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Whānau focused solutions to hauora needs in the mid-North
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ne of the most significant healthcare boosts to Māori and the community in Te Taitokerau will be launched on March 4. Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine - Bay of Islands, the new primary healthcare service delivered by Ngāti Hine Health Trust, will officially open its doors at Paparata Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa on Monday March 4 2024. The move is on the back of improved access in recent months for whānau to specialist services such as outpatient care, Renal, Blood and Oncology.
For more than 30 years, Ngāti Hine Health Trust has helped improve the wellbeing of numerous communities in Te Taitokerau. Now, with the support of many, we are taking this to the next level with the launch of Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine - Bay of Islands, the new primary healthcare service delivered by Ngāti Hine Health Trust, which will officially open its doors at Paparata Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa on Monday March 4, 2024. Please enjoy and share our ongoing korero outlining the mahi of the dedicated team, to let Northlanders know of the kaupapa going on behind the scenes within our various hāpori – whānau, marae, kura, pākihi and rūnanga included. We will continue to let you know what we are up to throughout ‘24, so you can help spread the word! with all who have supported and offered input along the way, that we are finally at the point of opening the doors to a vital community resource that will serve us all now, including our taiohi, taitamariki and mokopuna, into the future.”
Officially launching Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine - Bay of Islands, is thanks to a multi-year collaboration between central NHHT invites any whānau, hapū or hāpori government, passionate healthcare Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine - Bay of Islands hauora team from left: Dennise Carrington, Dr Amanda Smith, Nick member to email: korero@nhht.co.nz for providers and local general practitioners Laird, Dr Graeme Fenton, Ngaire Sharp, Ulf Tiderman, Carla Thorpe, Ashley Davis and Glenda Ngere. any feedback they may have in regards to – all of whom have a common goal to Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine or any of the Trusts’ provide the best possible pathway to community services. to specialist rural healthcare and support, Moerewa GP, Dr Graeme Fenton, who healthcare (primary care) for the people backed by GPs wanting the best possible have had a significant influence,” she says. of Northland, says Ngāti Hine Health Trust patient outcomes. (NHHT) Chair Rowena Tana. “We also have an ongoing obligation to “We are all part of the lift our level of care for at-risk whānau, Essential to that is removing barriers to particularly mokopuna, kuia and kaumatua community and we all care, and as part of that drive - the first 1000 new enrolments at Te Ara Tū o Ngāti and the platform we have carefully created have friends, colleagues and whānau who, at Hine Primary Care Services will qualify for through establishing this new facility in Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine Bay of Islands is critical some point, will need a free GP visit. the easiest possible in continuing that support and mahi.” access to healthcare and “When I reflect on our vision statement ‘Ko wellbeing. That is exactly Ngāti Hine e ngunguru nei’, what drives us With more than 400 staff, NHHT is one of what has been created the largest service providers in Northland, is the ability to advocate for whānau and at Te Ara Tū o Ngāti Hine delivering services across the Mid-North community while being accountable to Bay of Islands,” says those we serve and honouring those who and Whangārei, and it is driven to grow Geoff. its General Practice footprint across have set us on this path,” says Rowena. Northland while providing increased “So many people have clinical innovation and integration within “This is about caring for people and worked hard over the primary care. community and this would not have past decade to bring happened without guidance from so many Pēpi, William Campbell looks like he doesn’t mind a cuddle from NHHT hauora this together, and so it NHHT CEO Geoff Milner says new people behind the scenes including our is a credit to their vision, nurse, Vicki Te Waiti - as long as mum, Larissa Rogers, is close by. former board Chair and hauora advocate, healthcare facilities at Te Ara Tū o Ngāti passion and drive, along Photo / Ngāti Hine FM Hine Bay of Islands, will give locals access Gwen Tepania-Palmer and long-serving
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