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A bitter-sweet ending to a journey no-one wants to take.

A bitter-sweet ending to a journey no-one wants to take.

The room is full of smiles and laughter, there’s kai on the table, and there is an air of celebration. Charlie Oliver is being discharged from the Tui Ora Cancer Navigation Service because he is in remission from the cancer that has made the last...

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Tui Ora Outreach Programme takes immunisation to whānau

Tui Ora Outreach Programme takes immunisation to whānau

Many whānau face a whole variety of barriers when it comes to getting their tamariki those all important, and potentially...
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Studies provide a whole new perspective on what it is to be Māori

Studies provide a whole new perspective on what it is to be Māori

A leap of faith five years ago took Viv Ngere on a journey of discovery and reclamation that not only...
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Trainee GPs join the Tui Ora team

Trainee GPs join the Tui Ora team

Two future GPs have joined the Tui Ora clinical teams in Whaitara and Ngāmotu, helping to ensure future generations will...
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Ropata’s reflections on his journey to Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga

Ropata’s reflections on his journey to Te Matatini o Te Kāhui Maunga

To most it’s known as the Olympics of Kapa Haka, but for Ropata Haddon, Ngā Waihotanga member and Tui Ora...
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Experience the cultural heartbeat of WOMAD at Te Paepae

Experience the cultural heartbeat of WOMAD at Te Paepae

Mā te ngākau whakaiti te manaakitanga e taea ai!                      ...
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Getting stage fit for Te Matatini with help from Tui Ora

Getting stage fit for Te Matatini with help from Tui Ora

Local kapa haka group Ngā Purapura o Te Taihauāuru (Puras) haven’t just been rehearsing their moves in the run up...
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Whānau the motivation for four years of study

Whānau the motivation for four years of study

Seeing the struggle whānau were having to meet someone kanohi-ki-kanohi (face -to-face) to talk about their health gave Tui Ora...
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Hours of study and hard work bring reward for Nurse Practitioner Melissa Kearns

Hours of study and hard work bring reward for Nurse Practitioner Melissa Kearns

For Tui Ora’s Melissa Kearns (Ngāti Awa, Tainui), this is the first summer in a long time when she can...
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Providing a safe space and listening ear for whānau living with cancer

Providing a safe space and listening ear for whānau living with cancer

We all need a safe space to go to when the going gets tough, and for Mary-Anne McAllum, it’s the...
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