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Healing wānanga
A series of day wānanga for whānau impacted by suicide — the first at Okataina Lodge — building toward Mokopapa.
He Aturangi Ka Mamao.
A collective of whānau, walking alongside whānau.
Suicide prevention and postvention across Te Arawa — built on whānau voice, held with care, and made for the generations coming.
Te kaupapa
One intent.
One whakaaro.
He Aturangi Ka Mamao is a collective of whānau — and a collective of organisations — that came together around one kaupapa: suicide prevention and suicide intervention, done the way whānau need it done.
Our purpose is to support whānau who are struggling, and to make sure every whānau has what they need so that we have a better tomorrow. That means kōrero, wānanga, healing spaces, and people who will sit with you for as long as it takes.
Ā mātou mahi
What we do
There are various kaupapa within HAKM. What ties them together is flexibility — the space to do whatever whānau actually need.
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Whānau kōrero
Whānau speaking in their own words, about the hardest thing that has happened to them and about what helped.
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Schools & rangatahi
Support networks inside schools, so rangatahi know what is out there for rangatahi going through this.
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Walking with whānau
Postvention support after a death, and prevention before one — information evenings, home visits, and a phone that gets answered.
He Aturangi Ka Mamao is all about whānau. Whānau voice, whānau perspective, whānau having a space where they can be. It’s also a place of healing for some.
“It’s a space where we have the flexibility to do whatever whānau need.”
Ko wai mātouTe ara
A series building toward Mokopapa
Not many spaces have explored this style of wānanga, or this style of healing. Each one shapes the next.
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11 Jun 2026
Information evening — Rongomai Wānanga
Around fifty whānau. A four-speaker panel sharing their own experiences. One person told us they’d been in this space for years and this was the first time something had helped.
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30–31 Jul 2026
Wānanga Tahi — Okataina Lodge
A healing wānanga for whānau impacted by suicide, across two days, filmed with the permission of everyone in the room.
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24–25 Sep 2026
Wānanga Rua — Waiteti Marae
A healing wānanga across two days at Waiteti Marae, Ngongotahā.
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15 Oct 2026
Wānanga Toru — Mokopapa
One day at Te Takinga Marae, Mourea — a real unique opportunity, and a real unique approach to suicide prevention, and what this whole series has been building toward. Open to whānau who have been to Wānanga Tahi or Wānanga Rua.
Register for Wānanga Toru
Āwhina
If today is heavy, start here
You don’t have to be in crisis to reach out, and you don’t have to explain yourself first. Depending on where you’re at — it doesn’t matter.
Need to talk?
1737Free call or text, 24/7. Trained counsellors, no cost, no wait to be “bad enough”.
Suicide Crisis Helpline
0508 828 8650508 TAUTOKO. For anyone in distress, or worried about someone else.
Kia mōhio tonu mai
The monthly pānui
Once a month: when the next wānanga is on, and when new kōrero go up. That is all it is. Tell us any time and we will take you straight back off the list.