ABOUT MAHI TAHI
OUR ROOTS
Mahi Tahi Akoranga Trust was established to provide support to Māori offenders and assist in reducing reoffending. The Trust has been working with the New Zealand Department of Corrections since 1995, and Māori since 1945, to support this reduction. Mahi Tahi programmes involve mentors who currently provide support to over 800 inmates annually in communities and corrections facilities throughout Aotearoa.
The main kaupapa of Mahi Tahi Akoranga Trust is to work with prison inmates, gangs and whānau through the delivery of programmes that are distributed through the use of Māori principles, values and disciplines. The mentors who deliver the programmes by Mahi Tahi provide support to inmates and whānau and the wider hapū and iwi to help offenders reintegrate into society and communities as law-abiding, productive family and community members. Our nationally acclaimed wānanga arose from promises and partnerships forged by members of the 28th Māori Battalion during the Battle for Cassino. These promises have led to Mahi Tahi now being the country's preeminent provider of Te Ihu Waka Prison Rehabilitation Services.
The main kaupapa of Mahi Tahi Akoranga Trust is to work with prison inmates, gangs and whānau through the delivery of programmes that are distributed through the use of Māori principles, values and disciplines. The mentors who deliver the programmes by Mahi Tahi provide support to inmates and whānau and the wider hapū and iwi to help offenders reintegrate into society and communities as law-abiding, productive family and community members. Our nationally acclaimed wānanga arose from promises and partnerships forged by members of the 28th Māori Battalion during the Battle for Cassino. These promises have led to Mahi Tahi now being the country's preeminent provider of Te Ihu Waka Prison Rehabilitation Services.
