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NAU MAI,
HAERE MAI

Te Ao Mārama is the professional association for Māori oral health professionals – dental / oral health therapists, dental hygienists, dentists, dental specialists, oral health promoters, dental assistants and administrators, researchers, teachers and students.

Hei oranga niho mo te iwi Māori

Te Ao Mārama
is an assertion of
Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Article I / Kawanatanga

Māori sovereignty and governance over Māori oral health.

Article II / Tino Rangatiratanga

Reclaiming the right for our people to make their own decisions, with sovereignty over their own taonga.

Article III / Oritetanga

‘Hei Oranga Niho mo te Iwi Maori’ Good oral health for Maori, for life'.

Te Ao Mārama continues to be an association that welcomes members from every part of the oral health and wider health sectors, who are committed to improving oral health outcomes for Māori.

Our Sponsors

Henry Schein Dental
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