Community Action. Nā, Trina Baggett.
Introduction
This section starts with our CAYAD Inoi gifted to our kaupapa in 2011. Kaititotito and Manager, Moki Raroa wrote this following rich discussions with a number of CAYAD whānau from across the Midlands region, ngā mihi aroha ki a koutou. Moki is from the CAYAD site, Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust in Wharekahika. They have partnered with Te Whare Hauora o Te Aitanga a Hauiti in Uawa since 2003.
CAYAD Inoi
Mauri ora ki te rangi
Mauri ora ki te whenua
Nā te rangatahi te ao
Mana āpōpō
E whakairo
E hanga
He ao tōtika
He ao taumarumaru
He ao hōu, hei tauawhi
Hei tautoko, hei whakapakari
I ngā hapori
Ka kōkiri i ngā mahi I runga
I te ngākau māhaki
Me te ngākau pono
Kia kore hoki kō te waipiro
Me te taru kino
E noho hei Rangatira
Mauri ora ki te rangi
Mauri ora ki te whenua
We greet the spiritual realm
And we greet the physical realm
The world belongs to the youth
They will shape tomorrow
And create a caring world, a compassionate world, a new world
That will embrace, inspire and support the community
And because this creation will be done with passionate and righteous hearts
The evils of this world will not rule
We greet the spiritual realm and we greet the physical realm
Audio file with the rangi/tune.
The CAYAD kaupapa has a rich history, that grew from research and rich discussions back in the 1980s. Professor Sally Casswell, Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes, Kim Conway, Paora Stanley, Megan Tunks with significant contributions from Massey University’s Research Librarian Lisa Morice and superstar Jan Sheeran. They proposed a community action approach to reducing the harm of alcohol and other drugs as a way of supporting communities to respond to the high expulsion and suspension rates of rangatahi young people from schools. In 1998 discussions were held with the government of the time and in 1999 led to the piloting of 5 CAYAD sites, Hokianga, Whangaruru, Kaitaia, Opotiki, Whakatū/Nelson. There are currently 20 sites located around Aotearoa New Zealand.
https://cayad.org.nz/cayad-sites
An acknowledgement must be given to the Rt. Hon. Jim Anderton who was a significant advocate of the CAYAD programme and whose dogged determination to reduce the harm of alcohol and other drugs for young people and their families saw significant investment into the CAYAD kaupapa. Moe mai rā e te Rangatira, moe mai rā.
Hon. Jim Anderton's speech at the first CAYAD National Hui.
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/address-cayad-first-national-hui
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