Rihi Te Nana and Ngahuia Eruera attend the Aha Ho’oponopono Conference 9-11 August 2019 held at the Winward Community College, Kane’ohe, Oahu Island, Hawaii.
As part of the University of Waikato project He Oranga Ngakau research project kaupapa about Māori Trauma Informed Care Healing Frameworks pathways, Rihi Te Nana from the Ngā Wai a te Tūī Māori and Indigenous Research Centre presented at the 2019 Ho’oponopono Conference held at Winward Community College on the island of Oahu. Alongside her He Oranga Ngākau research team members Associate Professor Leonie Pihama, Hinewirangi Kohu-Morgan and Ngaropi Cameron, the team gave a two hour presentation that centred on the importance of Māori trauma informed work being located within a very clear indigenous healing framework and practise.
Ho’oponopono is an indigenously Hawaiian practise of ohana (whānau) conflict resolution and transformation. It is located within their traditional hawaiian kuleana (obligations and responsibilities), mo’olelo (pūrākau) mo’oku’auhau (whakapapa). The He Oranga Ngākau research team were very fortunate to receive and invitaion to attend this conference as it is a kanaka Maoli only event that focusses on the sharing their work and upskilling of Hawaiian H’oponopono practitioners.