Our community youth service, Whetū Marewa, is provided across the Rotorua district. We focus on improving the mental wellbeing of young people by working with taiohi and their whānau to build confidence, resilience and wellbeing.
The personal touch, the friendship within a professional relationship. Getting to know each other means she knows me. She can't solve the problems of the world, however she does offer me moral support and this means a lot. We are from different backgrounds and different places. We share empathy.
63 year old, Mobile support, Nelson
The availability of staff [was the best thing] and I loved how my support worker could relate, understand and help me through the challenges or concerns I had at the time.
24 year old, Mobile support services, Hamilton
[The best thing was] the effective and regular communication from our sister's support worker, and the weekly updates were very helpful.