The Invercargill Licencing Trust and two clubs are supporting Gambling Harm Awareness Week this week by pausing their pokies for a set time during the week.
 
While the campaign aims to get venues to pause their pokies for an hour during the week, Club Southland and the Invercargill Workingman’s Club are raising the bar and will be pausing their pokies for an hour every single day this week.
 
Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust Health Promoter Eru Loach said the Pause The Pokies campaign provides opportunities for individuals to have a Pause from their gambling.

Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust’s low-cost GP service is set to extend once again.

He Puna Waiora Wellness Centre, which is run by Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust, has opened its doors to a brand new pharmacy, which is set to open early September.

The pharmacy is a joint initiative between Nga Kete and community pharmacists Steve Jo, Tae Song and Terry Son. Mr Jo said he had always dreamt of opening a pharmacy within a medical centre to enable medical professionals to work seamlessly together to look after whanau.

Scorpions, anyone?

Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust is again organizing Re-O, and with scorpions on the menu, an opportunity to dip your face in some jello and whip up a raw-vegan baking delight, it’s shaping up to be like no other!

The three-day event will kick off Wednesday 10 July with a powhiri at 11.00am at Hansen Hall, Tay St Campus, followed by a market day and games such as guess how many in the jar, big jenga and balloon darts with a host of fabulous prizes up for grabs.

Organiser Mana Wright, of Nga Kete, said similar to Orientation Week at the beginning of the year, the event will celebrate local community and the student’s journey at SIT. Check the timetable attached for full details.

​Professional wrestling, a fear factor eating competition and a well-known musician will feature at this year’s Southern Institute of Technology Orientation Week.
 
Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust is organizing the annual event for the sixth time to welcome new and returning students onto campus.

Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust is organizing this year’s Southern Institute of Technology Re-Orientation Week.

The three-day event will kick off tomorrow with a powhiri at 11.00am at Hansen Hall, Tay St Campus, followed by a market day and games such as guess how many in the jar, big jenga and balloon darts with a host of fabulous prizes up for grabs.

Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust Iwi Community Panel Co-ordinator Mana Wright will represent New Zealand at the 63rd Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland next week.
Mana Wright, 25, has been selected to attend through the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples on the basis of the work Nga Kete is doing in collaboration with the NZ Police, developing alternative resolution processes that seek to reduce Maori and community entry into the criminal justice system for low-level offending.

New Zealand music artists Che Fu and Laughton Kora will be a highlight at this year’s Southern Institute of Technology Orientation Week, thanks to SIT Music Department Charlie Rodgers.
Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust is organizing the annual event for the fifth time to welcome new and returning students onto campus.

Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust is launching a new service Iwi Community Panels in collaboration with the New Zealand Police and local iwi, as an alternative resolution process for low-level offenders.
Nga Kete Chief Executive Officer Tracey Wright-Tawha says the agency is aiming to steer whanau away from entering a criminal conviction pathway with the establishment of Iwi Community Panels.

Participants of Nga Kete’s Aronui Art Therapy programme, which was introduced in April last year, describe the experience as therapeutic, fun, safe and healing.
The programme has been designed for people engaging in Nga Kete’s Addiction Services, and aims to reduce the harm of alcohol and drug use by exploring and understanding why participants use these substances and behaviours.

Invercargill communities, groups and agencies have taken up the ‘call to action’ in Suicide Prevention by committing to sign a community accord which asks that we collectively participate in a community information network as a positive step to keeping our whanau safe from suicide.
The theme for this year’s Te Whare Tu, Te Whare Ora kapa haka event is Manaaki Tangata – a call to action to strengthen a strong cultural identity in the prevention of suicide.