Mahi a Atua is a Māori wellbeing framework based around storytelling. Grounded in a Māori world view, this approach is designed to foster transformation and systemic change and indigenise practices, institutions and personal and professional spaces.

The knowledge, messages and principles within pūrākau (Māori creation stories) spark conversations aimed at promoting wellbeing, consciousness raising and healing. By drawing on the customs and stories of Māori atua, we learn how ancestors interpreted the world, giving us a pathway to understanding, connection and change in our lives and the lives of others. Through telling our own life stories, alongside traditional pūrākau, we can reimagine how we live in the world and navigate challenges, based in Māori knowledge.