Description

A Community Health Needs Assessment Survey compiled by Te Awanui Hauora Trust, on Matakana Island, showed 40% of the Island population is aged between 12 and 24 years, and 70% of the residents were low income with limited access to specialist services for whānau and few experiences for many of the Rangatahi in their community.

Te Awanui Hauora Trust intends to increase their focus on youth intervention within and on behalf of the Te Awanui community and be more proactive in the approach to suicide awareness and prevention. As a Whānau Ora service provider they needed to grow the range of approaches used with whānau and develop coaching, goal setting, assessment and action planning skill sets.

The Kīwai Rangahau, Te Rau Matatini evaluation team was commissioned to undertake a review of the Waka Hourua Fund. The focus of this specific review therefore was to assess and to determine how the Te Awanui Hauora Trust programme implementation aligns to the overall intent, and design of the Waka Hourua programme and what actually happened during its implementation (how much, how well, and is anybody better off).