David Kukutai Jones

The Māori Lead position was specifically created for me to help the Department of Nursing

• Improve its Māori student success rate
• Develop and deliver Tiriti, Equity and Mātauranga Māori content in the nursing curriculum
• Fulfill its role as an Academic Citizen supporting the work and research interests of its stake holders and community groups
• Improve cultural efficacy amongst its staff

These tasks were often co-designed, delivered together, and peer reviewed, and appear to be inline with the Te Ara Poutama's Principles of Design namely; Kaitiaki, Manaaki, Wairua, Whānau, Rangatiratanga

Providing a broad range of services relating to traditional Māori health and wellbeing such as personal/professional coaching, workshops for DHBs and vendors, delivering workshops and wānanga on rongoā and mirimiri, whare hauora / community based clinic start ups. Some areas of the health sector I have worked with are

• Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Counties Manukau)
• Hapūtanga Wānanga (Te Whatuora Waikato)
• Forensic Mental Health (Mason Clinic)
• Rehabilitation Wānanga (Department of Corrections)

Teaching the Level 5 Diploma and the Level 4 Certificate in Rongoa, in the School of Health and Leisure Studies using formal western and mātauranga Māori based educational models of practice.

Teaching postgraduate students in nursing around the analyse and application of pharmacology science, clinical guidelines, and research evidence to the therapeutic use of drugs, and appling relevant legislation, professional and economic regulation of drug therapy, to advanced health professional practice.

Providing expert mātauranga Māori based content in the teaching of the Level 5 Diploma in Early Childhood and the First Year Bachelors Degree, focussing on the health and wellbeing of infants and young children using traditional mātauranga Māori.

Teaching the Level 3 Certificiate in Kaioranga (Māori horticulture) based both out in the field and in the classroom using a mātauranga Māori based curriculum.

Providing expert teaching of all the 2nd year Bachelor of Nursing students in traditional mātauranga Māori based approaches to health and wellbeing.

Providing expert library advice and support to postgraduate staff, students, researchers, donors and the public relating to postgraduate research. This included advice on the acquisition of resources for postgraduate courses, the delivery of an after hours service, delivering library tutorials, and also general library duties.

Leading the delivery of the organisation's library services across the country and providing strategic advice to the Director on the development, delivery and/or review of library services.

• Supervised staff members in processing materials and providing reference services.
• Managed budgets related to purchasing new books, supplies and equipment.
• Maintained accurate statistics of circulation activity and inventory control systems.
• Ensured compliance with copyright regulations when reproducing or distributing documents or images from the library's collection.
• Participated in professional organizations relevant to libraries

Providing expert library support to the staff and students of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa relating to course development and delivery, student research or organisation projects such as intellectual and cultural property and copyright management.

Providing strategic and operational advice and support to staff, students, researchers, donors and the public in the management and/or delivery of Māori resources and services using mātauranga Māori. Specific tasks included staff pd, facilities improvement and co-ordinating staff and student led reviews.

Providing strategic and operational advice and support to staff, researchers, donors and the public in the acquisition, arrangement and description, and disposal of Māori materials such as manuscripts, and assisting the organisation with Māori-focussed pd and training.

Providing operational advice and support to staff, and students in the development and delivery of acquisition of programme-specific teaching ressources within the School of Māori and Bi-lingual Education.

Teaching the Kohanga Reo curriculum to under 5s, providing strategic and operational advice and support to the board of trustees and managing paid and volunteer staff.