Nga Kete Matauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust

Mahana is a Southern Maori Mental Health and Addictions service providing support to individuals and whanau experiencing mild to moderate issues. In addition to counselling, Mahana facilitates a range of cultural resilience-building activities that promote wellbeing. 

We offer: Addiction 

• One-on-one counselling support
• Te Rongo Pai - Peer support group 
• Cultural wellbeing activities - site/community based 
• Creative arts
• Wananga-based interventions
• Pou Whirinaki cultural advisor support
• Mobile service options

We offer: Mental Health 

• Assessment
• Intervention 
• Access to cultural wellbeing activities
• Mobile service options 

Please note: If you are engaged with a secondary service, you are not eligible for entry into Mahana. We are not a crisis intervention service. 

Services are extended Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm. Late night options by appointment. 

Tikanga setting: Mahana is guided by a Kahui Kaumatua, ensuring culturally safe delivery of services to tangata whaiora and whanau. 

Aronui - Art Therapy Programme 

A group programme, facilitated at our Invercargill office, which aims to reduce the harm of alcohol and drug use and gambling harm by exploring and understanding why participants use these substances. Through art, participants can explore the role alcohol and/or drugs plays in their lives, the impact it has on themselves, whanau and community, their attitudes, behaviours, beliefs and values, the actions and consequences of substance abuse, an understanding of self and a life without alcohol and/or drugs. 

For all referrals to Mahana:
Email us admin@kaitahu.maori.nz
Phone 0800 925 242
or self refer by presenting at the following offices: 
Level 2, 92 Spey Street, Invercargill 
Level 5, 43 Princes Street, Dunedin 

We provide a free Southern wide service offering community group clinics and one-on-one support with seven site coaches operating across the Southern region.

We provide free nicotine replacement therapy resources to support you on your journey to become smoke-free. These include gum, lozenges and patches.

Get in touch with us today!

Kia Piki te Ora is a Maori Public Health initiative that aims to:

• Promote Maori Mental Health & Wellbeing.
• Reduce access to the means of suicide for Maori.
• Increase safe reporting by media of suicide.
• Contribute to improved Maori mental health services.