Te Waipuna Puawai

Te Waipuna Puawai Helping whānau build pathways of success and positive change with a collaborative approach. TWP is a community development initiative of the Sister of Mercy NZ.

It was established in 1990 building on a decade of highly respected community development work in Glen Innes

🌿RĀNUI PLANTING DAY🌿Richard, Yasin, and the crew will be over at Te Rangi Hiroa Birdwood Reserve tomorrow planting some ...
13/06/2026

🌿RĀNUI PLANTING DAY🌿

Richard, Yasin, and the crew will be over at Te Rangi Hiroa Birdwood Reserve tomorrow planting some broad beans.

If you're available and keen, head on over and connect to the whenua and your community 💜

📅 Sunday 14 June (TOMORROW)
📍 Te Rangi Hiroa Birdwood Reserve
🕚 11am - 1pm
🎟 FREE (You're helping us. We thank YOU 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾)

🌿 Te Ara Tūrangawaewae — The Path Home 🌿For our Rānui whānau, explore your whakapapa, identity, and sense of belonging i...
10/06/2026

🌿 Te Ara Tūrangawaewae — The Path Home 🌿

For our Rānui whānau, explore your whakapapa, identity, and sense of belonging in this 8-week creative kaupapa Māori programme.

Connect through kōrero, storytelling, research, and art. You'll create your own Pepeha Kōrero Tuku Iho Pukapuka and a personalised Tūrangawaewae T-shirt that reflects your unique journey.

Open to Māori and non-Māori 💜

Register today by clicking the link below! Places are limited.

🔗: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/b84dzbsAkQ

We’re excited to share the first edition of He Kāranga o Waipuna - The Call from Waipuna, our new bi-monthly TWP newslet...
05/06/2026

We’re excited to share the first edition of He Kāranga o Waipuna - The Call from Waipuna, our new bi-monthly TWP newsletter 💜

In this edition, we share updates from all our kaupapa, including our Rānui Kai Hub, environmental mahi, Waiata Tīoriori, Ko Tau Rourou, Kaiwhiriwhiri Whānau, and more!

Take a moment to read, reflect, and stay connected with the mahi TWP is getting up to.

Check out the link below to read the full newsletter.

Unfortunately our Rānui Kai Hub will he closed on Wednesday, due to unforeseen circumstances. We'll be back next week on...
18/05/2026

Unfortunately our Rānui Kai Hub will he closed on Wednesday, due to unforeseen circumstances. We'll be back next week on Wednesday 27th May at our usual time 💜

We apologize for the inconvenience.

On Tuesday we had a wonderful time with rangatahi from Tāmaki College, talking about raising alcohol harm awareness in o...
14/05/2026

On Tuesday we had a wonderful time with rangatahi from Tāmaki College, talking about raising alcohol harm awareness in our community. We walked away with heaps of ideas to engage youth and inform them of the harms of alcohol.

A special thank you to Wiremu for always delivering the goods, and walking through this process with our young people. Thank you to the students from Tāmaki College for spending an evening with us, and sharing your ideas and experiences. We can't wait to share our findings! 💜

We hope all our Mums had a wonderful Mother's Day today! Koa hari te rā Māmā, wishing you all a very happy Mother's Day ...
10/05/2026

We hope all our Mums had a wonderful Mother's Day today!

Koa hari te rā Māmā, wishing you all a very happy Mother's Day 💜

On ANZAC Weekend, Sophie was out and about with some of her Waiata Tīoriori class supporting wāhine selling poppies in M...
08/05/2026

On ANZAC Weekend, Sophie was out and about with some of her Waiata Tīoriori class supporting wāhine selling poppies in Mt Wellington and St Johns, and they sang at the Mt Wellington RSA on ANZAC Day.

Thank you Leon and the Mt Wellington RSA for having us be part of the Day Commemorations this year, and doing our bit to remember those who served, and made the ultimate sacrifice, so we can enjoy the freedoms we have today 🎖⚘️⚔️🪖🇦🇺🇳🇿💜

Check out this article on the mahi our Environmental Coordinator Richard and his amazing team are doing in Rānui! With w...
07/05/2026

Check out this article on the mahi our Environmental Coordinator Richard and his amazing team are doing in Rānui!

With winter coming and the increased frequency of major weather events, the flood preparation and awareness mahi they do is much needed for our whānau 💜

Rānui locals team up to tackle flood risk along Waimoko Stream.

Always wanted to learn NZ Sign Language?This one's for our Rānui whānau! NZSL Community classes are back over at the Ran...
06/05/2026

Always wanted to learn NZ Sign Language?

This one's for our Rānui whānau! NZSL Community classes are back over at the Ranui Community Centre this term. Registrations are still open, scan the QR code or email your interest 💜

Ranui Community Centre has new dates for their Graffiti Art Saturday Workshops! It's open to young people ages 9 to 18. ...
28/04/2026

Ranui Community Centre has new dates for their Graffiti Art Saturday Workshops!

It's open to young people ages 9 to 18. Spaces are limited, please register!

📧 [email protected]
📅 Saturday 9 & 16 May 2026
⏱️ 11am - 1pm

Hello lovely community!!

Exciting update for Term 2, we’ve locked in dates for more Graffiti Art Saturday Workshops! Limited spaces available so be quick to register. Open to ages 9yrs to 18yrs.

[email protected]

Details in the attached poster!!!!

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12A Umere Crescent, Ellerslie
Auckland
1051

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Monday 8:30am - 3pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 3pm
Thursday 8:30am - 3pm
Friday 8:30am - 3pm

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