Are you ready to take up the challenge?
Takahi te Taniwha is our invitation to you to consider making a change in your life. It is time for our wāhine and tāne to reclaim the mana of our tipuna and reject the negative influence of alcohol and drugs in our lives.
The Takahi Te Taniwha program utilises māori models of wellbeing, harm reduction planning, pūrākau, whākapapa, change and motivation, connection and boundaries, psycho-education, process therapy, applied cognitive behavioural therapy and Te Ao Māori. This program is designed for whaiora looking at a harm reduction approach to work towards a goal of abstinence.
If you are interested in looking at reducing the negative impacts drugs and alcohol is having on your life, the first step would be at looking at making a self referral to find out what support we can offer, or to go along to one our the free open support groups in the community. We have also included links below to the resources and support He Waka Tapu and our community can provide.
Our Whakataukī
Open Community Groups
He Waka Tapu offers a range of open community groups, which look at your holistic health as a means for reducing drugs and alcohol in your life. Feel free to go along to any of the following and take time to find a group that suits you. To find out more and to find out timetable, click the link to our open community group page.
Lived Experience
Tautoko Te Rangatahi
Rangatahi goes through their own challenges with drug and alcohol misuse. The aim is to listen to our rangatahi and understand how we can support them their way.
Last year we created a challenge to empower and support rangatahi in finding ways to have fun that don’t involve drug and alcohol use and showcasing what support is available for them.
If you want to know more about the support that we offer, or think you might benefit from talking to someone, give us a call or see us to make a self-referral.