Introducing Tūpuna Parenting
We are grateful to our funders who support our kaupapa in many ways. This wonderful video was made by the MAS Foundation about our mahi - ngā mihi nui ki a rātou!
Join the movement
Whether for yourself, your whānau or your organisation, you can connect this kaupapa in a few ways:
Interested in Ngākau Aroha for Kaimahi?
Grounded in mātauranga and independently evaluated, explore how we spread our movement across the motu - through the kaimahi who support whānau.
Browse kōrero by topic
Explore our kaupapa and modern whānau pūrākau to help you bring tūpuna parenting into your whare and your workplace.
Kōrero Pai - Speak Positively
One of the simple ways we can be mana-enhancing with our whānau everyday is to speak positively and be encouraging with everything we say and do.
Explore our rangahau & evaluation reports
Grounded with mātauranga, evidence-based and data-driven
PDFSocial Return on Investment Report (2025)
In August 2025, an independent evaluator completed a Social Return on Investment (SROI) on Ngākau Aroha for Kaimahi showing that for every $1 invested, $11.20 of value is created. The analysis affirms that the benefits significantly outweigh the costs, positioning our kaupapa as an effective and scalable model for social impact.
PDFTaku Waipiataata, Taku Hei Tāwhiri - Cherising Tamariki Through Tūpuna Child Rearing (2025)
This report explores the revitalisation of pre-colonial Māori childrearing - rooted in collective whānau responsibility, reverence for tamariki and ancestral wisdom - bridging mātauranga Māori, pūrākau and academic insights to reclaim and apply tūpuna parenting practices today.
PDFTūpuna Parenting Rangahau Strategy (2024)
Our Rangahau Strategy offers a rangahau journey that aims to explore, discover, and rediscover the wealth of knowledge preserved in oral traditions from our tūpuna on gentle parenting methods.
Latest Resources
Discover our latest resources from our team for your whānau or your mahi. Download to your phone, or print for your wānanga or workplace.
PDFActivity - Kōrero pai ki ahau
Use this activity to explore simple, everyday ways to bring mana-enhancing kōrero into the whare for your tamariki. You can do this with your tamaiti/tamariki and ask them how they would like to be spoken to, or what mana-enhancing kōrero they want to hear from you.
PDFActivity Sheet about Crying Pepi for Whānau
This activity sheet helps whānau understand and respond to pēpi crying with aroha. Print it and work through it with whānau, or leave it with them.
PDFBooklet about Fatherhood and Tūpuna Tāne
Tūpuna tāne were desribed as "idolatrously fond" of their tamariki. Read this pukapuka to find out how our tūpuna can influence your pāpātanga as a modern father, koro, uncle and tāne raising the rangatira of tomorrow.
Ko wai matou?
Who are we?
Tūpuna Parenting is run by māmā and pāpā who are passionate about reclaiming our whakapapa and inspiring whānau.
Our stories come from ngā iwi o te motu
Explore pūrākau (oral histories) about our tūpuna and whānau today to help you bring this kaupapa into your home.