
Puawai Mama Mothers
Support Group
Ngā Whakamarama | Service Description
Mother's from all over the Hutt Valley come together each week to support one another in their role as a mother. Sessions are relaxed and the environment is warm, welcoming and friendly. Mother's can expect to enjoy one anothers company, learn from one another, be exposed to a number of guest speakers from local providers and community agencies.


The program consists of the following:
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connecting to whakapapa.
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how your personal journey influences the way you parent your tamariki
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traditional roles of wahine and tane
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human development, focussing on infancy childhood and adolescence
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parent and child safety, including physical and emotional safety
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understanding the negative aspects of the misuse of power and control
Objective of the programme:
The aim of this programme is to create a greater sense of the understanding and responsibility of the parenting role amongst Māori whānau in order to provide a nurturing and safe environment for tamariki.
Mā wai ēnei mahi?
Can anyone use this service?
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Māori whānau
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Mixed tane/wahine groups
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Whānau living in the Hutt Valley
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This programme is free and confidential
Waea Mai
Who do I contact to find out more?
Phone 04 920 1460, and ask for a member of the NET Team for more information. Come see us at Kokiri Marae, 7 - 9 Barnes Street, Seaview, Lower Hutt 5014
Whakatauki
He aha te mea nui o te ao?
What is the most important thing in the world?
It is people, it is people, it is people.
Waiata
Te Taonga o taku ngakau
Te Taonga o taku ngakau
Ko taku mokopuna e
E korikori mokopuna
Engari ,hei aha, hei aha ra !!
Ko te mea nui
Ko te aroha
Kaua ra e patu
Taku mokopuna
Me awhi awhi mai Taku mokopuna
Haututu e !
The greatest thing in my heart is my little mokopuna
He’s a tutu little mokopuna !!
Engari ,hei aha, hei aha ra !!
The greatest thing to give is your aroha,
so don’t you smack my mokopuna
just awhi awhi mai my little mokopuna e !
Support Group
Literacy and Maths
Programme
Supported Playgroup



