11/10/2026
Mental Health Awareness Week is a time to kōrero about the things that support our mental wellbeing. This year’s theme, Belonging Matters, reminds us of something we see every day in our mahi, the importance of connection.
At Te Puawaitanga, we believe whānau deserve spaces where they feel welcomed, safe and supported to come as they are.
Sometimes that looks like sitting down for a kōrero. Sometimes it’s sharing kai, learning something new, joining a rōpū, meeting other whānau or simply knowing there is somewhere you can turn up and feel comfortable.
Our community spaces and rōpū including Waiata Mai, Ūkaipō, Te Aho Mutunga Kore, create opportunities for whānau to build relationships and strengthen connection.
We open the door and turn on the lights, but the magic happens when whānau connect with one another.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re celebrating the whānau and hapori that make our communities stronger, and the connections that remind us we don’t have to navigate life alone.
Come as you are. You are enough just the way you arrive.
