Tauawhi Celebrates one year anniversary – Tairawhiti Men of the Year

Tauawhi Men’s Centre celebrated 1 year in existance last month with the Tairawhiti Men of the Year event. Since opening, Tauawhi has provided assistance to 280 men, over half of them have “self referred”. We celebrated being here after a year with the awards, including a few TMAV guys.

White Ribbon Events 2010

The Supa Maori Fullas are coming to town again this year and we have a couple of events to welcome them and farewell them the next morning!

White Ribbon World Record We are also trying to break the world record for the largest human awareness ribbon - so feel free to join us at 1pm on the 25th of November at the Rectory Field in Gisborne 

E Ipo DVD Trailer

Gareth Morgan & Fundraising

Financial commentator, philanthropist and KiwiSaver provider Gareth Morgan today announced that 93 people registered for his seminar on 7 September were not enough to make it worth his while to come to Gisborne, so the nearly $2,000 from ticket sales that was to be given to TMAV has been funded to those who registered.

We are disappointed about that and TMAV member Josh Wharehinga setup a FaceBook Group to show Gareth just how much support there is for him to come to Gisborne (or make a donation to TMAV for the Tauawhi Men’s Centre!): Click here for the FaceBook Group

We’ve also setup an online donation option for people who want to make a donation directly to TMAV for Tauawhi: Click here to make an online donation.

Thanks!

Father’s Day DVD Launch

Join us for a BBQ and screening this Father’s Day

from 5pm at the Tauawhi Men’s Centre, 71 Peel St

Free copies of the new E Ipo – Relationships DVD will be available.

There will also be an opportunity to listen to Council and DHB candidates vision for a Violence Free Tairawhiti.

Contact Tim at the Tauawhi Men’s centre 8688278 or on 0276344021 for more details.

Daddy Dance-Off

Check out the Paper Plus Daddy Dance-Off: www.daddydanceoff.co.nz

Great Fathers DVD

Check out this awesome resource:

“We want every dad in NZ to be the best father he can be – and we think the In Your Hands DVD will help him make the important connection with his baby and discover the great father in himself.

The Great Fathers DVD can be YOUR gift that makes a real difference to a new dad that you know. We’ll send the DVD to any new dad in New Zealand that you nominate.”

www.greatfathers.org.nz

Gareth Morgan Seminar supporting TMAV

Tauawhi – Tairawhiti Men’s Centre opens

Tauawhi Men’s Centre – A collaborative initiative to support Tairawhiti men and their whanau

Ngaroma Ngata & Lillian Horsfall lead the group into Tauawhi at Friday’s blessing and opening

The Tauawhi Men’s Centre opened on the 2^nd of July 2010, with the support of over 100 people, including members of the TAIN network and the wider community. The centre opening is the culmination of a dream that many of us have had for a number of years. As we all know, the best things come through collaboration and the Tauawhi Men’s Centre epitomises this approach. With the support of Leslynne and the Family Works team, Vi and Te Whare Tu Wahine, an idea that Tairawhiti Men Against violence has had since 2007, was able to become a reality.

The centre itself is dedicated to the memory of Dr Pat Ngata, who has been a leading figure for men acknowledging family violence and working to address it, but also with his contribution to the wider wellbeing of men and their whanau. So it was fitting that his wife Ngaroma was on hand to cut the white ribbon, to start the opening.  

Men are traditionally reluctant to ask for help and often feel “stigmatised” by traditional anger management programmes. With the increase of public awareness from the It’s Not OK campaign, there has been an increased demand for service provision for men and as we know, limited male specific intervention services. The recent changes to legislation will empowering Police and Courts to address family violence in new ways, may also add to this demand. 

A few good men at the centre public opening day

Centre acknowledges the extent of family violence incidents that occur in our community. We will be strongly focused on reducing the incidence of family violence by addressing the underlying causes. However, the centre will provide a holistic approach to providing information and resources for men. Men will be supported with parenting and family support, relationship counselling, grief and loss counselling, drug and alcohol counselling, gambling and addiction workshops.

The centre will also be a repository of resource information regarding education, health, social services and community agencies, local and central government agencies. So if you have any brochures etc that would be useful for Men, please feel free to drop them in as we have room on the stands!

TMAV's Manu Caddie addresses the crowd on behalf of PSEC

The level of support that we received at the opening and since that time has been awesome, but we are also mindful that we will need that ongoing support to succeed in fully meeting the needs of local Men. We already have the offer of free legal advice from Phil Dreifuss and the team at Rishworth Wall & Mathieson, who will be at the centre by appointment fortnightly on Monday afternoons. Other services we are working on are a computer course and free health checks, so watch this space! 

Tauawhi does not seek to replicate or compete with other services, but to work alongside existing providers in a complimentary way for a shared positive result. As well as being a place for Men to seek help, it this also a place for Men to offer it.

Opening hours for the centre are 10am-3pm Monday to Friday or by appointment outside these times by calling 8688278 or try us at tauawhi@gmail.com

Tim

Violence Free Tairawhiti Music Video (Matapuna Training Centre)