Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa

24/07/2025

Strengthening Pathways for Iwi: A Milestone in Partnership and Empowerment

Today marks a pivotal moment in the enduring partnership between Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa and Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. The formal signing of this agreement signifies a shared commitment to empowering whānau through training, employment, and holistic wellbeing.
Under the Rukuhia te Mahi – Workforce Development initiative, we are proud to launch the Level 2 Certificate in Health and Wellbeing, delivered through the Tū Te Puehu "Work Ready" Hauora Navigator Program. Now accredited by Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, this program ensures culturally grounded, high-quality training tailored to the needs of our communities.
Our tauira have already begun their journey, gaining essential skills that will lead to meaningful careers in hauora (health), social services, and building construction—sectors vital to the wellbeing and development of our people.
This initiative is more than a training opportunity; it is a cornerstone of a broader kaupapa focused on affordable housing, employment pathways, and community resilience. Today’s signing not only strengthens our strategic collaboration but reaffirms our unwavering dedication to placing Iwi at the heart of everything we do.

28/06/2025

Yesterday we hosted the Te Puna Aonui team from Wanganui a Tara. They are a part of a cross government collaboration with joint accountability for the National strategy Te Aorerekura which sets out a new collective path for government, tangata whenua and communities to eliminate family and sexual violence.

While we were sharing our Te Pukaea - Enabling Communities prototype, and how Ngati Awa can progress our “safe and healthy” homes initiatives Minister Chhour announced that the name Te Puna Aonui will no longer be used and the legal name of “Executive Board for the Elimination of Family Violence and Sexual Violence” will be adopted instead.

Chhour also said it was the Government’s policy that departments, except those focused on Māori, will have their main names in English.

As an Iwi organisation we will be doubling down on tikanga tuku iho, the use of our reo, uphold our values whakapapa and purakau. These changes while disheartening and disappointing are more of a distraction that we cannot afford to buy into as the trajectory of family harm in our rohe continues to increase.

Ngati Awa will be working closely with Te Puna Aonui to keep whanau safe, stopping violence, protecting tamariki and rangatahi, strengthening our workforce and taking action on sexual violence and preventing violence before it starts.

We are looking forward to developing our new strategic relationship with Te Puna Aonui.

27/06/2025

Today our organisation had the privilege of hosting the Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro and His Excellency Richard Davies.

17/06/2025

Tā mātou Hautapu

17/06/2025

Te Pou Mataaho wānanga, Te Pāroa Marae. "Whiro ki te pō, Taiwhakaea ki te ao"

15/06/2025

11/06/2025

Tēnā koutou e te iwi,
Kua kati te tari - our offices will be closed for staff training, re-opening on Monday 16 June.
All urgent enquiries to enquiries@nash.org.nz or by leaving a voice message on our main phone line 07 306 0096.
Ngā mihi

05/06/2025

TALOFA LAVA! Celebrating Samoan Language Week with Horiatu Keepa-Tamehana 🐯

04/06/2025

Fabulous new yellow hat Kata well earned and deserved. Very proud of your achievement from all of us here at Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngati Awa❤️❤️

Congratulations to our new Firefighters, Kataraina Thrupp and Zayin Nahi , they have just completed and passed their 7 day Recruits Course in Mt Wellington Auckland and NTC Rotorua . This is awesome effort and alot of hard mahi, your Whanau should be proud of you 2....kapai

03/06/2025

Tēnā koutou e te iwi!

There is opportunity to join our team, working with our whānau, hapū and iwi.

To apply for these positions or for more information, please email hr@nash.org.nz

Applications close 13 June.

03/06/2025

Ngāti Awa Hapū Challenge Flash backs!