What is the Hokonui Locality?
The establishment of localities is a fundamental part of the reform of New Zealand’s health system.
The Hokonui Locality plans and makes recommendations for the delivery of healthcare services within the wider Gore District, servicing the needs of our residents and those who travel from nearby areas to receive treatment here.
A locality partnership has been formed across iwi, health, social care and community organisations. This locality partnership works with the Ngai Tāhu Iwi-Māori Partnership Board, Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand and Te Aka Whai Ora – Māori Health Authority to plan the services that will be delivered by provider networks in our locality.
Localities: a new approach to health and wellbeing
The development of localities across New Zealand is a fundamental part of the reform of the country’s health system. This place-based approach to planning and delivering health and wellbeing services is an exciting opportunity to embed a stronger population health focus across the health system.
It supports joined-up care, services that meet the needs of communities, locally driven decisions and a greater focus on prevention and health promotion.
A locality is a place and people-based approach to improving the health of populations, as well as a mechanism for organising health and social services to meet the needs identified by whānau, community and Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards.
There are three characteristics to a locality:
It is a partnership with mana whenua, recognising their tino rangatiratanga.
The approach supports locally led solutions that take a holistic approach to wellbeing, acknowledging the range of other factors that impact on a person’s health.
The locality approach aims to join up care across communities and improve integration with different layers of the health and social system.
Te Whatu Ora will seek to better understand its communities, people’s lifestyles, health needs, experience of care and what its priorities are.
Understanding our communities will enable Te Whatu Ora to work in partnership with them to better design services that meet that community and its people’s needs.
Our people
A locality partnership has been formed across iwi, health, social care and community organisations.
The current Hokonui Locality Governance Group members are:
Jo Brand (Chair)
Kaitoko Matauranga - Hokonui Rūnanga
Mihaela Erdelyi
Consumer Representative - Time for Change Te Hurihanga [Southern Mental Health and Addictions Network]
Bronnie Grant
Consumer Representative - Community Health Council
Susan Jones
Practice Manager - Gore Medical Centre
Nicky Coats
Chairperson - Mataura Community Board
Cynthia Fairley
Gore Senior Sergeant - New Zealand Police
Trinity McMahon
Director - Southland - Regional Public Service
Karl Metzler
CEO - Gore Health
Anne Pullar
Community Strategy Manager - Gore District Council
Rhonda Reid
Business Manager - Gore Health
Pamela Yorke
Chairperson - Waihopai Toe Toe Community Board
Robyn Morris
Manager - Community Networking Trust
Stuart Barson
Integration Director - Well South PHO
The current Hokonui Locality Management team are:
Ceri Macleod
Manager - Hokonui Locality Prototype
Tegan Ramage
Executive Communication Assistant - Hokonui Locality Prototype
Our current priorities
We engaged in community consultation to better understand the needs and priorities of the Hokonui community. The feedback we have received informed the development of our locality plan.
Our locality plan is being developed together with, and endorsed by, Health New Zealand/Te Whatu Ora.
Provider networks collaborate to deliver the outcomes set in the locality plans.