Te Aratu Trust

10/04/2026

An inspirational, heartwarming story from the ihc page.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1At9LsyR7c/

Mr David Corner, of Wellington, ONZM for services to people with intellectual and learning disabilities

Mr David Corner has been a National Self Advocate Advisor with IHC New Zealand for 29 years, drawing on his own experience with an intellectual disability and Autism. He was involved with deinstitutionalisation of people with intellectual disabilities from large-scale institutions in the early 2000s. He is a member of the New Zealand Disability Strategy employment working group and was on the Association of Supported Employment New Zealand and Community Connections Boards. He chairs the IHC CEO Advisory Committee and was Inclusion International’s Asia-Pacific representative. He is a Life Member of People First New Zealand and Inclusion International. He is on Te Rōpū Kaiārahi Hauātanga, the Chief Ombudsman’s Disability Advisory panel. Mr Corner co-authored an international journal chapter about the effectiveness of Easy Read information for people with learning disabilities.

06/04/2026

✨ First Hauora Night of the year ✨

One night. One place. A chance to check in on your hauora and be looked after.

Complete a Hauora Clinic service on the night and receive kai, a voucher, and a gift 💚

You’re welcome to book ahead of time 0800507092.
On the night, we’ll see whānau in the order you arrive and everyone will be seen 💛

This will also be Hariata’s final Hauora Evening with Korowai Aroha, so as you collect your kai, please feel free to wish her all the best.

Thursday 9th April | 5:00pm–8:00pm last appointment 7.30pm
Enrolled and Casual Welcome

Nau mai haere mai

03/04/2026

Remember that daylight savings ends this Sunday.

So before you go to bed Sunday night,
shift clocks back 1 hour.
Your phones should automatically do this for you.

"Fall Back" means we turn our clocks back in Autumn (Americans call Autumn "Fall", which is why we say "fall" back in April, when it is Autumn in NZ 🍂 🍁).

We gain an hour, making it easier to wake up on colder mornings.

03/04/2026

Yesterday we also celebrated the journey of one of our Ākonga who has secured herself part-time work supporting a buddy with special needs, and volunteering at .

We wish Bailey all the best in her new ventures and are extremely grateful for the mahi she did at
Te Aratu Trust.

03/04/2026

What a blast we had yesterday to celebrate the end of term 1! 🎉

DJ Mark, an ex-student who will be rejoining our whānau next term, put on an amazing disco 🪩.
Many danced, 1 Ākonga even showed us his breakdancing moves!

Pizza Hut Fairy Springs made our delicious lunch for us & gave us a discount for buying so many 🍕.

We had an Easter egg hunt🥚 with enthusiastic participations.
Thank you Whaea Róisín for organizing it.

So much fun!

We look forward to seeing Ākonga again on Monday the 13th of April when we reopen for term 2.

01/04/2026

30/03/2026

𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭, pictured with 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 (Manager, Haka House) has secured 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐢 following a successful three-month trial period. Brent was supported by 𝐄𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐞 at Work Together Rotorua, who played a key role in supporting him to secure employment.

During his time with us, Brent achieved an important milestone by gaining his 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. We are proud of Brent’s commitment, perseverance, and progress, and we acknowledge the collaborative support that has helped make this outcome possible.

𝐊𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐮 𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐡𝐢, 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 — we wish you every success as you continue on your journey.

27/03/2026

Te Aratu Trust is very grateful to all our funders supporting our mahi.
Thank you Four Winds Foundation for the provision of much-needed salary funding.
Photo credit: Katie Hoy Photographer

19/03/2026

Rochelle brought her dog George in today...I think the students were very pleased to see him!