Tama Tū Tama Ora | Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi

‘Tama’ means man, boy or son. ‘Tū’ means to stand, rise up, to stop (reflect), to set in place and to establish. ‘Ora’ means health, life & well-being. The phrase ‘Tama Tū, Tama Ora’, therefore is a call to a generation of men to rise up and take their place in order to move forward into the future of hope, life and well-being (for them & their whanau).

This 8-week programme is specifically designed for Year 7 & 8 boys and is focused to:

Build confidence
Install leadership
Encourage the boys to make positive & healthy decisions

This is all delivered by trained and qualified male youth workers, who will journey alongside and mentor (building trust to provide intermediate support and encouragement) each of the young people on the programme.

Programme Includes:

One-to-one Goal Setting
Activity Based Learning
Team Building & Conflict Resolution Exercises
Kai (food provided)
Physical Activities

THIS PROGRAMME IS DELIVERED IN SCHOOLS DURING SCHOOL HOURS

Learning Outcomes:

The importance of valuing their uniqueness and their unique goals for their life as young men
A place of importance, self belief and confident holds in developing a healthy identity
What healthy relationships are, how they are initiated, developed and maintained
Key qualities that make for healthy youth and character development (Māia)
Importance of healthy, supportive and positive ‘life-influences’