Tuatara Counselling Services

25/10/2025

24/10/2025

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10/10/2025

A truly fantastic way to wrap up Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand Mental Health Awareness Week & World Mental Health Day (yesterday) here on the Coast ... with our very own wonderful Chatterbox seat. Made possible by the fantastic support of More FM Rodney 88.9, Rotary Club of Orewa-Millwater, ASB Bank, Hibiscus And Bays Local Board & Auckland Council. A gift for our Coast Community and all our visitors.
Orewa Beach Chatterbox seat

07/10/2025

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07/10/2025

Potential trigger warning in this clip by BBC Bristol. I Love this artists truthful metaphor & his words 'We need to look out for each other ... to be the Bear, with our Paw on their shoulder'

07/10/2025

Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand MHAW continues ...
With Tuesday focusing on giving ...
To express "giving" in Te Reo Māori depends on context and can involve different verbs and nouns (source www):
Verbs (to give):
Whakawhiwhi – To award or bestow, often in formal contexts.
Takoha – To gift, pledge, or donate (also used as a noun).
Nouns (gifts/offering):
Koha – A gift or offering, often on a marae, showing respect.
Kōparepare – A gift for friends or marae; emphasizes not arriving empty-handed.
Ohaoha – A generous gift; also describes generosity.
Ohaoha can also function as a verb or adjective, meaning to be generous, charitable, or bighearted.
https://mhaw.nz/
Mental Health Awareness Mental Health Foundation

06/10/2025

Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand annual Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) kicks off today. This year the chosen theme is Top up together. https://mhaw.nz/explore/about

Monday: Connect/Me Whakawhanaunga
MHAW asks 'How will you connect with others today?'
with 'Social connection is the ngākau/heart of our wellbeing. It weaves us together, making us feel seen, heard, and understood. When we nurture meaningful connections with others, we uplift our own wellbeing.' https://mhaw.nz/

01/10/2025

Incredibly sad to learn Cancer has taken Nigel Latta
He is synomouus with my life here in Aotearoa. From Into the Darklands to Politically Incorrect Parenting his realness, knowlege & candour were inspiring.
As a member of the organising committee for the NZAC 2013 Conference: Napier, I chose Nigel as my pick for a Keynote Speaker. It was a fantastic Conference that included Louisa Wall as a fellow Key Note and the Topp Twins at our Conference Dinner.
My choice was not wholly supported not least for his candor... Yet as my I was delightfully tasked with the meet & greet.
The opportunity to korero over a cuppa with him ... was not missed & beyond the best.
As a parent his engagement with my son at one of his PP Shows was everything a Mum could wish for.
Rest in Aroha Nigel, thank you for your heart in your vocation & the lives you wonderfully impacted

Tributes are flowing for the broadcaster and psychologist, who died yesterday.

29/09/2025

23/09/2025

🕊️ 𝘏𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘪 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘢 🤍 I te koohaenga mai o te ata, e rehurehu ana te papa o te whenua i te rehu o te mate. Pookeeao ka tau ki runga o Tongariro, ka tanuku te mata o Piihanga.

Kareretia ana te tai o aituaa ki a Taa Tumu Te Heuheu. Ka rere te roimata me ko Waikato, he manawa-a-whenua.

Whiti atu, whiti mai i roto i ngaa taatai o Te Heuheu ki a Te Wherowhero. Noo mai anoo te kooiritanga, noo teenei raa tonu te tau hononga mau mai ai.

𝘒𝘪𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘛𝘶𝘶𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘢 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po expresses her profound sorrow at the passing of Taa Tumu Te Heuheu Tuukino VIII, Ariki of Ngaati Tuuwharetoa, earlier today.

Te Arikinui extends aroha to the whaanau pani and to the iwi of Ngaati Tuuwharetoa during this time of mourning, acknowledging the deep whakapapa, mutual respect, and enduring bond between the Kiingitanga and Ngaati Tuuwharetoa.

A steadfast pillar of strength and mana within te ao Maaori, Ngaati Tuuwharetoa has long stood as an enduring support to Kiingitanga. Under three decades of leadership by Taa Tumu, this sacred connection, forged through generations of collaboration and upheld through times of challenge and triump, has only grown stronger.

Taa Tumu was not only a guardian of his people, but a trusted ally and advisor to Kiingitanga. His voice carried weight in matters of tikanga, rangatiratanga, and kotahitanga. His wisdom, leadership, and unwavering commitment to the wellbeing of his iwi and te ao Maaori leave behind an enduring legacy.

Paimaarire.

23/09/2025

He Maimai Aroha