Whare Ora

Healthy Homes

Te Piki Oranga is a Healthy Homes Initiative provider.  This service is offered in the Whakatū / Nelson, Tasman and Wairau / Marlborough regions.

The service aims to:

  • increase the number of children and their whānau living in warm, dry and safer homes.

  • reduce the number of children needing medical care caused by unhealthy homes.

Healthy homes kaimahi work with whānau to:

  • look at issues in the home that cause mould, condensation and draughts

  • equip their home with safety devices for young tamariki

  • offer support with any tenancy needs

  • improve the functionality of crowded living situations

Download an info-sheet about this service here.

How to access Whare Ora / Healthy Homes support

If you are hāpu (pregnant) or have young tamariki aged 0-5 years old living with you, we may be able to provide support to improve your housing conditions.

Please get in touch with us to start the conversation:

Phone: 0800 ORANGA (672642)

Email: healthyhomes@tpo.org.nz

Online: Use our online referral form

More information about the Healthy Homes Initiative

The Healthy Homes Initiative was established in 2013 by Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora.

Originally available only to whānau in some regions, it was expanded to a nationwide service in 2022 after an evaluation of the first three years of the service showed that:

  • the number of Healthy Homes service users needing hospital care was reduced by 19.8 percent 

  • that when whānau did need hospital care, their illness was less severe and their time in hospital was shorter

Read more on the Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora website.

Other services and support

We can also talk with you about other Te Piki Oranga services that might be right for you and your whānau, such as:

Referral form

You can refer yourself or someone else for services using an online or print form.

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