Wana Tamariki Trust

31/01/2025

It has been awesome to have our group kids back again this week. We missed you! And we have our new signs up and we are loving them.

29/12/2024

Over the last few years, we have undertaken a journey of reflection, planning for the future and transforming services. We have met with families and had a planning day with the whole team. We have worked with local groups and iwi and have determined that a new name is part of our way forward, along with some changes to how we work. These changes may not be things that are entirely obvious to our families or our community looking in, but have been transformative and we believe will ensure that we are providing the best possible opportunities to get great outcomes for the tamariki and whaanau we work with.

As of January 2025, Conductive Education Waikato will be known as Wana Tamariki Trust. Wana means to bud, shoot, come to life, seedling or young shoot. It also means to be exciting, stimulating, thrilling and moving. It is about having excitement, passion and energy. We believe that this is a very good fit for our tamariki and whaanau and is how we want to work moving forward. Ngati Wairere supported us in the process to find our new name and we are especially indebted to them for this. There are many things we want to achieve in 2025 under our new look and we look forward to sharing these with you as the next year unfolds. We would love to hear your thoughts about our new look and we will be rolling this out from early 2025.

29/04/2024

An awesome opportunity to spend a morning with a man doing awesome mahi, both professionally and personally. The bonus is you also support the New Zealand Foundation for Conductive Education in their work too. Please share with anyone you know in Christchurch and people who would travel to hear Sir Wayne Smith.

Breakfast with Smithy!

18/04/2024

Some of the team are down at the Hamilton Settlement Centre today. Come on down and check out community services, grab a sausage and enjoy the sunshine. We're here until 2 and would love to see you

18/12/2023

Merry Christmas to all the tamariki and families we serve and all those we have worked with over 2023. Wishing you a fun, sunny and safe Christmas and we are looking forward to seeing you again in 2024. 2024 promises to be an exciting one with a few changes coming our way.

08/09/2023

Awesome mahi! We are proud to be part of the organisation this great man supports.

The revered rugby coach received his title at an investiture ceremony in Auckland today although he still feels "awkward" about his new status.

24/08/2023

Welcome to the 2 new awesome Ambassadors for Conductive Education!

29/06/2022

It's Blue Thursday! Hope you have your blue on to support AMC today 🟦

June 30th this Thursday is Arthrogryposis Awareness day,

We would love to see as many people as possible get involved with this.

Let's celebrate the differences within our AMC community, the joy, people, and learning it has brought to all our lives.

But wear Blue and be proud to be a part of the AMC community.

Put it as a reminder on your phone

06/10/2021

It's world Cerebral Palsy Day! Check out the Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand page for some awesome photos of support, including one of our wee cherubs

TODAY is World Cerebral Palsy Day & we want you to see you supporting Kiwis living with Cerebral Palsy by going green for the day.
Wear green, do some green home baking, decorate your letterbox green, green art & craft with the kids, paint your face green, turn your hair green.......

Send your green photos to cpsociety@cpsociety.org.nz & we’ll share them on social media & our website. We’d love to see everyone’s green efforts!

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Be sure to tag & & use the hashtags

02/12/2020

Today is International Day of People with Disabilities. The theme for the day this year is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World”.

For more information please see
https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-3-december/idpd2020.html

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is annually observed on 3 December to promote the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities and to take action for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of society and development. This year, the Internatio...

06/11/2020

Eva is a 3 year old superstar with Cerebral Palsy. Her goal is to walk independantly, and she is well on her way. Nothing keeps this girl down for long. We think she is amazing!

06/11/2020

Supported standing allows Hayley to access the play kitchen. While in this position, she is working on weight bearing while playing in the midline position. She had a great time cooking 'dinner'. This fun exercise also helps develop Hayley's fine motor /manipulation skills. As you can observe, Hayley has no problems with imagination and creativity!