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Communications

11 January 2022

The Cost of Living Apart

What happens when younger generations grow up separated from their elders? Through their support work with young parents, the authors explore the loneliness and isolation experienced when whānau support systems are absent — and what it costs us all.

10 January 2022

Urgent Call to Support Vulnerable Rangatahi

Budget 2025's benefit sanctions threaten vulnerable young people, risking homelessness and instability for young parents and their children.

9 January 2022

The hidden cost of cutting support for young whānau

Zoe Witika-Hawke on why cutting early-intervention services in Budget 2025 doesn't save money — it just shifts the cost onto young whānau and future generations.

8 January 2022

New action group empowers Māori mothers facing mental health struggles

A new action group is supporting Māori mothers across the motu who are struggling with their mental health.

7 January 2022

Families 'devastated' as OT cuts funding to 190 providers

E Tipu E Rea shares a 1News report on Oranga Tamariki cutting funding to 190 providers — and what it means for whānau.

6 January 2022

Housing for young parents opens in West Auckland

A new papakāinga-model transitional housing facility for young parents has opened in Henderson, west Auckland — offering midwifery, immunisations, and social support alongside a home.

5 January 2022

E Tipu E Rea CEO attends reopening of repurposed Huntly Birthing Centre

The Huntly Birthing Centre has been repurposed as Aronui — a new midwifery-focused centre offering maternity programmes for whānau.

4 January 2022

Addressing Benefit Sanctions: Support for Young Parents

Zoe Witika-Hawke on why benefit sanctions miss the mark — “it’s not as easy as telling a young person to go and get a job” when housing, childcare and mental health are barriers.

3 January 2022

Zoe Hawke on New Zealand Herald: Is the new order of health really going to fix Māori inequality?

Zoe Hawke argues in the NZ Herald that health reforms alone won’t fix Māori inequality — without housing, income and cross-sector collaboration, stable healthcare is out of reach.

2 January 2022

E Tipu E Rea CEO talks to Waatea News around Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust led Hauora Event celebrating Te Rangaihi Reo Māori

E Tipu E Rea and Ngāti Pāoa Iwi Trust host a whānau hauora fun day celebrating Te Rangaihi Reo Māori — CEO Zoe Hawke speaks to Waatea News.

1 January 2022

E Tipu e Rea māmā advocates for reduction of alcohol harm on the Breakfast show

Mātua taiohi Tiana Kiro and Alcohol Healthwatch’s Dr Nicki Jackson advocate for reducing alcohol harm on the Breakfast show.

31 December 2021

E Tipu e Rea Kaimahi Emmaline Pickering-Martin discussing "Youth Crime" on Newshub

Policy and Advocacy Lead Emmaline Pickering-Martin discusses the Government’s ‘Youth Crime’ investment on Newshub Late.