Description Taikura Trust provide support to disabled people under 65 years and their families and carers in the Auckland Region. They help them to understand their needs, develop plans and ensure the best support services are in place to meet those needs. They are the Auckland Region’s Needs Assessment and Service Coordination agency (NASC). They …
Description Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa was established in 1987 under the guidance of Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu in collaboration with Mayor Ross Jensen. Its role as an Urban Māori Authority came with the responsibility of providing a voice and place for Māori and Pacific peoples within the city boundary of Kirikiriroa. Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa …
Description Ringa Atawhai Trust is an education, information, and health promotion referral service. The Trust’s service boundaries extend from Te Hapua in the north, to Ruawai and Te Hana in the south encompassing Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu, Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whatua, Ngāti Hine and Ngāti Wai. Te Taitokerau is over-represented in suicide statistics …
Description Rauawaawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust (“Rauawaawa”) is a non-profit registered charitable entity unique in its set up as a Kaumātua governed and led organisation servicing the needs of Kaumātua within Kirikiriroa (Hamilton). Rauawaawa provides a range of health, social, educational, cultural, recreational, housing and financial services to enhance the quality of life and well-being of …
Description The Raglan Community House is a community organisation which has been identifying and anticipating Raglan community needs and facilitating responses since 1987. The organisation supports and administers the Raglan community Suicide Prevention and Awareness Group, which was established in February 2012 after a cluster of suicides in the district. Their initiative, which provided ASIST …
Description Piritahi Hau Ora Trust (PHOT) is a marae based health service for all people on Waiheke island. In response to the death of six young Māori on Waiheke Island in 2013 whānau identified the need to make marae-based, multi-channel Waiheke Island-specific information, education and support acceptable and accessible. PHOT has a Multi-disciplinary, kaupapa Māori …
Description The Otara Boards Forum (OBF) was established in 1996 and is made up of Otara School Board ofTrustees chairpersons. The forum plays a major leadership role within the local community andschools. There are strong community links; especially to Otara’s 17 schools, three local Marae and themain Pacific groups in Otara.
Description Kia Mau Te Ora is a series of Waka wānanga undertaken by Ngā Waka o Te Taitokerau (Ngā Waka) in the Far North to maximise the suicide prevention kaupapa and develop an evaluation process. Under this programme Ngā Waka provided three wānanga between September and December 2014 with upward of 120 participants. Kaiako (trainers) …
Description Ngāti Tahu and Ngāti Whaoa cover the tribal area from Te Waiheke o Huka (Huka Falls) to the south, extending east to the pou whenua of Ngapuketerua beyond the Rangitaiki River, then northward across the plains of Kaingaroa to Wairapukao and further on to Pekepeke. From there the area extends to the northern pou …
Description Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Charitable Trust (NKKW) (http://www.kahungunu.iwi.nz/kahungunu-ki-wairarapa) has long observed the impact of suicide experienced by many whānau and families in the Wairarapa. In response to these tragedies NKKW brought together whānau and community services in 2014, to form Te Kupenga ō Wairarapa (TKW); a rōpū (group) that is very passionate about making …