Te Ako Manaaki is an integrated framework for whānau wellbeing, collaborative practice and systems change.
Originally developed within education to support young people at risk of disengagement, the framework is now being applied across education, disability, health, social services, employment and community development.
Combining systems-level coordination with relationship-based practice, Te Ako Manaaki helps organisations, communities and practitioners work together around people and whānau with complex needs.
The framework is grounded in trauma-informed practice, strengths-based approaches, collective impact, systems thinking and real-world application across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Achieving at Waitakere (A @ W) used the Te Ako Manaaki framework between 2017 and 2021 to support at risk and vulnerable secondary age students at risk of disengaging from education. This video was created to celebrate A @ W’s being a finalists in the Prime Ministers Excellence in Education Awards as a result of their use of the Te Ako Manaaki framework (in their Managed Moves programme) over that timeframe.
Te Ako Manaaki 