Te Awhi Rito
Registration number CC59321Sector: Social servicesOtaki
Purpose: Te Awhi Rito Trust nurtures at-risk tamariki in Ōtaki, a Māori and bilingual community, fostering wellbeing, cultural identity, and resilience. Inspired by the harakeke plant, our purpose is to provide a safe, trauma-informed environment for 12–15 tamariki weekly and 20 preschoolers through after-school programmes, dinner clubs, and playgroups. Founded by Rangiatea’s Māori and Tikanga Pākehā Anglican churches and the Presbyterian church, we engage kaumatua and Te Wānanga o Raukawa youth workers to deliver meals, life skills, and cultural activities. Our majority Māori, inclusive team supports whānau, promoting intergenerational ties and self-management. Now in our fourth year, our mature model yields improved tamariki behaviour and confidence, benefiting the community. We whakamanawa tamariki to thrive.
- Activity
- Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)
- Helps
- Children / young people
- Address
- 47 Te Rauparaha Street, Otaki 5512
- admin@teawhirito.nz
- Website
- teawhirito.nz
- Social
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