Weaving Wellness – Whanau Ora
September 2015 Number 3
 Welcome Dr
Schoenherr
 Supported Youth
Living
 Toi Toi
 Restorative
Justice
 Gamblefree Day
92 Spey Street
Invercargill
Ph: (03) 2145260
Fax: (03) 2145262
Freephone:
0800 925 242
We’re excited to announce Dr Matt
Schoenherr will join our GP team on
September 14. Dr Schoenherr was trained in the US at Saint Louis
University School of Medicine before receiving his specialty in
Family Medicine in Wisconsin.
Before moving to New Zealand with his wife Erin Fisk, who is the GP at
Otautau Medical Centre, Dr
Schoenherr worked at a small clinic in Wisconsin focusing on
Family Medicine. He is looking forward to getting to know the people of Invercargill and Nga Kete and helping them make the right decisions to keep them happy and healthy.
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Late night
Thursday by appointment.
Nga Kete’s Supported Youth Living
House has moved locations. The new environment supports Whanau Ora
Navigators to have a greater capacity for more one-on-one time with individuals. The new location has a capacity for six. Nga Kete Chief
Executive Tracey Wright-Tawha said the house is based on family values and run as a family dynamic with great ground rules, clear responsibilities and exceptionally good supervision, seven days a week. “The home offers unsupported youth an opportunity to move beyond their current situation, learn how to become self sufficient and move towards independence in a
Nikita Dobson

From September 1
Nga Kete in partnership with
ILT Eastern
Suburbs Tavern will be promoting problem gambling information with local and national support services at the gaming venue throughout the month of
September. The community focused initiative is supported by the
Eastern Suburbs
Tavern who provided a free bag of choice not
Chance promotion resources to every individual that entered the gaming lounge throughout
Gamblefree Day.
Daniel Tawaroa,
Mikayla Unahi - NKMPT
& Tamirangi Ormsby
Tavern - Manager supported way.” The non-contracted service has been essential in supporting improved wellbeing for the 19 young people referred to date, she said. The house has been full of successes, including future hospitality worker 17-year-old Nikita Dobson.
Nikita, who entered the house in January, was shy, quiet and timid. But being in the house has taught her independence and eight months on she is a confident and competent young woman.
She is thriving in education, physically healthier and her state of wellbeing has improved. She has almost completed NCEA level 2 and a hospitality course. She doesn’t know where she would have been if it wasn’t for the house and describes it as a life-saver.
Have you seen our new Facebook page? Check out https://www.facebook.com/ToiToi15 to see our huge range of pounamu, bone, weaving, clothing, korowai, glassware, cards and more! The shop is located in the
Cambridge Place Arcade in Invercargill. Profits go towards supporting Whanau in need in
Southland.
RN Gerard McCall & Annette King
Restorative Justice is alive and well in Southland,
Queenstown and Gore!
Here at Nga Kete, we’re really pleased with recent legislation changes, which have strengthened and extended the application of general rights for victims and increased the rights of victims of
Specialist Facilitation Services Manager
Natasha Barrett serious offences. The new legislation has meant an influx of restorative justice referrals at Nga Kete. We believe we have a good system in place and we’re meeting our targets in each area (including pre-conference and conferencing). For queries about restorative justice please phone (03) 214 5260.