Te Manu Toroa

16/11/2025

Huge mihi and congratulations to our lucky wāhine who entered the Wāhine Ora Walk-In Health Check prize draw and won $100 Pak’nSave vouchers. 🎉

Taking time to care for your hauora is a powerful act of aroha — not just for yourself, but for the hauora of your whole whānau. 💛

15/11/2025

Whānau protection starts with knowing your immunity. 🤔

How do you know if you’re protected against te mate karawaka (measles)?

✅ You are immune if you’ve:
• Had te mate karawaka (measles) before, OR
• Received 2 MMR vaccines after 12 months

If you were born between 1969–2004, you may not be fully protected. Many whānau in this age group didn’t get both MMR doses as tamariki — it’s important to check your records in your Well Child book or 🗣 kōrero with your tākuta or nēhi.

📌 Steps to protect your whānau:
• Check immunity: Make sure everyone in your whānau has 2 MMR doses.
• Get vaccinated if unsure: Book a FREE MMR vaccine or kōrero with us if you have any pātai. The MMR vaccine protects about 99% of people from measles and has an excellent safety record, used in Aotearoa since 1990.
• Protect vulnerable whānau: Keep sick tamariki away from pēpi, kaumātua, and those with long-term illnesses.
• Hygiene matters: Wash hands often, cover coughs and sneezes, and clean shared surfaces.
• Strengthen your hapori: Encourage whānau and neighbours to stay up to date with vaccinations, protecting those who cannot be vaccinated.
• Travel tips: Before going overseas, make sure you and your whānau are fully protected against te mate karawaka.

👉🏾 Check. Kōrero. Protect your whānau.

14/11/2025

Need some extra tautoko for your pēpi or tamariki? 🙏

We know parenting is a beautiful, sometimes challenging journey — and every whānau’s path is unique. That’s why Family Start offers free, home-based support for whānau. 🤱🏽

We kōrero, share resources, and work alongside you to help your pēpi/tamariki grow strong and thrive — in your own whare, at your own pace.

What we offer:
✔️ Free home visits to support whānau from hapūtanga to tamariki under 2 years
✔️ Resources, information, and activities to help your pēpi/tamariki develop and thrive
✔️ Help connecting your whānau to the right services and support
✔️ Early Learning Payment to cover up to 20 hours of early childhood education for tamariki 18 months to 3 years
✔️ Support for māmā and pāpā around parenting practices

If you feel this could be the kind of tautoko your whānau would benefit from, have a kōrero with us.
📞 0800 114 900 I ✉️ referrals@temanutoroa.org.nz

The first five years of a childs life is known to be fundamental to their health and development.

13/11/2025

Did you know whānau living with mate huka (diabetes) make over 180 decisions every single day – that’s more than 65,000 a year? 😳

Today, on World Diabetes Day, we shine a light on mate huka and kōrero about some common pūrākau (myths). ❌💭

Pūrākau: “Mate huka is nothing to worry about.”
Pono: Kāo – diabetes is a serious condition. It affects tinana, hinengaro, and wairua.

Without proper care, diabetes can lead to distress or burnout – when managing your condition becomes so overwhelming that it starts being ignored. This can cause serious health problems, including heart 🫀, kidney, eye, and blood vessel diseases.

The good news? With tautoko, manaaki, and good management, these risks can be greatly reduced. 🙏

11/11/2025

Pūkahu kakā (Pneumonia) can hit hard, especially for our tamariki and kaumātua.

It’s an infection that makes your lungs swollen and sore, making it hard to breathe and causing cough, fever, and pain. It can come from bacteria, viruses, or fungi — and it’s serious. 🫁👀

Here’s some simple, powerful ways to help protect your whānau:
🌿 Keep your whare warm and dry – cold, damp places make it easier for sickness to spread
🥗 Healthy kai
💉 Get flu and pneumonia vaccinations – these can stop serious māuiui before it starts
🚭 Avoid smoking and smoky spaces around tamariki
🧼 Wash hands often – it’s a simple way to stop germs moving around
👩‍⚕️ If your tamariki or kaumātua get a cough, fever or breathing troubles, don’t wait—reach out for tautoko early

09/11/2025

Te mate karawaka (Measles) spreads very easily between people who are not immune. 🤒 Just being in the same room as someone who is māuiui can be enough — it can be passed on by breathing, talking, sneezing 🤧, or coughing, and you can even catch it after they’ve left the room. One whānau with measles could spread it to 15–18 others! 🤯

It starts like a cold: runny nose, cough, red eyes, and fever. A few days later, a rash appears, usually starting on the face and spreading down the tinana.

Some whānau are more at risk of becoming very sick:
• Pēpi under 12 months
• Tamariki under 5 years old
• Kaumātua
• Whānau with weakened immune systems, including during hapūtanga and for up to 6 weeks after giving birth

👉 About 1 in 3 people with te mate karawaka need hospital care. It can cause serious mauiui, like chest infections or brain swelling — sometimes even death.

✅ The good news is there’s a way to protect your whānau: the MMR vaccine.
Two doses after 12 months help prevent getting and spreading te mate karawaka. Getting vaccinated keeps pēpi, kaumātua, and whānau safe.

These decisions are deeply personal. Taking the time to make a choice that feels right for your whānau is aroha.

Ask your pātai, reflect, and make decisions with mātauranga and aroha.💬

08/11/2025

Let’s kōrero mate huka (diabetes) – the truth, not the pūrākau (myths).

Pūrākau: “It’s your own fault you have mate huka.”
Pono: Kāo! Nobody chooses mate huka – it’s complex, and many factors play a role. 💛

💡 Type 1: Autoimmune, linked to whakapapa + environmental factors. If one whānau member has Type 1, the risk can be slightly higher for other whānau members.
💡 Type 2: Influenced by age, ethnicity, whānau history, genetics – not just choices!
💡 Gestational diabetes: Can affect any wāhine, even with no known risk factors.

Mate huka is not a blame game. It’s about whānau support, aroha, and looking after tinana, hinengaro, and wairua.

If you or a whānau member are living with mate huka, we can help you understand it better, manage it day-to-day, and offer tautoko:
📞 0800 114 900 I ✉ clinic@temanutoroa.org.nz

05/11/2025

💬 “Diane and Kirstin make a normally anxious and stressful situation (immunisations) calming, comfortable and anxiety-free.”

Ngā mihi nui to this beautiful māmā for sharing her whakaaro. 💜

This is mātauranga, manaaki, whanaungatanga that sits at the heart of our mahi.

Our outreach immunisation service isn’t just about vaccines — it’s about creating safe, calm spaces where our whānau feel supported, heard, and at ease. 🙏

Sometimes that means coming to your whare, where things feel familiar and safe. Sometimes it means slowing down, taking the time to sit with you, creating space for kōrero, for calm. 💕