TOA - Te Roopu Āwhina

We work with whānau across Porirua providing social service support. Our services focus on individuals, whānau and hapori wellbeing and are delivered by working closely with a range of providers and Government agencies.

Our services include: Whānau Hononga, Poipoi Tangata, Te Whare Whakaruruhau o Raumanuka, Te Umu ki Rangituhi, Care Services.

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    Te Umu ki Rangituhi

    Te Umu ki Rangituhi supports whānau with access to nutritious kai. Through our Social Supermarket, Pātaka Kai, food rescue programme, and volunteer network, we help ensure whānau can access the support they need in a welcoming and respectful environment.

  • Te Whare Whakaruruhau o Raumanuka

    Te Whare Whakaruruhau o Raumanuka supports tāne Māori released from corrections facilities or serving community-based sentences, providing a safe environment with tautoko, awhi and manaaki to reconnect with whānau and community.

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    Social Workers in School (SWIS)

    Social workers in school is a school based program that provides support to our tamariki. They provide advocacy, mental health intervention, crisis management, and support services.

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    Tuakana

    Tukana is a support program for rangatahi aged between 12-16 years. The service supports rangatahi with the development of plans and goals that will support the rangatahi to make informed decisions.

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    Counselling

    This important service provides professional counselling for families dealing with past or current issues that affect their wellbeing. We aim to help you face these challenges with care and understanding.

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    Violence Prevention Education

    This service works with whānau to look at strategies and interventions, for whānau wanting to understand the dynamics of violence, power and control and self-control in this area.

Other services we offer

  • We facilitate Family group conferences in conjunction with Oranga Tamariki. At a care and protection family group conference, te tamaiti or rangatahi and their whānau or family come together to create their own solutions for the safety and wellbeing concerns, with support from Oranga Tamariki.

  • Te Pae Oranga is an Iwi Justice panel partnership between Wellington District Police and Ngāti Toa & Te Ātiawa.

    Te Pae Oranga Iwi Community Panels are a way Police, Iwi, and communities:

    • help people in trouble to get their lives back on track.

    • do right by people harmed by crime.

    • hold people accountable while offering a pathway away from the criminal justice system.

    • provide a unique and authentic process coordinated and led by Iwi.

    As well as looking at what happened when someone has offended, Te Pae Oranga looks at the reasons why, and what’s going on in people’s lives. That way, the panel can connect them to the right kind of services and support. Participants’ plans can include actions such as:

    • getting support to quit drugs and alcohol

    • getting a driver licence, a job or training

    • doing an anger management course

    • paying for damage (reparation)

    • hearing how victims were affected and apologising to them.

  • Our Iwi Led teamwork in partnership with Oranga Tamariki for the care, safety, well-being of tamariki and rangatahi, also providing support for their whānau. We have a Kaupapa māori team of Iwi Led Family Group Conference Coordinators, Iwi Led Social Workers and Kairangahau.

    We work alongside Oranga Tamariki when there has been a report of concern. Whānau are supported throughout the care and protection and/or Youth Justice process to become resilient and independent.