Kāpō Māori Aotearoa
Kāpō Māori Aotearoa (KMA) is the oldest and only national tāngata kāpō Māori (Māori blind, low vision and deaf blind) and tāngata whaikaha Māori (Māori disabled) led organisation in Aotearoa. Set up by kāpō Māori and their whānau in 1983, to provide a ‘safe’ forum to celebrate their indigeneity.
We are whānau inclusive and diverse: pan-ethnicity, pan-tribal, pan-age, pan-disability, and provide a dual role, as a kaupapa tāngata whaikaha Māori advocate and as a government contracted Māori health and disability service provider.
Our foundation is Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Māori version), guided by traditional and contemporary Kaupapa Māori values, principles, and practices, and we are a registered Incorporated Society, under the New Zealand Charities Act 2005. We are independent, governed by a board of five, who are elected by our members.
We serve tāngata kāpō Māori, tāngata whaikaha Māori and whānau!
We are whānau inclusive and diverse: pan-ethnicity, pan-tribal, pan-age, pan-disability, and provide a dual role, as a kaupapa tāngata whaikaha Māori advocate and as a government contracted Māori health and disability service provider.
Our foundation is Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Māori version), guided by traditional and contemporary Kaupapa Māori values, principles, and practices, and we are a registered Incorporated Society, under the New Zealand Charities Act 2005. We are independent, governed by a board of five, who are elected by our members.
We serve tāngata kāpō Māori, tāngata whaikaha Māori and whānau!
Campaigns
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RNZFB: Honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi in your decision makingKāpō Māori Aotearoa members and whānau have lost confidence in the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) Incorporated governance practices and decision-making processes. - Kāpō Māori, kāpō youth and parents’ do not have a seat at the governance table. - Tāngata kāpō and parent consumer leadership funding continues to shrink. - "We know what’s best” governance approach that incites controversy and distrust of RNZFB governors and employees. - Reactive governance actions that polarise the kāpō sector. - Apathy and disregard to affirm through governance action the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Our rangatiratanga is being marginalised and will continue to be if we do not take urgent action to fix what is obviously broken! This petition is the first step towards affirmative change. Show your support by signing our petition.127 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Chrissie Cowan