TUPU is an Auckland based Pacific Island Alcohol and Drug (AOD) & Gambling Team. We provide services for Pacific clients across Auckland. The name 'Tupu' is a common term in the South Pacific that describes 'growth'. The importance and acknowledgement of cultural paradigms accommodates:

• familiarity of cultural practices
• enhancement of cultural connectedness
• the issue of access and engagement.

TUPU AOD and Gambling clinicians:

• provide free range of appropriate interventions and treatments which are clinically and culturally relevant and designed to meet the needs of the clients.
• work with Pacific clients and their families and fanau to encourage positive outcomes from their journeys to heal and grow, hence the name of "Tupu".

Our offices are based in Henderson (North & West Auckland), Kingsland (Central Auckland) and Otahuhu (South).

Team Manager:               Dwaine Faletanoai

Clinical Director:             Dr Francis Agnew

Clinical Supervisors:       Rosa Solomona and Ane Enosi

Clinical Team Support:    Asena Lameko