Dean Rangihuna is of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Hei descent and is the father of four boys. Dean is a passionate advocate for improving health and wellbeing outcomes for Māori...
Workforce
Manukura | Tui Taurua
Ngāti Rehia, Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngāti Kawa and Ngāpuhi nui tonu Tui Taurua’s mahi in the mental health sector spans twenty-seven years this month of March. Community development, social justice, wāhine...
Manukura | Joseph Tyro
Ko wai ahau - Re-Indigenising myself and reclaiming my identity and place in this world as Māori, have been central to providing a purpose for everything I do. Motivated by...
Māori Lived Experience Leadership
The Lived Experience team at Te Aka Whai Ora work to support government to deliver better mental health and wellbeing outcomes. In the last eight months they carried out several...
Strength, connection, and recovery through citizenship, belonging, and community.
A peer-led programme of education and connection
Peer support – working with Corrections
Challenging mindset to move towards desistance from offending and reconnection with community.
E Ara E – Rise up
Supporting rangatahi aged 18 to 24 years old into work or study
Peer support in the community
Supporting people in the adult residential therapeutic community.
Peer Support – Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court (AODTC)
Peer Support started in Odyssey in 2012 when Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua (the AODTC), started at Auckland and Waitakere District Courts.
Great success for 1737 with Peer Support Mental Health Helpline
Since August 2020, people in need of mental health support have had the option to speak to someone with lived experience of wairangi mental distress when they call 1737- Need...
