Tuwharetoa Health Charitable Trust

22/10/2025

Early checks save lives. 💕

Breast cancer can affect anyone, mama, aunties, daughters, friends. (and tane!)
A few minutes once a month could make all the difference.

Take time for yourself:
✨ Look for changes
✨ Feel for lumps or tenderness
✨ Notice what’s normal for you

You know your body best, e hoa, trust it, protect it, and check it.

Together, we can keep our wahine strong and thriving.

22/10/2025

🎀 “Check Those Ti***es” breast-checking awareness video. This isn’t your average health video; it’s a reminder that checking your breasts can literally save your life.

It only takes two minutes, and you can do it anywhere; in the shower, before bed, or while putting on your moisturiser.

You don’t need fancy tools; just your hands, your awareness, and a little bit of mana wahine energy - tane too!

Thank you to all our team who check their ti***es!

All Credit to for the rights to the song and her amazing creativity

https://youtu.be/QE7H6pS9GFw?si=pWZvIZnXr4g12ETa

💖 Set your reminder

🎀 Pink October, let’s keep our whanau strong.

🎀 “Check Those Ti***es” breast-checking awareness video. This isn’t your average health video; it’s a reminder that checking your breasts can literally save...

21/10/2025

Wishing all our pakeke the very best at the Kaumatua Olympics tomorrow!

We’re so proud of each of you showing that hauora, movement, and laughter have no age limit.

Have fun, stay hydrated, and give it your all. Whether you take home a medal or just some good memories, you’re all champions in our eyes. 🥇

Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui e te whanau pakeke!

20/10/2025

Sometimes hauora starts with something as simple as your breath. Try this quick 2-minute breathwork exercise it’s great for calming the mind, lowering stress, and helping everyone from tamariki to pakeke feel more grounded:

✨ Sit comfortably.
✨ Inhale slowly through your nose for 4 counts.
✨ Hold for 2 counts.
✨ Exhale gently through your mouth for 6 counts.
✨ Repeat 5 times.

This little reset can be done anywhere sitting in your car in New World parking lot, at home, or outside under the trees.

Take a moment today for yourself, check in with yourself afterwards, how did you feel? feel lighter? more energised? How do you think you would feel if you intergrated into your daily habits?

16/10/2025

Whanau Ora, the strength of whanau to lead their own wellbeing.

Whanau Ora is about whanau being in control, setting goals, making decisions, and creating pathways to a better future together.

Our kaimahi walk alongside you and whanau to:
✨ Strengthen health and wellbeing
✨ Support independence
✨ Build confidence, connection, and purpose
✨ Celebrate the strengths already within every whanau

That’s Whanau Ora; for the whanau, by the whanau, with the whanau.

Please call our office and ask for Monica at 0800 WHARIKI (0800 942 7454). Whanau Ora support is very much alive in our community.

14/10/2025

Closed for Team Engagement & Training on Thursday, October 16th
Team Noho Day is a time for our kaimahi to connect, reflect, and strengthen the way we serve our whanau.

Thank you for your understanding. We’ll be back on Friday, refreshed and ready to support you.

12/10/2025

Our home-based support services help whanau stay safe, healthy, and independent in the comfort of their own homes; where stories are shared, laughter echoes, and mana is upheld.

Whether it’s a friendly visit, a helping hand with kai or medication, or just someone to korero with every moment builds trust, confidence, and connection.

Because hauora isn’t only about health it’s about belonging, sharing, and being supported to live life your way.

Kia kaha te noho motuhake, kia kaha te aroha.

We are also hiring for a:
Home Based Support Services Coordinator (Turangi).
and
Homebased Support Worker (Taupo)
check out our website, thct.co.nz/careers-at-thct

12/10/2025

HAPU MAMA WANANGA NUMBER WORKSHOP FOUR
The final chapter of our 2025 journey!

To our amazing hapu mama who’ve joined us for the last three wananga
This is your final workshop in the series!

Let’s come together one more time to celebrate your journey, share korero, and prepare for the next chapter with your pepi and whanau.

🗓 When: November 3rd | 10am to 1pm
📍 Where: Awhi House, 4 Hingaia Street, Turangi
☕ Kai, korero, and take-home packs provided

We can’t wait to see you all again. Your wairua, connection and stories have made this series so special.

Please confirm your spot for Workshop Four. Spaces are limited!
Email: info@thct.co.nz or phone 0800 WHARIKI

For those who missed out this time, keep an eye out for our 2026 series! Watch our Socials for other Awhi House programs. We’d love to walk with you on your journey.

09/10/2025

Meningitis can change lives in hours. That’s why it’s vital to know the signs, get vaccinated, and act fast if symptoms appear.

Signs to watch for include:
Fever, headache, stiff neck
Sensitivity to light
Vomiting, confusion, drowsiness
Rash (especially purple spots - rash that does not fade when a glass is rolled over it)
High temp
We stand together to raise awareness, foster hope, and drive action against meningitis.

Protecting rangatahi, tamariki, and kaumatua means staying informed and proactive. Have you been vaccinated? Not sure? Check in with one of our nurses; we are here for you and your health.

07/10/2025

It's day three of Mental Health Awareness Week! Be active / me kori tonu is our Top Up Together theme for Rāapa (Wednesday). 🏃

Being active is not only important for our physical wellbeing, it’s also a powerful mood booster. Being active with whānau and friends can boost motivation, strengthen social bonds, and make physical activity more enjoyable.

Show us how you’re topping up together today by using the hashtag and be in to win a $200 Prezzy card 💸! Terms and conditions apply.

Tap the link 🔗 in our bio to find inspiration on how you can be active today.

07/10/2025

Ka pai, here’s your self-breast check reminder post.

Your phone can be your best mate for hauora.
Set a monthly reminder to do your self-breast check – it only takes a few minutes, and early detection can save lives.

Make the reminder something that’ll make you smile when it pops up:
😂 “Oi, check your bits!”
💖 “Boobie business time”
🐚 “Pearls need polishing”
🌸 “Mana wahine check-in”
🕺 “Tawhiri says: hands up!”

Whatever makes you laugh will also make you remember. Set the time when you feel you could actually do it - so you are not snoozing it!

Do the check, encourage your sisters, mama, and aunties and keep our wahine strong.

Always encourage screening. Together, we can protect the health of our whanau.