Compass Peer Support & Advocacy Service

20/02/2026

Our Women's Circle/Wahine Group has had a day/time switch up! This will be fortnightly on Mondays going forward, leaving Nikau at 10am and back in time for lunch. 🥳

Tuesday's Magical Mystery Tour will be leaving Nikau at 1:30pm. Bring your togs if you're that way inclined.

Once again, we'll be making our way over to join our friends at Franklyn Village in waiata on Wednesday. Leaving Nikau at 10am, back in time for lunch!

Join us on an environmental adventure this Thursday - leaving Nikau at 10am, heading down to sort some recycling then stop off at Restore for a coffee and a browse!

Friday, all our usual suspects showing up again.

19/02/2026

19/02/2026

Community Corner: Alzheimers Nelson Tasman Drop in at Elma Turner Library takes place every third Thursday of the month. The next session takes place today. Their staff offer support, advocacy, and information for people with dementia as well as their primary carer and whānau.

18/02/2026

Kōrero Te Reo starts TOMORROW at Elma Turner Library
Relaxed, friendly, and fun – all levels welcome!
Come for the kōrero, stay for the smiles!

18/02/2026

Nelson Bays Primary Health is providing free community wellbeing workshops around
the region and we have the following 2 sessions coming up in Richmond!

18/02/2026

🔦 SERVICE SPOTLIGHT · HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PRACTITIONERS & HEALTH COACHES

Feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or stuck with your health? You don’t have to manage it alone.

Health Improvement Practitioners (HIPs) are behavioural health clinicians based in general practices. They offer short, focused sessions to help with things like stress, anxiety, low mood, sleep, grief, relationships, or coping with illness and pain.

Health Coaches work alongside HIPs and your practice team to support longer-term change. They help with goal setting, lifestyle changes, long-term conditions, money matters and navigating everyday challenges - offering encouragement, practical support, and regular check-ins.

Both services are free, confidential, and focused on what matters to you.

To access support, contact your GP to see what's available and to book an appointment.

Care that meets you where you are.

Manaaki i te tangata - care for the people.

18/02/2026

Ooops! Bit late, sorry! Crazy busy at the Hub, as you can see!

Something here for everyone! We do have spaces available for hire- just talk with us - stunning community rates!!

18/02/2026

Next week at 6pm on Tuesday we have a Money Basics workshop running. This is hosted by Gillian Searle who has a background in helping people manage personal and business finances.

This is a FREE workshop and there are some spaces still available to fill up.

Please contact Gillian directly to book your spot:
email: gilliansearle4006@gmail.com, or text: 0274304065

18/02/2026

We've got some specials on the programme for next week!

Tuesday: Tane Group leaving Nikau at 10am. Magical Mystery Tour leaving Nikau at 1:30pm, bring your togs if you enjoy the water!

Wednesday: Join Donna and head over to join our friends at Franklyn Village for a waiata session! Leaving Nikau at 10am Wednesday morning, back in time for lunch.

Thursday: We've been offered another canoe trip out at Stephen's Bay again, how lucky! Thanks to our friends Journeys for this opportunity. Group will be leaving Nikau bright and early at 9am, lunch will be packed! Sign up at reception before Thursday if you'd like to attend.

18/02/2026

It's with excitement that we celebrate our new service in Wairau
COMPASS Wairau
Mental health & Addiction
Peer Support day activity and Advocacy Service.
26 Percy street Blenhiem
Below is a picture of the newly Intentional peer support trained peer support team. Congratulations and welcome to the HAT whanau 🎊
www.healthaction.org.nz

11/02/2026

Inspiration doesn’t always come from big moments or loud voices.

Often, it comes from the people who show up with integrity, kindness, and care -

sometimes quietly, consistently, and without recognition.

Who we surround ourselves with matters.

The energy we share shapes the way we move through the world.

Drop a 💖 if you’re intentionally choosing good people to surround yourself with

11/02/2026

“Every day is a new beginning”. Each day is a fresh start. Birds start theirs with a song - it’s a way of connecting both with their nature and with their group. It’s a way of expressing their aliveness. It doesn’t matter if they had a rough day yesterday; they are connecting to something that is part of them, their essential self. Everyday is an opportunity for a new song, and we each GET to write our own.

Each morning offers a clean slate to rewrite our priorities, realign with our needs & passions, and begin expressing them in our own way. As you share your voice, and tap into your resilience, you’ll find the inner strength, external experiences, and confidence to live the life you choose.

Drop a 💛 if that sounds good to you!