Ngāti Kahu Social and Health Services use a Kaupapa Māori approach to support individuals and whānau towards living healthy, well, and safe lives. We provide support and resources to improve wellbeing outcomes in our hapori – from hapū māmā, pēpi, tamariki and rangatahi to kaumatua and kuia. Every person who seeks our help will be assisted, either by us or by someone in the community who can. Our focus remains steadfast, “Whānau as leaders for Whānau – He Taumata Whānau”.
Every whānau has a role to play and whether you are on land or on water, your role is important.
Our mission as a high-quality mātauranga Māori provider of services is to work towards achieving our vision of He Oranga Tangata. We do this by providing strong leadership, maintaining a dynamic operating environment, enabling innovation and cultivating capability for our team, our whānau and all within the rohe o Ngāti Kahu.
We encourage the empowerment of individuals towards achieving a state of wellbeing. We recognise that each person can improve their own wellbeing and encourage them to take active steps towards achieving this goal. Our health and happiness are within our own power to control, and we all have the potential to thrive when we are empowered.
In the 1980s, Ngāti Kahu formed a Ngāti Kahu Social Services to work with our whānau. We later graduated our services into the health sector and in the 1990s, we became Ngāti Kahu Social and Health Services. Since the beginning, we provide support and resources to individuals and families, with a focus on improving the health outcomes of Māori.