships

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Evidence of a significant contribution to the field of

mental health on a local, state or national level.

Te Reo Hāpai: The Language of Enrichment

Increased profile of mental health in Aotearoa New Zealand

Māori people’s engagement with health services

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The impact of words

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National contribution: Uptake and impact

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Evidence of innovation or a high standard of service.

Innovation: Crafting te reo Māori mental health terms

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Psychologist, Therapist

Alzheimer’s

Autism

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Evidence of a high standard of service

Consultation process

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Launching Te Reo Hāpai

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Conclusion

Referees Nigel Ngahiwi, Vice President Kāpō Aotearoa

Emmeline Croft, Cultural Engagement—Changing Minds

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Feedback on the glossary

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Te Reo Hāpai - The Language of Enrichment 2,680 downloads Te Reo Hāpai - The Language of Enrichment 2,680 downloads2017 to 19 March 2018 2017 to 19 March 2018

Oceania - 2,223 downloads

New Zealand 2,119 Australia 102 Hong Kong 1 Auckland 632 Levin 4 Melbourne 47 London 48 North Shields 1 Castleton 1 Bolton 1

Wellington 494 Invercargill 4 Sydney 21 India 2 Edinburgh 8 Enniskillen 1 Boston 1 Accrington 1

Christchurch 198 Queenstown 4 Brisbane 18 Mumbai 1 (blank) 4 Oxford 1 Reading 1 Stornoway 1

Hamilton 152 Wanaka 3 Perth 5 Chennai 1 Glasgow 4 Epsom 1 Huddersfield 1 Yeovil 1

Tauranga 92 Greymouth 3 Adelaide 4 Stockton-on-Tees 3 Richmond 1 Blackburn 1 Sunderland 1

Dunedin 86 Blenheim 2 Gold Coast 3 Japan 4 Bristol 3 Falkirk 1 Keighley 1 Belfast 1

Palmerston North 84 Upper Hutt 2 Canberra 1 Osaka 2 Liverpool 3 Royston 1 Royal Tunbridge Wells 1 Sutton-in-Ashfield 1

Lower Hutt 65 Whakatane 2 Toowoomba 1 Taito 1 Barrow-in-Furness 2 Farnborough 1 Lancing 1 Malton 1

New Plymouth 38 Kerikeri 2 Alice Springs 1 Shinjuku 1 Nottingham 2 Shrewsbury 1 Runcorn 1 Teddington 1

Napier 35 Paraparaumu 2 Geelong 1 Northampton 2 Folkestone 1 Leatherhead 1 Manchester 1

Rotorua 35 Rangiora 1 Male, Maldives 1 Bournemouth 2 Southampton 1 Shipley 1 Wallington 1

(blank) 34 Richmond 1 Cook Islands 1 Ross-on-Wye 2 Gamlingay 1 Birmingham 1 Market Harborough 1

Porirua 31 Lincoln 1 Palestine 1 Carrickfergus 2 Stourbridge 1 Sittingbourne 1 Watton 1

Hastings 28 Pukekohe 1 Papua New Guinea 1 Neath 2 Barnsley 1 Aberdeen 1 Musselburgh 1

Whangarei 22 Gore 1 Port Moresby Singapore 1 Chesterfield 2 Swansea 1 Slough 1 Worthing 1

Nelson 21 Cambridge 1 Norwich 2 Harpenden 1 Livingston 1 Bude 1

Whanganui 12 Waiouru 1 Coventry 2 Walsall 1

Royal Borough of Kensington

and Chelsea 1 Crewe 1

Gisborne 10 Mosgiel 1 Côte d’Ivoire 1 Paisley 2 Hemel Hempstead 1 Cardiff 1 Newport 1

Taupo 7 Te Awamutu 1 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1 Hove 2 Wymondham 1 Darlington 1 Londonderry 1

Masterton 5 Timaru 1 Cape Town, South Africa 1 Basildon 2 Hereford 1 Sleaford 1 Luton 1

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 1 Leeds 2 Bury 1 Darwen 1 Stoke-on-Trent 1

Bath 2 Hinckley 1 Willerby 1 Ampthill 1

Sutton Coldfield 1 Bishop Auckland 1 Dundee 1 Totton 1

Canada 41 Seaford 1 Eaton Socon 1 Portsmouth 1 Egham 1

New York 9 Cambridge 1 Starkville 1 Toronto 10 Dunfermline 1 Horsham 1

San Francisco 6 Greensboro 1 Woodmere 1 Ottawa 8

Seattle 5 Santa Cruz 1 Towson 1 Montreal 4 France 31 Germany 10 Ireland 6 Serbia 3 (blank) 3 Hamden 1 Boise 1 Calgary 2 Paris 5 Berlin 3 Dublin 4 Subotica 2

West Chester 2 Shakopee 1 Tucson 1 New Westminster 2 Rennes 2 Frankfurt 2 Maynooth 1 Belgrade 1

Houston 2 Havana 1 Midwest City 1 Duncan 1 Bordeaux 2 Mannheim 1 Mallow 1

Rochester 2 The Woodlands 1 Ventura 1 London 1 Lyon 2 Darmstadt 1 Sweden 3

El Cajon 2 Highland Park 1 Minneapolis 1 Victoria 1 Sorgues 1 Wiesbaden 1 Belgium 5 Lund 1

SeaTac 2 Upper Providence Township1 Coram 1 Cordova Bay 1 Redon 1 Alsdorf 1 Schaerbeek 1 Vanersborg 1

St. Louis 2 Beaumont 1 Moore 1 Montmagny 1 Nantes 1 Jena 1 Aalst 1 Stockholm 1

Omaha 2 Mount Pleasant 1 West Dundee 1 Dollard-Des Ormeaux 1 Chambery 1 Verviers 1

Austin 2 Hyattsville 1 Marlboro Township 1 Bathurst 1 Saint-Maur-des-Fosses 1 Netherlands 9 Ghent 1 Portugal 2

Tuckahoe 2 Boston 1 Williamstown 1 Prince George 1 Courbevoie 1 Valkenswaard 1 Meise 1 Maia 1

Los Angeles 2 Indian Trail 1 Memphis 1 Edmonton 1 Villennes-sur-Seine 1 Rhenen 1 Lisbon 1

Colorado Springs 1 Notre Dame 1 Zeeland 1 St. John's 1 La Rochelle 1 Capelle aan den IJssel 1 Italy 4 Philadelphia 1 Indianapolis 1 Miami 1 Fredericton 1 Bayonne 1 Drachten 1 Rome 1

Norwood 1 Ocoee 1 Arlington 1 Vancouver 1 Le Raincy 1 The Hague 1 Perugia 1 Klagenfurt, Austria 2

Cupertino 1 Inver Grove Heights 1 Middletown 1 Halifax 1 Bourges 1 Eindhoven 1 Lecco 1

Catonsville 1 Parker 1 Lincoln 1 Abbotsford 1 Lille 1 Velp 1 Milan 1 Barcelona, Spain 2 Cypress 1 Iowa City 1 Santa Monica 1 Hamilton 1 Saint-Pee-sur-Nivelle 1 Enkhuizen 1

Washington 1 Petaluma 1 Watsonville 1 Villeurbanne 1 Renkum 1 Finland 3 Copenhagen, Denmark 2

Davis 1 Kansas City 1 Collinsville 1 Mexico 2 Toulouse 1 Helsinki 1

Buffalo 1 Phoenix 1 Berkeley 1 Mexico City 1 (blank) 1 Switzerland 8 Turku 1 Paks, Hungary 1

Delray Beach 1 Keizer 1 St. Augustine 1 Cancun 1 Castelnaudary 1 Lausanne 2 Tampere 1

Pulaski 1 Portland 1 Westerly 1 Mont-de-Marsan 1 Zurich 2 Prague, Czechia 1

East Haven 1 Key West 1 Oakland 1 Cayenne, French Guiana 1 Aubagne 1 Geneva 2 Poland 3

Clemson 1 Redmond 1 Federal Way 1 Manosque 1 Basel 1 Katowice 2 Oslo, Norway 1

East Renton Highlands 1 Kirksville 1 Peoria 1 San Paulo, Brazil 1 Bern 1 Wroclaw 1

Coral Springs 1 San Diego 1 Fremont 1

East Wenatchee 1 Lakeland 1 Pittsburgh 1

New Albany 1 Santa Clarita 1 Frisco 1

Barrington 1

United States, 123

United Kingdom, 179

Americas, 168 downloads

Europe, 275 downloadsAsia, 10 downloads

Africa, 4 downloads

Te Reo Hāpai - The Language of Enrichment Indication of spread, July 2017-April 2018

Source Type Link

Cultural Perspectives Blog http://www.culper.com.au/blog/takiwatanga-for-autism-a-new-addition-to-the-maori-language

Stories about Autism Blog https://www.facebook.com/storiesaboutautism/posts/1422119824564544

LucP Blog https://www.lucp.nl/post/2017-07-03-takiwatanga/

ProCare Therapy Blog http://blog.procaretherapy.com/special-education/the-need-for-careful-language-choice/

Donna Ryan's professional blog Blog http://sssdonnaryan.blogspot.co.nz/

Sir Mason Drurie, A “masterclass” in

Indigenous health research translation. Conference keynote speech https://croakey.org/a-masterclass-in-indigenous-health-research-translation-from-sir-mason-durie/

Disability Connect E-bulletin http://disabilityconnect.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/E-bulletin-for-week-June-19.pdf

New Zealand Psychological Society E-newsletter http://www.psychology.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/November.pdf

My Little Sunshine Girl Instagram https://www.instagram.com/my_little_sunshine_girl/

Altogether Autism Journal; issue 2, 2017 https://altogetherautism.org.nz/autism-information/4108/a-time-and-space-for-takiwatanga/

The Problem Gambling Foundation of New

Zealand Library catalogue http://library.pgfnz.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=5768

Enable Magazine Online magazine http://enablemagazine.co.uk/maori-language-starting-disability-discussions/

Māori television article Online news

http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/new-te-reo-maori-glossary-provide-terms-specific-health-

sectors

BBC Media release Online news http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-40493398

NewsHub Online news http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/health/2017/06/new-m-ori-words-for-autism-mental-health-terms.html

Nursing review Online news for nurses http://nursingreview.co.nz/bbc-covers-new-te-reo-terms-for-mental-health/

New Zealand Ministry of Education Pastoral Care Guidelines

http://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/School/Supporting-students/Pastoral-Care-Guidelines-Te-

Pakiaka-TangataNov2017.pdf

BBC radio interview Radio news programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08wmw2q#play

Māori Television’s Te Kaea news Television news programme http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/maori-glossary-introduces-non-judgmental-health-words

TVNZ Te Karere Television news programme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6flyywZf2c

Ara Taiohi Website link http://www.arataiohi.org.nz/resource-centre/alcohol-other-drugs/te-reo-haapai-the-language-of-enrichment

Life Unlimited, charitable trust Website link https://www.lifeunlimited.net.nz/news-articles/disability-news/

iTherapuetics New Zealand Website link http://www.itherapeutics.co.nz/page.jsp?p=News&newsID=491

This sheet demonstrates the variety and extent that Te Reo Hāpai has been shared across various platforms. It is not exhaustive--some shares in closed forums have not been recorded here

out of respect for people's privacy.

Keri Opai ǀ Hamilton, New Zealand.

Cell: 0220104897 ǀ Keri.Opai@tepou.co.nz

Professional summary My personal philosophy “Kāore he mutunga o tēnei mea, te ako” - There is no such thing as

an end to learning, sums up my life's work. I am committed to the preservation of Te Reo

Māori, particularly my unique Taranaki dialect, and Māoritanga in general. Relationships are

fundamental to this end and I have the privilege of maintaining great relationships with many

people. Academia played an important role in my journey to where I stand today. My current

role provides access to national organisations where I hope to make a significant

contribution and ultimately create change and betterment for Māori in Aotearoa New

Zealand.

Iwi Affiliations Te Atiawa, Ngāti Ruanui, Waiohua, Ngāti Te Ata, Ngāti Porou

Recent work history Paeārahi Māori Strategic Lead ǀ Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui

Hamilton, Waikato ǀ 2014 – current

Member of executive leadership team (ELT). Responsible for engagement and

responsiveness with Māori.

2017 - Produced Te Reo Hāpai, The Language of Enrichment, a Māori language glossary for use

in the New Zealand mental health, addiction and disability sectors.

• 6600 physical copies distributed in Aotearoa New Zealand

• over 2700 downloads worldwide

Consultant, translator and Māori language tutor ǀ Te Reo o Taranaki Charitable Trust

Taranaki ǀ 2011- 2014

Māori language tutor, Professional development ǀ Te Wānanga o Aotearoa Taranaki ǀ 2011 - 2014

Māori language tutor – Contract ǀ Parininihi Ki Waitōtara Trust Taranaki ǀ 2012 -2014

Consultant, translator and Māori language tutor ǀ Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui Hamilton ǀ 2008 - 2013

Education

Master of Mātauranga Māori ǀ Te Wānanga o Raukawa 2003

Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching ǀ Auckland Institute of Technology 1992

Interpreters Licence ǀ Māori Language Commission 1992

Translation work 2005 ǀ Ngā Rauru Kiitahi Deed of Settlement - 45,000 words, English to Māori

Publications

2017 ǀ Te Reo Hāpai, The Language of Enrichment. A Māori language glossary for use in

New Zealand mental health, addiction and disability sectors.

https://www.tepou.co.nz/resources/te-reo-hapai---the-language-of-enrichment/843

2010 ǀ Published article in Education Review Gazette: “Māori language is a non-sexist

language”

2005 ǀ Te Kōnae a Hine-te-iwaiwa” booklet of Māori language used in sexuality. Published

by The Indigenous Research Institute, The University of Auckland

2005 ǀ “Ehara te reo Māori i te reo tāmi iho i te mana wahine” analysis of sexism in Māori

language (written in Māori). Master’s Thesis – Available at Te Wānanga o Raukawa, Otaki

Conferences

2017 ǀ Altogether Autism, Auckland New Zealand – delivered seminar: “What is the Māori

word for Autism?”

2008 ǀ World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education, Melbourne Australia – delivered

seminar: “Māori language is a non-sexist language”