Hope Walk New Plymouth - Taranaki

30/07/2025

Morena/good morning hope your all having a lovely day.
What we would love you to do is please share with your whanau and friends about our fundraiser by tagging someone on this post we will give away a ticket for YOU and a FRIEND you tag to our fundraiser 13 September 2025.
We will draw the winner on 20 August at 6pm.
If you already brought a ticket and you win we are happy to give you back your cash.

Hugs xx

25/07/2025

Huge thank you to Graphix Design Print Web for all your support and helping us out printing posters and tickets for this year's fundraiser.
If you would like to buy a ticket they are now being sold at the New Plymouth Club.
The Taranaki Air Ambulance has helped us fly our son to Wellington a number of years ago and we would like to return a favour and help them out. We appreciate what they do in our community for all familys. The money raised will be supporting them build a new hanger.
Come along dress up in amber (yellow is fine) and black Taranaki colours.

Hugs xx

23/06/2025

Sadly the seat was not part of the rest of the NPDC Matariki event and the container was in front of it. It represents those we have lost and those who struggle with mental health and all health struggles. Hopefully it will be lit up tonight as normal.
Thank you for the apology we were not expecting it to be turned off without being informed and blocked out by the container.

Hugs xx

19/06/2025

19/05/2025

Attended a hui/meeting last night and received alot out of it thank you to Sue Carter from E Tu speaking about Pay Equity.
Thanks Sue appreciate listening to your speech it was very helpful hope other people reach out to you in support or hear your speech.

Many woman don't feel appreciated in some of the hard mahi/work they do in the workforce. Sadly those who you work for add unessasary stress and life gets abit overwhelming if there is no proper, or lack of communication. If you feel you need to take time off to look after you then have that well needed break.

Hugs xx

15/05/2025

Yesterday I attend a wananga I had to take my stress ball used my breathing exercise when i needed to, drank water, walked when I find myself needing to. Su***de Prevention can get heavy and some may get triggered, if you can get some tools to help please attend these wananga or hui. Connect with Tui Ora and they can assist when the next one is.
Thank you Viv, the beautiful wahine in the kitchen and the amazing people who attended thank you all for your hard mahi/work in the community and if your healing on your journey was wonderful to connect.

Hugs xx

Photo:
No it's not a orange
STRESS BALL 😀

13/05/2025

We please we connected with Sam out on his hikoi with his friends T, Cowboy keep moving forward everyone let's not stop there let's keep connecting with all the other Hope Walk in Aotearoa and others we don't know who exist. Connect collaboration with as many as we can. We will keep doing our mahi the best we can going forward. To all victims of sextual abuse your not alone while we support you all.
Stronger TOGETHER.

Hugs xx

11/05/2025

Long day at the market today in Inglewood from 7am to 2pm promoting this weekend leading up to supporting pink shirt to the local community.
We have a small mother's day raffle to draw all the best to the winner.

Hugs xx

09/05/2025

A simple hug is all he wanted everyone. From time to time everyone needs that hug.
We all struggle in so many ways it's how we cope to move forward.
I've been for a bike ride, market by the Windwand in cbd, went for a dip in the beach it was warm once you get over the cold :)

Here's a hug to those who need one today.


Hugs xx

08/05/2025

If you know someone who needs support please go onto this fb page WE BELIEVE YOU let us support you.

There are many in our community still walking free and never been to court because of lack of or not enough proof and they lie to police to avoid prison or home detention.
I'm a survivor I wasnt believed by some people and there are many more who were scared youth or they felt ugly and shamed thinking it's their fault.
I was that scared kid, I'm now a adult who didn't have the tools many years ago I will not be SILENT any more.
I know I'm not alone your not alone we can do this together walk together STRONGER TOGETHER.

WE BELIEVE YOU

08/05/2025

Fundraising Event
13 September 2025
New Plymouth Club
Amber & Black

Music & Guest speaker to be confirmed.

To the Air Ambulance, Ambulance, Doctors, Nurses in Taranaki and Wellington Hospital, Ronald McDonald Wellington House 30+ years ago thank you all for all the amazing mahi.

Hugs xx

Photo:
Not my photo I found it on a post.

06/05/2025

Please put these dates in your CALENDAR please come support/tautoko.

Fundraiser
Date: 13 September 2025
Venue: New Plymouth Club
Time: 6pm-9pm
Theme:
Amber & Black (yellow is fine)

If any one knows of a brilliant musician/group/ solo artist wanting to support our fundraiser please PM asap we need them for our night event 13 September 2025.

Hope Walk Hikoi
Date: 14 September 2025
Venue: Oakura Hall
(10-15 minute drive to Oakura from New Plymouth)
Time: 10am-1pm

The hikoi will be short roughly 1km back to the hall.

We know two guest speakers are keen to attend our hikoi event on 14 September 2025.
We going the other way around our mountain/maunga.

We are reaching out to a local hero in our community hope they support our kaupapa and share their lived experience.

We need emails from musicians with the cost so we can help the best we can we need the cost to be reasonable to help them and not be charged extreme amounts we will do our best financially. I'd love local band we have to look after our local 100%.
Wish we could get Guy Sebastian honestly he's my Idol sadly he lives in Australia.
Last time we had the band amazing talented (Slacks) they did us proud we love those guys for all they did for our kaupapa and helped us fundraise for a awesome kaupapa (I Am Hope) it helped raise money for free councilling. We appreciate I Am Hope and Mike King and his team thank you all so much for helping our youth/rangatahi.

If you have any signed autograph items you keen to gift/koha, if you like to donate a auction item vouchers are always easy must be a value over $50. We will do the Auction items all the proceeds I would like to stay in our community for an amazing organization they helped me and my child over 30+ years ago. Ronald McDonald House Wellington also helped take away the pressure. More will be revealed on these organizations. The Road to Healing Aotearoa Sam I'll check in to see who you would like to see some of the proceeds go towards who you support because we see you, we hear you, we support you and all you followers.

We Are Not Alone
We Are Loved
Stronger Together
It's Ok To Not Be Ok


Hugs xx