Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kauwhata

19/06/2026

🩺 Diabetes Education Series
Learn • Connect • Take Control

Join us for this FREE 3-module diabetes education series designed to help you better understand diabetes and support your health journey.

📅 Module 1: What is Diabetes?
Thursday 9 July

🥗 Module 2: Healthy Eating for Diabetes
Thursday 16 July

❤️ Module 3: Complications & Risk Reduction
Thursday 23 July

⏰ Time: 9.30am – 11.30am
📍 Location: Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kauwhata, 139 South Street, Feilding

To enrol, please contact Christine, Health Improvement Practitioner at:
📧 [email protected]

18/06/2026

🚭 Thinking about quitting smoking but not sure where to start?

Our Te Ohu Auahi Mutunga (Stop Smoking) Practitioner, Kotahi, is available every Tuesday at Feilding Health Care to support you on your smokefree journey.

✅ Free advice and support
✅ Free stop smoking medications
✅ Confidential and friendly service

📍 Door 6, Feilding Health Care
📍 2 Duke Street, Feilding
🕘 Every Tuesday, 9:00am – 3:00pm

No appointment needed – just drop in and have a kōrero with Kotahi.

📞 Can't make it in? You can also free call Te Ohu Auahi Mutunga on 0800 40 50 11 for support and advice.

Your journey to becoming smokefree starts with one step. Nau mai, haere mai.

17/06/2026

✨ Join us for Puanga Kōrero ✨

An evening of inspiring kōrero, learning, and connection as we celebrate the significance of Puanga.

📅 Thursday 2 July | 🕠 5:30–7:30pm 📍 Feilding Civic Centre – Concert Chambers

With Dr Te Rina Warren & Assoc. Prof. Ngatai Taepa.

Free event • Light refreshments • Spot prizes • All welcome!

12/06/2026

✨ Matariki Themed Activities ✨

Nau mai, haere mai! Join us for a fun-filled day celebrating Matariki through creativity, learning, and connection.

Bring the whānau along to enjoy kite making, paper folding stars, traditional string games, colouring activities, and more as we celebrate the Māori New Year together.

📅 Monday 6th July
🕘 9.00am – 2.00pm
📍 26 Ferguson Street, Feilding

Everyone is welcome – we look forward to celebrating with you! 🌟

11/06/2026

Nau mai e Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Tihi o Ruahine Whānau Ora Alliance. Ka nui ake te tēpu, ka hōhonu ake te puna, ka kaha ake tātou katoa.

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Nau mai te iti, nau mai te nui o Ngāti Kahungunu ki Tamaki-nui-a-rua ki te Te Tihi o Ruahine Whānau Ora Alliance.
he whaikorero he mihi ōkawa noa.
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Kua roa rawa wa e mahi ana, e whai hua ana mō ngā whānau i roto i te ora. Nei Te Ara Whānau Ora mō ngā iwi katoa.

We celebrate the strength of the Alliance and Ngāti Kahungunu officially pulling up a seat at the tēpu, the table gets bigger and the puna gets deeper!

Alliancing is a great solution to how we combine our efforts while maintaining each other’s rangatiratanga and mana.

It requires you to wear multiple pōtae at time’s, iwi pōtae, hapori pōtae, pōtae mo te ora.
And that take’s skill!

If you're from Dannevirke and need support for a kaumātua or your whānau — from one-on-one help to community activities or a whānau health plan — They got you. Health coaches, youth mentors, and Whānau Ora support are all there for you.

https://www.kahungunutnar.iwi.nz/

Pōtae mō to iwi, pōtae mō ngā iwi, pōtae mārō!!

10/06/2026

Nau mai, haere mai ki te whare o Ngā Kaitiaki o Ngāti Kauwhata 💛

We are excited to welcome Sharnelle (Sharni) to our whare!

Sharni joins our team as a Te Ohu Auahi Mutunga (TOAM) – Smoking Cessation Practitioner, working alongside our other TOAM Practitioner, Kotahi, to support whānau on their smokefree journeys.

We are delighted to have you on board and look forward to the positive impact you will make within our hāpori.

Nau mai rā, Sharni! ✨

09/06/2026

🌿 Ruahine Forest Park Update

Ruahine is one of Aotearoa's treasured ngahere, but high deer numbers are impacting native forest regeneration.

DOC is working alongside Treaty Partners, hunters, communities and industry to reduce deer pressure and support the recovery of the forest.

This kaupapa is about restoring balance, protecting biodiversity, and ensuring the ngahere can thrive for future generations.

🌱 Toitū te whenua, toitū te ngahere, toitū te tangata.

DOC media release: https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2026-media-releases/collaborative-wild-deer-management-plan-to-protect-ruahine-forest-park/

Annual operational plan and report: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/biodiversity/wild-animals-management/wild-deer-management-in-ruahine-forest-park/

09/06/2026

Kia ora whānau,
If you're looking for something meaningful for your tamariki to be involved in during the second week of the school holidays, our Merritt whānau will be running a wānanga with our rangatahi here in our rohe.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our young people to learn and develop skills in dance, acting, and performance, while building confidence and connecting with others. We are also fortunate to have our nephew, Poroaki helping to facilitate the wānanga. He has experience in both film and television, having appeared in Muru and Shortland Street, and will be sharing his knowledge and passion for the performing arts with our rangatahi.
The wānanga will conclude with a production for our hapori on Saturday.
There is no cost to participate. We do ask that any tamariki who register are committed to attending and completing the full wānanga, as they will be performing in the final showcase on Saturday.
If your child is interested, we'd love to have them join us. Ages: 12 years up.
Please register here

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2lA5IuKg52QNTu2gmNd0zA-BOepbhY0bc-9sXU6kIizfWNQ/viewform