Hauora

Te Hā Oranga was established in the early 1990s, as an iwi-endorsed and owned health service provider that operates under the tikanga of Ngāti Whātua. The organisations key objective is to implement Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua hauora kaupapa.

Our history:

In 1973, we established community residential services for people leaving psychiatric hospitals. We were first known as Baptist Health, then Baptist Action, and later as Te Korowai Aroha.

In 2006, the services of Te Korowai Aroha were transferred to a new and independent charitable company, Affinity Services.

In 2016, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua were given sole authority to appoint the Trustees to Affinity Services Charitable Trust, who are the parent body and appoint the Directors of the charitable company.

Our name:

In 2017, the name of the charitable company changed from Affinity Services to Kāhui Tū Kaha.

In the context of our work, our name means ‘working together – standing strong’.