Te Tai-awa o te Ora provides culturally appropriate counselling and social services. Our aim is to provide programmes which will prevent or reduce social problems, and to work in an appropriate way with whanau who are affected by such problems. We are committed to making sure that you have:

• whānau or a friend present as support
• your personal information kept confidential
• a counsellor you are comfortable with
• a counsellor who abides by the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
• a counsellor who abides by the New Zealand Association of Counselling Code of Ethics

We are located in Ōtara in between St John the Evangelist Church and Whaiora Marae. We provide: