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Vaka Tautua - Mental Health Support
Mental Health & Addictions Service
Today
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
Description
Vaka Tautua is a charitable organisation, ‘By Pacific, For Pacific’, working hard to improve the health and wellbeing of our Pacific people in New Zealand. We provide community support for older peoples, people living with disability, and those needing support for mental health.
Vaka Tautua works hard to meet the needs of our clients and their fanau in a culturally respectful way, working alongside Pacific clinical services, churches, and communities. Our aim is to foster recovery, resilience, and independence through offering culturally effective support to those with a disability or mental illness.
For more information please view the Vaka Tautua website.
Programmes
Mental Health Community Support
- Programme Areas
Mental health, Pacific Island people
- Programme Type
Community based support - mental health, Pacific Island people - mental health
- Regions
Central Auckland, West Auckland
- Age Groups
Adult / pakeke
- Referral Types
DHB clinical services
Description
Vaka Tautua offers a mental health community support service, underpinned by the POPAO model (a Pacific recovery and strength concept) that is pivotal to the recovery of service users by…
Mental Health Peer Support
- Programme Areas
Mental health, Pacific Island people
- Programme Type
Peer / advocacy / group / family whānau support, Pacific Island people - mental health
- Regions
West Auckland
- Age Groups
Adult / pakeke
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Description
Vaka Tautua provides individualised mental health peer support services including:
• Information, navigation and support
• Facilitating access to life / work skills programmes
• Connecting to community resources and services
The…
Staff
Please view our Vaka Tautua website for information on our people.
Hours
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
Mon – Fri | 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
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Public Holidays: Closed on all public holidays.
Languages Spoken
Cook Islands Māori, English, Niuean, Samoan, Tongan, Tuvaluan, Fijian
Charges
Our services are funded by the district health boards (DHBs) and are free for people referred to our service either by a DHB service or by their GP (doctor).
Public Transport
Parking
Please park in the car park marked VT.
Website
Contact Details
586 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland
South Auckland
Phone
(09) 250 1812
Fax
(09) 250 1813
Mobile
0800 825 282
Email
Website
Unit 7
586 Great South Road
Manukau
Auckland 2025
Street Address
Unit 7
586 Great South Road
Manukau
Auckland 2025
Postal Address
PO Box 23 244
Hunters Corner
Auckland 2155
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This page was last updated at 9:46AM on September 2, 2020. This information is reviewed and edited by Vaka Tautua - Mental Health Support.