About Moemoeā Sleep Programme
The dream behind Moemoeā is to promote health and wellbeing by drawing on traditional knowledge from Māori and Pasifika communities to empower whānau and their pēpi/mokopuna.
Our team have worked alongside Māori experts, whānau, and health providers to develop resources and tools that we believe will resonate with whānau.
These resources and tools are strengths-based, practical, and designed to allow flexibility to cater to the needs of a wide range of families. We hope you will find them useful and fun to use with your pēpi.
The first pou, Rongo time celebrates the many faces of Rongo the atua of peace. These tools and resources aim to encourage healthy kai and activities for the whole whānau. Rongo-marae-roa, inspired us help whānau connect to outdoor spaces through a waiata hīkoi, a walking jingle and tātai or short karakia. Rongo-mā-Tāne, has encouraged us to bring ritual into food related activities through karakia, short videos and activities that promote ritual around dinner and connection amongst whānau.
The second pou, Uru time has been named after Uru-te-Ngangana, the red light that expands across and ignites the sky at dawn and dusk. These tools and resources are designed to help pēpi to transition from day to night, sleep well and wake up well rested. We have created waiata and karakia to help pēpi relax during bath time and mirimiri, as well as oriori, karakia and pūrākau to learn and play when putting pēpi to sleep.
The third pou, Whānau support relates to the whakataukī ‘He waka eke noa’ and the idea that everyone has a role to play and that everyone has something to contribute. This interactive resource allows you to build your own waka to lean into the strengths within your whānau networks while also helping to identify other potential sources of support at community, regional and national levels.