Whānau Mai - Hapūtanga wānanga (Antenatal education)
Hapūtanga wānanga - Ōtautahi
Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust - kaupapa Māori community-based organisation
Whānau Mai Tuatahi is about hapūtanga (pregnancy), the connection to customary birthing practices, and mātauranga hapū. We will discuss information related to pregnancy, health, and lifestyle by applying Te Whare Tapa Whā holistic Māori model of health. Participants will make rongoā (kopa kopa oil, kopa kopa pēpi balm) and an ipu whenua (placenta container). We recommend you register to attend Whānau Mai Tuatahi around 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Whānau Mai Tuarua is about pregnancy, the connection to customary birthing practices, and mātauranga hapū. We will cover infant feeding, planning for your birth, labour and birth, your first parenting decisions, and early parenting. We will continue to build on our connection to cultural practice and te ao Māori, the environment, whānau, and ngā pēpi. Our Kairaranga will run a muka tie workshop where participants will create muka cord ties for your pēpi pito. We recommend you register to attend Whānau Mai Tuarua around 30 weeks of pregnancy.
From Whānau Mai to Pēpi Ora – Your Journey Continues Pēpi Ora – "Thriving Whānau, Thriving Pēpi"Your journey with us doesn’t end at birth — it’s just beginning! After attending Whānau Mai, we invite you to continue your learning, connections, and support at Pēpi Ora, our kaupapa Māori postnatal wānanga.
Feel supported in your parenting journey with pēpi• Learn practical tips on sleep, feeding, and settling• Embrace traditional Māori parenting wisdom.
Pēpi Ora is about celebrating and welcoming your new pēpi earthside, exploring the adjustment to parenting, and the fourth trimester. Join us and connect with other new parents and whānau to discuss topics such as infant feeding, settling pēpi and sleep, pēpi mirimiri, community supports, tūpuna parenting, development, and more. We recommend you register to attend Pēpi Ora six weeks after your estimated due date (we will happily move you to another date if pēpi arrives early/late).
Whānau Mai welcomes all who support you.This includes partners, nannies, aunties, uncles, cousins, friends, chosen whānau, and takatāpui whānau, as a natural and longstanding part of Māori communities. Care and learning are collective.
We look forward to meeting you and your whānau at our wānanga soon.
Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust
Tel: 0800 669 957
Reception@tepuawaitanga.maori.nz