Mahitahi Hauora (Te Kaupapa Mahitahi Hauora – Papa o te Raki Trust) is Northland’s largest primary health organisation.

Our vision

Healthy whānau, thriving Northland.

Our purpose

To advocate for, support, and delivery equitable primary and community health care.

Our strategic plan

To sustain, develop, strengthen, and improve our primary care network with the following strategic outcomes:

• Sustainable and viable community health care
• Develop systems and processes to aid smarter and faster decision-making
• Strengthen existing releationships that support our network and partners, and develop new ones
• Improve access and choice to primary health care
• Improve clinical outcomes, overall population health, and whānau experience of care.

Read more in our Strategic Plan Booklet.

Our focus on equity

As we serve a high proportion of Māori, rural, and high-needs patients, Mahitahi Hauora is committed to achieving equity and improving outcomes for whānau and communities in Tai Tokerau. We focus on making a positive difference by giving action to Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Our Equity for Whānau Agreement sets clear accountabilities for improving equity and outcomes for priority groups while allowing for flexibility in how our member general practices achieve these accountabilities. The Agreement identifies three key areas for accountability: Access; Clinical; and Experience of Care.

The agreement offers practices flexibility in how they achieve these accountabilities by asking them to develop an annual plan tailored to the equity needs of their unique enrolled population.