Enhance the social, physical, economic and cultural well-being of Māori by fostering and contributing to effective health promotion, contributing to the development of environments which support well-being, supporting strategies that prevent and reduce ill-health, identifying the influence of environments in health, challenging government social norms and advocacy role, ensuring safe and effective health services and care and ensuring Māori health is kept on the agenda.

Foster a Māori health research workforce by providing a supportive work environment, supporting individual career development, providing training opportunities and supporting non-Māori researchers accordingly (knowledge translation).

Develop Māori research methodology by drawing on the established body of knowledge and contributing to its on-going development and evolution, maximising the potential of research findings to effect positive Māori development, ensuring that Tōmaiora projects, including collaborative partnerships, are consistent with the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Develop collaborative networks to foster the kaupapa of Tōmaiora Research with Māori organisations and institutions, Māori health researchers and Māori research groups, The University of Auckland, institutions and organisations and international links, particularly with indigenous researchers.