by Te Pā User | May 18, 2022 | Mana Motuhake, Mana Ōrite, Mana Tangata
We are delighted to share that Maia has joined PARS as a Support Administrator in the team she did her placement with. She has kindly shared a bit about the journey that led her to PARS. While her own childhood was immersed in Te Ao Māori and felt blessed, Maia grew...
by Te Pā User | Feb 1, 2022 | Mana Motuhake, Mana Tangata, Mana Ūkaipō
1 February 2023 Te Pā is a proud partner of Share My Super, whose donors help support our Te Ohomai Rangatahi service. This month their blog features another of Te Pā’s services that supports vulnerable children and young people in Aotearoa. Te Pā and the...
by Te Pā User | Oct 4, 2021 | Mana Motuhake
Free to work towards a life full of promise after being discharged without conviction was one of the many life changing outcomes for Paul while being supported by PARS. Sitting with a sombre look, hunched down in his seat at his local library, Paul began to unpack...
by Te Pā User | Nov 23, 2020 | Mana Māori, Mana Motuhake, Mana Whānau
In an unprecedented year that has brought its share of unique challenges for so many of us, it’s uplifting to hear how Christmas 2020 is looking to be a vast improvement on Christmas 2019 for one young PARS tangata (client). Nomi wasn’t a bad kid. By his own...
by Te Pā User | Jul 31, 2020 | Mana Māori, Mana Motuhake, Mana Whānau
Heading to Australia at age 23, Mack had dreams of building a good life for himself, his wife and their infant son. Returning under a deportation order 15 years later while his wife and six kids stayed behind, wasn’t exactly part of the plan. But being arrested and...
by Te Pā User | Jul 21, 2020 | Mana Motuhake, Mana Tangata, Mana Ūkaipō
It would be fair to say that life has thrown Ema* more than her fair share of challenges. She grew up in a home where money was scarce and addiction was the norm, and was subjected to physical abuse from a family member from the age of seven. She was bullied and felt...
