Kua hua te marama - Something has completed a full cycle

At the end of July 2019, our beloved Tāmaki Wellbeing Bach closed its doors, marking the end of chapter in a longer journey that still continues to bridge health and community through the activation of local wellb...

Awhi Ora – Walk Alongside Support is a flexible and person-centred wellbeing support service, helping people to identify and work on the challenges that are important to them.  Several non-government organisations (NGOs) deliver the Awhi Ora – Walk Alongside Support in...

Two weeks ago Fiona from Kāhu Tū Kaha, Charlotte from Glen Innes Family Centre, Karl and I ran a workshop on the early years system mapping work we have been doing.  The aim of this project is to try and understand and document the enablers and barriers to wellbeing fo...

The Tāmaki Wellbeing initiative is turning new corners this year.  We are building a closer working relationship with the Tāmaki Response and look forward to joint projects and work programmes.  

Awhi Ora – Walk alongside support...

What a year!

As 2018 nears its end, now is a good time for reflecting. There are three markers to be remembered for the Tāmaki Wellbeing initiative this year: the evaluation outcomes of Awhi Ora and Te Tumu Waiora, the Auckland DHB Health Excellence Awards and the Menta...

Ki Ora!

I'm Fiona, last month myself and Oliver, as part of the Tamaki Wellbeing Initiative spent a day talking with the local community about their wellbeing.  First of all, thank you so much to everyone who shared and were involved.  Participants in particular and als...

Awhi Ora  – Supporting Wellbeing is a flexible and person-centred wellbeing support service which supports people to identify and work on the challenges that are important to them.  The Awhi Ora  – Supporting Wellbeing service is free and provided by seven mental healt...

When we first came to Tāmaki we asked the community “what matters to you?”  The response from many was housing.

So when an opportunity arose earlier this year to work with Tāmaki Housing Association (THA) we jumped at it.  The aim was to consider ways to strengthen supp...

In May of 2017 - we helped launch the very first design cycle of the Flipping East Lab, a social innovation platform embedded within the geo-local community of Tāmaki, aiming to foster strategic locally-driven responses in order to address complex social challenges tha...

For this blog, we are happy to hand over the pen to Seyed who has supported people through Awhi Ora from the very early days – thank you Seyed!

“Awhi Ora – Supporting Wellbeing is a central point of contact for people to redress their personal or emotional issues.  Thro...