This September is Wills Month - a time to reflect on the legacy we leave behind. We're encouraging our community to consider writing or updating their will, and to think about including a gift to Home & Family.
By leaving a gift in your will, you can help create a future where tamariki and whānau in Canterbury are safe, supported, and free from violence and neglect. It’s a meaningful way to ensure your values live on and continue making a difference for generations to come.
We are committed to creating environments for positive change by building safe and secure families but we cannot achieve this alone.
11/09/2025
✨Welcome to Kōmanawa!✨
After over a year of mahi towards this massive goal, our Kōmanawa Children's Centre is officially complete and we are thrilled to finally share it with you all! 🙌🏽
This video we've created is not just a tour of the new facilities - it is a heartfelt thank you on behalf of our team and our clients for the incredible amount of support we received to make this a reality. A special thank you to Rātā Foundation for empowering the build, Ministry of Social Development NZ for ensuring the facilities are accessible and CORDE for massively supporting our garden project! 🧡
Beko
DWCS Ltd
Runacres Insurance
Miles Construction Ltd
Intelligro
Direct Logistics
Mico
CARTERS Madras Street
Bunnings Warehouse New Zealand Riccarton
Mitre 10 New Zealand MEGA Brougham Street
iPAVE Concrete
Concrete & Landscapes Ltd.
🎥: Michelle Teo (Home & Family)
NOTE: The child featured is not a Home & Family client. Example only.
09/09/2025
Ngā mihi nui, Rātā Foundation - for empowering us to measure our impact in the community, supporting the build of our new children's centre, and allowing us to share our story. We are SO proud of our longstanding partnership with Rātā, and grateful for their generous support of our mahi! 🧡
05/09/2025
A massive thank you to Hamish from NZF Products Ltd for donating a brand-new drain cover to replace our broken one! With our recent big office move, in-kind gifts like this take some of the pressure off so we can focus on our mahi in the community. We're so grateful for the support! 🧡
25/08/2025
Last week, Hamish & Simone kicked off our second Youth Panel meeting for the year at our new premises! 🙌🏽
Home & Family's Youth Panel meets four times a year to discuss and help design our services for youth! This is a great opportunity for rangatahi to develop their leadership skills and make their voices heard 📣
Swipe through to see one of our Youth Panel rangatahi in the Plains Media studio with Hamish for an episode of her own radio show - how awesome to see our rangatahi thriving! 😍 (check out on Instagram!)
If you know anyone who would be interested in joining our Youth Panel, DM us or send an email to: contact@homeandfamily.net.nz
25/08/2025
Thank you to New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) for their recent funding towards our essential trauma-focused psychology service! 🙌🏽
Your kind gift will help children in Christchurch and Canterbury who've experienced significant trauma to envisage and create healthier futures - ngā mihi nui 🧡
21/08/2025
📢 JOB OPPORTUNITY 📢
We're currently seeking a Full-time Registered Social Worker for our Kōmanawa Wraparound Service (Pay Equity Role).
If this sounds like you, apply below!
Join a passionate team committed to our vision of all tamariki experiencing a safe and positive childhood.
20/08/2025
Ngā mihi nui CORDE 🧡
12/08/2025
📢WE'RE MOVING!📢
As of today, our Barrington office is officially closed. We are currently moving to our new premises at 41 Opawa Road, and all our services will be running as usual from Monday 18th August. 🙌🏽
If you have any questions, please call us on 021 101 1438.
07/08/2025
Last week, Emma & Matt from MATES in Construction New Zealand dropped by for a welfare check on the Miles Construction Ltd team who are currently finalising our new office renovations! 👷🏽♂️
Val & Darryl got to show them around our almost-finished children's centre, while they shared some insight on MATES in Construction, a programme dedicated to reducing the number of lives lost to su***de in the construction industry - such incredibly important mahi!
Thanks to Emma and Matt for sharing and spending a bit of time with us 🤗🧡
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All children should believe that they can reach for the stars
Home & Family are the springboard for children to reach for the stars.
Home & Family/Te Whare Manaaki Tangata has been in Christchurch for over 120 years. Originally known as ‘The Society for the Protection of Women and Children’, it has consistently adapted to meet the needs of the community. We believe that all children should live in homes where they are safe, cherished and where their potential is nurtured.
Why “Reach for the Stars”?
Reach for the stars means that all children should have the confidence and tools to fulfil their potential. We support children so that they regain their sense of self-belief and their confidence. We help families/whānau to understand the importance of attachment, why a child might be behaving in a certain way, as well as understanding their stages of development and how adversity such as family violence can affect a child’s wellbeing.
The welfare of children is central to everything we do, today we provide the following services:
We provide a parenting programme, which helps keep families together by giving parents skills in safe, effective and nurturing parenting. It is a residential programme which runs 24/7, 365 days a year and typically families stay for two months, although there is no time limit. Very often we work with families where out of home placements are being considered for the children. Research shows children are better off in the care of their parents; Home & Family is committed to keeping children in the care of their parents wherever possible.
We offer counselling for children, youth and couples, but specialise in work with children, offering play therapy for children as young as three. 98% of our referrals are for children and youth, with abuse and family violence being our most common referral reason.
Our Refocus programme offers a child-focused intervention, which aims to break cycles that can result in young people entering the youth justice system. The programme is a holistic service which recognises how the ’bigger picture’ contributes to young individuals becoming offenders and works with the whole whānau for up to five years. The team’s ability to work alongside whānau who live with inter-generational complexity is widely valued within our community.
Integrated Safety Response (ISR) is a multi-agency project that focuses on the joined-up support and services that families, including victims and perpetrators, receive following family violence reported to NZ Police and high-risk prison releases in Christchurch. It tests a new approach to making sure families experiencing violence get the help they need from family violence services.
Each of the services we provide is unique, but take a vital place in the landscape of social services available in Canterbury.
