{"id":1469,"date":"2021-10-21T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2025-04-22T04:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:11:20","slug":"sealord-maori-health-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/2021\/10\/21\/sealord-maori-health-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Help for Maori to Access Health Services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Accessing health and wellbeing services in the Nelson region has just become easier for Te Piki Oranga clients, after a helping hand from global seafood company Sealord.<\/p>\n\n

Nelson-based Sealord is Te Tauihu M\u0101ori health and wellness provider Te Piki Oranga\u2019s first corporate sponsor.<\/p>\n\n

Sealord is contributing $4000 annually for the next three years to cover the transport costs of wh\u0101nau Te Piki Oranga works with in the Nelson and Marlborough regions to get to appointments, and also to help get the service\u2019s workers to wh\u0101nau in their homes.<\/p>\n\n

The funding will pay for things like petrol vouchers, bus passes and taxi chits for wh\u0101nau.<\/p>\n\n

Often wh\u0101nau couldn\u2019t get to the services they need, Hobby said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cA lack of transport options can be a legitimate barrier to people having better health,\u201d she said. \u201cMany wh\u0101nau don\u2019t have access to a car, or money for petrol, taxis or bus fares. If their mobility is impaired it is even harder for them.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt can really set some people back in their health improvement plan if they miss an appointment.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Te Piki Oranga was not otherwise funded to cover transport costs and they were thrilled Sealord saw the value in their work and wanted to support the community to improve their health, Hobby said.<\/p>

\u201cWe can\u2019t take a lot of the sponsorship we might get offered because it doesn\u2019t fit with health, but fish does,\u201d she said.<\/p>

Sealord chief executive Doug Paulin said the sponsorship was a natural fit for Sealord. Sealord was half owned by M\u0101ori and 15 per cent of its employees were M\u0101ori. More than 30 per cent of workers on its sea-going vessels were M\u0101ori, and while they were at sea – often for six week stretches – their wh\u0101nau at home might need support.<\/p>

\u201cIt is important to us to support our people\u2019s wh\u0101nau and their communities. Covering transport costs of wh\u0101nau enrolled with Te Piki Oranga is a tangible way for us to support the health of many across Te Tauihu.\u201d<\/p>

Te Piki Oranga nurse and vaccinator Amber Ford said the Sealord funding was great because it would reduce the barrier to wh\u0101nau accessing health services, and also benefit Te Piki Oranga staff.<\/p>

\u201cNow that we can fund transport it takes away unnecessary mahi for us so we can concentrate on other health services. It makes it so much more streamlined.\u201d<\/p>

Help for M\u0101ori to access health services | Stuff.co.nz<\/a><\/p>

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Credit: StuffNZ Accessing health and wellbeing services in the Nelson region has just become easier for Te Piki Oranga clients, after a helping hand from global seafood company Sealord. Nelson-based Sealord is Te Tauihu M\u0101ori health and wellness provider Te Piki Oranga\u2019s first corporate sponsor. Sealord is contributing $4000 annually for the next three years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3158,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions\/3158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hihotest2.co.nz\/sealord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}