Delivering to our strategies

Te Pae Tawhiti – Our Future is MSD’s foundational strategy, describing what we need to do to deliver to our three outcomes.

Te Pae Tata Māori Strategy and Action Plan and our Pacific strategy and action plan, Pacific Prosperity, are key enabling strategies, guiding MSD on what needs to be done to work together more effectively to improve social and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and Pacific peoples.

While progressing towards Te Pae Tawhiti – Our Future, MSD has continued to deliver to Te Pae Tata and Pacific Prosperity through our key areas of work (including employment, income support, housing and partnering) and MSD – services for the future.

We have strengthened collaborative relationships with other government agencies, iwi, Māori and communities to identify and improve social and wellbeing outcomes for Māori and Pacific peoples.

Our work to bring Te Pae Tata and Pacific Prosperity to life includes:

  • supporting the Crown to deliver on its Treaty settlement commitments
  • delivering to cross-government strategies such as Te Aorerekura – the National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence
  • growing our capability to support Māori and Pacific peoples through the development of the Whakatere ki Te Pae Tawhiti Framework and its tools, socialisation of the Māori and Pacific Engagement Guidelines, and ongoing Māori and Pacific capability activities
  • developing regional service models to support whānau Māori and Pacific families in hardship
  • growing and supporting Māori business network opportunities to help deliver sustainable employment outcomes
  • development and ongoing delivery of the Supporting Pacific Peoples work programme, which enables the collective and organised implementation of Pacific Prosperity across MSD in partnership with key stakeholders. In 2024/25, this included updating the work programme to strengthen its evidence base and alignment with MSD’s key areas of work and Government Targets
  • implementing community-led approaches to strengthen cultural responsiveness and prevent family violence in Pacific communities through Pasefika Proud
  • ensuring that Māori and Pacific voices, advice and insights inform MSD work.

For more information about how we are delivering to our outcomes and strategies across our key areas of work, see pages 26 to 46.

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