A strong whare creates the foundation for strong whānau.
Whare Ora is a free home assessment service that supports Ngāti Tūwharetoa homeowners to care for, maintain and strengthen their homes. Through a comprehensive assessment, we’ll identify practical opportunities to improve the warmth, health, safety and resilience of your whare and provide guidance on the next steps.
We guide you through every step using a proven 4-step process:
Apply online, we will check eligibility and give you a call to book a date and time to meet you in your whare.
Our assessor comes to your whare. We’ll talk through what we do and then do a non-invasive assessment meaning we will take photos, and record notes about the condition of your home.
A written report is provided that recommends what actions are needed – these can be maintenance tasks for whānau to action through to repairs where a contractor may be needed.
We’re available to help you understand the report and guide your whānau to make an action plan. We can provide options for you to finance the mahi, connect you to trades and check quotes for you.
We Don’t Provide Pūtea
Neither He Iwi Kāinga nor Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust provide any grants or funding for repairs or maintenance identified in your report. We provide a free assessment and report only.
Our Role
We are an advice and advocacy service – our role is to provide you with advice and guidance on what actions you can do and where you need a professional. We can help connect you to reputable contractors and look over quotes for you. We can also assist with lending and hardship applications and connect to available funding from other places, but we can’t promise you’ll get it.
Who Can Use This Service
For Whare Ora services you must:
A working smoke alarm can make all the difference. We provide free smoke alarm installations to help protect your whānau and create safer homes. Our team will install long-life smoke alarms in the right locations and share simple tips to keep them working.
He Iwi Kainga is the Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust's housing strategy, set up in 2019 to help with the housing needs of Ngāti Tūwharetoa whanau.
The Trust provides a number of grants to support our marae operational costs and benefit the people of Tūwharetoa.
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You can download the Registration Form or you can complete your Registration online.
