Te Manawa Nui provides a blend of rich narratives from the perspective of an experienced Maori Health Practitioner, with engagement tools and strategies, that have been utilised in practice and in learning forums to enhance the wellbeing of Maori.
Ronald Tuakana Baker is Ngati Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngai Tamanuhiri, Te Whanau o Rongomaiwahine
Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Advanced Diploma Nursing, Winston Churchill Fellow, Anzac Fellow, Fellow ANZCMHN, Fellow CMHNNZ, TE Whetu Kanapa recipient (Te Aomaramatanga, Aotearoa NZ)
Ron Baker spent many years working as a Mental Health Nurse in New Zealand. He started at a time of large psychiatric hospitals and worked across a range of health services during its reforms.
Ron's career was also shaped by his Father who was in the 28th Maori Battalion, and through access to esteemed Maori Leaders with traditional knowledge of Maoridom and healing. It is from these rich sources of life and Ron's work as an experienced Maori Health Practitioner, that Te Manawa Nui is born.
