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Tamaki Oranga Mental Health Service

Description

Tamaki Oranga is a minimally-secure hospital for men living with the effects of severe mental illness.  Although we are a hospital, our focus is on rehabilitation and community integration.  Our aim is to support you and your family/whanau in the best possible way to meet your recovery goals and to help you take the necessary steps to move safely back into the community.  An average stay at Tamaki Oranga is around 18 months, however the timeframe may be longer or shorter depending on your individual needs.

  • Tamaki Oranga has a commitment to all individuals that you will be treated with respect and understanding.
  • Tamaka Oranga provides a supportive, safe and positive environment in which honesty is expected from everyone.
  • The team is committed to standards of excellence, delivery of care and providing the most current treatment for each individual.
  • The team will assist and support each client in an individual plan of recovery.
    All goals will be based on individual needs in consultation with individual clients.

Referral Expectations

Referrals to Tamaki Oranga can be made through both Community and Inpatient Mental Health Services within the Auckland Region.  Self-referrals and referrals from General Practitioners cannot be accepted. 
 
Patients at Tamaki Oranga are subject to the Mental Health Act. 
 
Tamaki Oranga provides a service to men with severe mental illness who have experienced severe difficulties living in the community as a result of ongoing mood or psychotic symptoms, alcohol and drug problems or other disabling conditions such as head injury or intellectual disability.  Men referred to Tamaki Oranga usually have a history of high use of acute inpatient / respite services or have not benefited from assertive community interventions.  Tamaki Oranga is not a forensic service nor does it provide a service to those men who need a high degree of security to manage risk.

Common Conditions

  • Anxiety Disorders

    We all feel some anxiety at some time or other... More

  • Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression

    This is a mood disorder in which both depressive (persistent low mood) and manic (elevated or high mood) episodes are experienced... More

  • Depression

    Depression is a mood disorder. Emotional states like sadness, ‘feeling blue’ or tearfulness are part of normal human experience... More

  • Mental Illness

    Mental illness is a clinically significant behaviour or psychological (to do with the mind) disorder that is associated with distress or disability... More

  • Schizophrenia

    Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects about 1% of the general population... More

Visiting Hours

Monday to Friday: 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Weekends & Public Holidays: 9.00am to 8.00pm
Other times available at the discretion of the senior nurse on duty.

Website

www.cmdhb.org.nz

Other

When you use health services you are protected by a number of rights. These are explained in full in "The Code of Health & Disability Services Consumers' Rights" which applies to all health services and disability support services in New Zealand. These rights include (but are not limited to):

  • respect and privacy
  • confidentiality
  • fair treatment
  • acceptance of your beliefs and practices
  • dignity and independence
  • information to enable you to make choices about the treatment you receive
  • to have your questions answered
  • choice about participation in teaching and research
  • to have your complaints taken seriously

If you feel we have not respected your rights you may take your concern or complaint to the Team Leader of the service or make a complaint to:

Health & Disability Commissioner
Telephone 09 373 3556 or 0800 11 22 33

Privacy Commissioner
Telephone 09 302 8655 or 0800 80 39 09

Location Information

Contact Details

Phone (09) 270 9040
Fax (09) 270 9050

Street Address

30 Bairds Road
Otara
Auckland

Postal Address

Tamaki Oranga Recovery Centre
PO Box 61120
Otara
Manukau 2159

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