Matua Bill Barlow
Kia ora koutou katoa o nga pou o te mahi ora tinana. Mokau ki runga, Tamaki ki raro, Maungatoatoa ki waenganui; Pare Hauraki Pare Waikato;Te kao kao o roa o Paatetere. Hurirauna ki Kawhia Moana.ko Ngati Hikairo,Maniapoto e mihi atu nei,tena ra kotou katoa. Nga mihi nui o te tau hou me nga piki ora ki runga i o koutou whanau,hapu,marae maha.
Ko Wiremu Barlow tenei kua whakatau nei ki te pae o te Tae Ora Tinana whanau hei Kaumaatua me taku hoa rangatira ia Patricia.
Patricia and I take pleasure in responding to prompting by our friends of Tae Ora Tinana whanau to share a little about ourselves.
One grew up on the whanau farm in the Kawhia district, went to boarding school at Te Whaiti of te Urewera district. One returned home to care for Mum and Dad and the farm. Naturally a teenager got itchy feet and went awol, arrived in Tamakimakaurau, sowed wild oats, responded to Christian values which interrupted a downhill slide into debauchery, met and married my darling wife.
We raised a family and served our youth in hostel parenting. These social services and caregiving gave us gratification in steering our youth into education and career pathways. One gives praise to Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa for assisting one to obtain one's degree in social services and diplomas in theology and Tikanga. Tae Ora Tinana is an agency for promoting Māori professionals in delivering health and fitness to all peoples and especially to educate our people in living a healthy lifestyle.
No reira,nga manaakitanga o te Rungarawa ki runga ia kotou whanau me nga ahuatanga e pa nei kia tatou katoa. Kia ora.
Whaea Pat Barlow
It was with sadness that we informed members that our Kuia and PNZ Life Member Whaea Pat Barlow passed away in January 2022. Whaea Pat and husband Matua Bill have been gracious kaitiaki of Tae Ora Tinana and PNZ, providing manaaki through tikanga, matauranga and Māori cultural support for many years. Whaea was a mother figure to so many within the community and has touched many hearts with her gentle presence.
Our thoughts continue to be with Matua Bill and the extended Barlow whānau.
He mihi aroha.
Witana Petley (Tumuaki / Chair)
Ko Hikurangi me Mauao oku maunga
Ko Horouta me Taikitimu oku Waka
Ko Waipahu toku awa
Ko Tutetenga me Opureora oku Marae
Ko Te Pirirakau me Te Whanau a Tuwhakairiora oku Hapu
Ko Ngati Porou me Ngai Te Rangi oku Iwi
No Putaruru Ahau
Ko Witana Petley taku ingoa
Tena koutou katoa. My name is Witana Petley and I originally hail from Putaruru in the South Waikato. I am currently a Physiotherapist working in Dunedin Hospital after graduating from Otago University in 2016. I work closely with the Māori Physiotherapy students and continue to work with Māori health students through relations with the Māori health Workforce Development Unit. My physiotherapy passion is through Stroke and Neurological Rehabilitation but I have a strong interest for Māori Health in areas such as health equity/ equality and Māori health workforce development. I am excited for this new opportunity to support our Physiotherapy Community as a Katiaki for Tae Ora Tinana!
Naku te rourou, Nau te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
(with your basket and my basket the people will live)
Miranda Bűhler
Tihei māuri ora!
Ko Tāmaki-makau-rau tōku papakāinga
Ko Hunua te pae maunga
Ko Wairoa te awa
Nō Ngāti Iuropi ōku tupuna. Ko Koterana rātou ko Airani, ko Ingirangi, ko Potukara, ko Witirana ngā iwi.
Ko Ōtepoti tōku kāinga ināianei. Tēnei, ko Araiteuru te uta, ko Araiteuru te tai ē, ko Araiteuru te waka, ko Araiteuru te tangata. Ko Araituru te marae. Ko Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo me Te Whare Tū Taua ngā wānanga. Ko te reo te waka wairua. Ko te reo me ōna tikanga he taonga mō te hauora.
Ko Miranda Bűhler tōku ingoa. He mihi nui ki a tātou katoa.
I grew up in Auckland and though I now live in Dunedin, Auckland is still where I am from. My tupuna are from Europe - Scotland, Ireland, England, Portugal and Switzerland.
My home now is in Dunedin. Here the land as it lines the shores and stretches inland, is that of the Araiteuru waka and Araiteuru people. Araiteuru is also the marae.
I am a physiotherapist and hand therapist at Dunedin Hospital, PSA delegate, PhD student at the University of Otago, and a student of Te Whare Tū Taua.
I am passionate about supporting those working in physiotherapy/health, and health services, to deliver care that enables equitable health and wellbeing outcomes. Māori language and culture are essential kete of knowledge to enable health and wellbeing to flourish for Māori - and us all.
Blake Taylor
Ko Mauao Ko Hikurangi ngā maunga.
Ko Tauranga te moana.
Ko Waiapu te awa.
Ko Mātaatua Ko Nukutere ngā waka.
Ko Te Kutaroa Ko Ōhinewaiapu ngā marae.
Ko Ngāti Tauaiti Ko Ngāi Taharora ngā hapū.
Ko Ngāi Te Rangi Ko Ngāti Porou ngā iwi.
Ko Blake Taylor tōku ingoa.
Nō Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa ahau
Engari, kei Heretaunga ahau e noho ana ināianei.
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
Kia ora e te iwi! My name is Blake. I was born and bred in Gisborne before making the big move down to Ōtepoti (Dunedin) to study Physiotherapy at the University of Otago. I graduated in 2018 and have been based in the beautiful Te Matau-a-Māui (Hawke's Bay) since. I currently work a mixture of private practice out at CAPE Physio Pā Harakeke (Flaxmere) and out of the musculoskeletal outpatient department at Hawke's Bay Hospital.
I have recently devoted my time to learning Rongoā Māori and am currently part of the Kaimiri Practitioner group running in Hawke's Bay. I have always had a strong interest in trying to provide the best opportunities for our Māori kaimahi and kaiwhiwhi to help address equity. This is what led me to pursue a career here at Tae Ora Tinana. I am very excited to see what we can achieve together!
"Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere. Ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao."
(The bird who feeds on the berries, the forest is his. The bird who feeds on knowledge, the world is his.)
Sheree Tikao Harkess
Ko Te Poho o Tamatea Pokai Whenua te māuka
Ko Whakaraupo te moana
Ko Kai Tahu ko Kāti Mamoe ko Waitaha kā iwi
Ko Tikao, ko Subrizky, ko Solomon, ko Ropata, ko Ellison ōhoku whānau
E noho ana au ki Ōtautahi
Ko Hakarangi Tichborne tōhoku hoa rakatira
Tokowha a māua tamariki
He Physiotherapist au
My name is Sheree and I am the newest member to join the Tae Ora Tinana waka. I whakapapa throughout Te Waipounamu however my heart lies within Waitaha. I graduated with my BPhty in 2012 from Otago and have spent the last 10 years in MSK private practice. In my early career my mahi had a strong sports focus and I had a few cool opportunities working with regional hockey, women’s and men’s rugby however it became apparent quickly that sports wasn't my passion. As I became more familiar with private practice process and built confidence as a wāhine māori physio, I found it frustrating not seeing many of our people walking through the door when I knew māori were getting injured just as much, in fact more injuries than non māori. I also felt our “typical” service delivery didn’t work well for our whānau. My experiences motivated me to start a MPhty through Otago in 2021. I am super excited to start my thesis at the end of this year where I will be researching what our whānau want from physiotherapy.
Previous Kaitiaki
Bridget Watson
Ko Rangitikei te awa
Ko Ruahine te maunga
Ko Takatimu te waka
Ko Ngati Hauiti te Iwi
Ko Rata te marae
Ko Bridget toku ingoa
Kia Ora, my name is Bridget. I was born in Taihape and did most of my growing up in Whanganui. I gained my undergraduate degree in Dunedin, and after graduating in 2019 I soon moved to Wellington. I am now working as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist in private practice, and am part of an older adults team working in a rest home once a week.
I embrace a holistic approach to maintaining hauora through physiotherapy, and am excited to begin teaching yoga at my clinic (after gaining qualification in India during my studies).
I have a passion for supporting the journey for Māori Physio students from high school all the way through studies to employment in the healthcare realm, and hope to put this into action in my new role as Kaitiaki.
Page updated October 2023