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This month marks a year since the Hastings Place Based Plan pilot to tackle the housing challenges in the district was launched, and significant progress has been made to help more whānau into safe, dry, warm affordable homes. Hawke’s Bay has some of the highest levels of housing need in New Zealand in terms of population size, and within... Keep Reading

28 Oct 2020  Several Hawke’s Bay families have seen an improvement in the physical and emotional wellbeing of their young tamariki with eczema, thanks to a quality improvement project. Hastings-based Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, provides a range of kaupapa Māori hauora services to improve the health status of Māori in... Keep Reading

9 October 2020 Aspirations for Marae in region to be realised There are 21 Marae across Heretaunga and Ahuriri that are set to realise the dreams for their Marae with $6 million approved funding through... Keep Reading

Mā pango, mā whero ka oti te mahi Te Tū Marae ki Te Matau-a-Māui The PGF Marae Renovation Fund was established to identify a pipeline of shovel-ready projects to support the economy during COVID-19 rebuild and was seen as a vehicle to create employment opportunities, increase skills and renovate Marae.  Renovations of... Keep Reading

A celebration of 35 years working with whānau in the Heretaunga community was celebrated with a short history lesson, waiata and the cutting of the cake this morning. Iwi chair Ngahiwi Tomoana provided the history of the kaupapa Māori organisation which went from humble beginnings starting in a back shed in Flaxmere to canny investments... Keep Reading

The supply of much needed homes in Flaxmere’s Waingākau Village is about to accelarate after Provincial Growth Fund support was announced last week. “This allows us to bring forward the development of roads and infrastructure to the village enabling up to 50 whānau to realise their aspirations of homeownership sooner,” said Mike Paku,... Keep Reading

Heretaunga Taiwhenua is hosting one of the hui in Hastings at the newly opened Hawke's Bay Opera House - ToiToi Centre on Tuesday, August 18, the hui will be held from 9am-3pm  Taiwhenua chief executive George Reedy says the key objective of this hui will be on empowering not only emerging Māori enterprises but other small businesses that... Keep Reading

TToH is hosting a hui in Hastings, one of a series of Māori Economic Summit hui throughout the country at the newly opened Hawke's Bay Opera House - ToiToi Centre on Tuesday, August 18. Keep Reading

What’s your background?I grew up in Tikitiki, up the East Coast, surrounded by uncles, aunts and grandparents. That gave me a solid start in life. I was secure in the knowledge of who I was, and who was there for me. Who has been the most inspirational person in your life?One of my earliest memories is of my mother piggybacking me across a... Keep Reading

This whakataukī reflects the community response to the COVID-19 pandemic during lockdown in our region  read more . With an aim to ‘ensure that there was kai on the tables of every whānau in Kahungunu’ many groups worked closely to help achieve this. Having a 300 strong workforce, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga (TToH) had the capacity to... Keep Reading

Te Poutama Tautoko is about our kaimahi giving whaiora a hand-up and helping them into a space where they can reach optimum wellness independently. These ladies are on their own poutama towards academic achievement and are a shining example to their peers and whaiora alike. Cassidy and Whakiao both completed their Te Taketake Diploma... Keep Reading

Looking back on his career as an Attendance Officer, Paul Drower shares that it was a journey worth travelling. The way he approaches his Non-Enrolled and Unjustified Absence Cases is just as relevant now as it was three decades ago. Paul celebrated his anniversary on the 3rd of July, the day he was handed his first Non-Enrolled Case from... Keep Reading