How we use te reo Māori in our mahi

We understand how important it can be for clients and hapori to access information in te reo Māori. There are a few ways we do this.

Some of our most popular advice and services webpages are available in te reo Māori. This includes information about contraception, STI testing and treatment, pregnancy testing, unprotected sex, cervical screening, and period problems.

• Te kōwhiri i tō momo ārai hapū | Choosing your contraception

• Te whakamātau STI me ngā maimoatanga | STI testing and treatment

• Te whakamātautau waha kōpū me te whakamātautau HPV | Cervical screening and HPV testing

• Ngā mate ikura | Period problems

• Te whakamātautau hapū | Pregnancy testing

• Te Ai Ārai Kore | Unprotected sex

• Te taputapu roto kōpū (IUD) | Intra uterine device (IUD)

• Te pire ārai hapū tukutahi ā-waha | Combined oral contraceptive pill

• Ngā momo ārai hapū | Contraception types

Our online booking system is available in te reo Māori. You can book your appointment for a range of services by selecting te reo Māori on the screen. You can choose to have Tai, our online booking avatar, speak to you in te reo as you book – or read the text on screen.

Or you can call our contact centre, who will greet you with a friendly "Kia ora."

In our clinics across the motu, our branding and signage features both te reo Māori and English and we endeavour to ensure that te reo Māori is fostered in the clinical environment.

Our Health Promotion team provides sexual and reproductive health promotion and education services in communities, schools, and online. Te reo Māori is normalised in their work, including using Māori models of health such as Te Whare Tapa Whā.

On social media we've run te reo takeovers and we've partnered with organisations like Arataua to produce sexual health and wellbeing content in te reo for Let's talk about AI.

We work with our professional translator to translate content into te reo Māori for specific events – like fact sheets for Waitangi Day, and booking appointment cards.

It's important for us to normalise speaking te reo Māori in the workplace. This includes using karakia, greetings, and farewells in te reo – and supporting kaimahi in their te reo Māori journey.

This te Wiki o te reo Māori we're encouraging staff to get involved and use te reo in their daily lives inside and outside of the office. We're sharing the resources on reomaori.co.nz as useful prompts.