Navigating care: exploring connection with Pacific tāngata whai ora and whānau

On Thursday, 17 September 2026, Operations Manager Eileen Hughes and Clinical Team Lead at Manaaki House, Dawn Bannister, walked us through how they have started to improve their approach to whānau engagement in community mental health services. The insights and learning from this session were valuable for other services beginning an improvement journey to engage better with whānau.  This is the PowerPoint presentation from that session.

Access PowerPoint presentations, the AMIGOS template and other resources from this session.

Whāraurau is the national centre for workforce development for the infant, child, and adolescent mental health and addictions sector. Learn more about their Quality Improvement tools.

Least restrictive practice is a term used to describe a wide range of approaches, practices and activities that supports a person’s autonomy and makes them the centre of all choices.