Accident Compensation Corporation

General update on Kaupapa Māori Solutions 2025

Overview
We’re partnering to develop solutions to protect the wellbeing of whānau and provide them with greater choice in accessing health services when they are injured. We understand that to do better for Māori we need to do things differently and localised approaches will help us meet the specific needs of hapori Māori (Māori communities).

We're seeking to design:
• kaupapa Māori prevention initiatives with a focus on the prevention of sexual violence through the promotion of mana-enhancing and tapu-enriched relationships
• kaupapa Māori health services for whānau when they are injured, with a focus on treatment and rehabilitation for kiritaki (clients) with complex injuries and a high level of need (including, but not limited to, serious injuries and sexual violence).

We want to partner with kaupapa Māori specialists to design ACC solutions that enable whānau to live well and, if injured, to access services that are culturally safe and appropriate, as defined by Māori. Once the design of these solutions is approved, we’ll seek kaupapa Māori providers to deliver the initiatives and services.

We will work regionally with kaupapa Māori specialists to design and deliver these initiatives and services in rohe (regions) across Aotearoa. They will bring mātauranga (knowledge) and strong community connections and will work with iwi, ACC, kiritaki and whānau to ensure the solutions meet local needs. Design approaches may vary from rohe to rohe. Any open procurement opportunities will be shared on GETS. We will take a staged (tranche) approach to establishing these solutions.

Tranche 1: Service design test phase is underway for kaupapa Māori health services only, in the Tainui waka rohe. Injury prevention initiatives to be determined later.
Tranche 2: Design completed for health services and injury prevention initiatives in Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau. Test phase commencing 2025. Future procurement opportunities for service delivery will be shared on GETS.
Tranche 3: Engagement underway in Mātaatua and Te Arawa. We’ll share information on future procurement opportunities through this notice.
Further tranches: We’ll share information on future procurement opportunities through this notice.

If you have any pātai (questions) you can raise these here or email us at kmhs@acc.co.nz. More information is available on our website: https://www.acc.co.nz/kaupapa-maori-solutions/