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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has stepped into fund counselling services for rural Māori with addiction and mental health issues in South Otago. MPI is providing Māori health and social service provider Tokomairiro Waiora with almost $54,000 to secure the future of the programme until April 2022. These counselling workshops provide participants, and their whānau and hapū, with tools and support to help improve their wellbeing and resilience, says MPI s director of Māori agribusiness Andrew McConnell. Our financial support will enable this service to continue in the short-term while the organisation investigates long-term funding. The funding will also be used to run health workshops in Milton and Lawrence for shearers and their whānau, and to facilitate 3 wānanga to encourage rangatahi into careers in the primary sector.
Future of counselling services for rural Māori secured in South Otago
5 Apr, 2021 11:30 PM
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Counselling services for rural Māori with addiction and mental health issues in South Otago have received funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Māori health and social service provider Tokomairiro Waiora will be provided with almost $54,000 from MPI, to secure the future of the programme until April 2022. These counselling workshops provide participants, and their whānau and hapū, with tools and support to help improve their wellbeing and resilience, MPI s director of Māori Agribusiness Andrew McConnell said.
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The Ministry for Primary Industries has stepped in to fund counselling services for rural Māori with addiction and mental health issues in South Otago.
Māori agribusiness director Andrew McConnell says the $54,000 grant will allow Māori provider Tokomairiro Waiora to run the service for a further year while it investigates long-term funding.
The funding will be used to run health workshops in Milton and Lawrence for shearers and their whānau.
It will also facilitate three wānanga to encourage rangatahi into careers in the primary sector, as well as offer wellbeing support, and meditation, budgeting, literacy and life skills.
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