August 2015 Volume 1, Number 1

In This Issue Welcome to our

e-newsletter! WERO Challenge

Southland success

Walk-in Clinic trial

Te Reo Wiki TXT2X

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Welcome to our e-newsletter!Welcome to our newly-established monthly electronic newsletter. We’re excited to bring you the latest updates and news from our various work streams, programmes and events from our agency – an agency we are incredibly proud of. NKMP was established in September 2000 and has grown to offer a variety of health and social services. It is a non-profit organization with services offered at no or low cost to the whanau/client. We believe that people can achieve anything if they are empowered or connected to information that helps them solve problems, motivates and stimulates them. The first step towards positive change needs to occur within. NKMP is an organization with energy, zest and resources to aid a person on their journey and empower them to succeed.

WERO challenge Southland success

A Southland team of determined participants took on the latest WERO Stop Smoking Challenge and won the South Island Pool, beating 11 other teams.The group won a total of $5750, which was donated to the Arahi Maori Women’s Welfare League. We had a special celebration, along with the league, to celebrate and congratulate their amazing effort! Two of the team members attribute their success to the Challenge and the support they received from it and are

determined to remain smoke-free. As a youngster Desiree Neho thought the smell of cigarettes was “the most disgusting thing on the planet.” But from the age of 16, she smoked seven to ten roll-your-owns a day. Looking back, she never would have had

Ka tangi te titi

"Arahina Ki Te Ao, Ki Te Ora" - Leading the way towards achieving well being.

Weaving Wellness – Whanau Ora

appointment.

Te Reo WikiWe celebrated Maori Language Week between July 27 and August 02 – a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Maori. This year’s theme was 'Whāngaihia te reo Māori ki ngā mātua': helping parents to pass te reo on to their children. The country has marked Maori Language Week every year since 1975 to celebrate te reo Maori and use more Maori phrases in everyday life. This year’s theme is part of the underlying theme of Maori Language Week: Arohatia te Reo – cherish the language.

that first puff. “I could have done without it (my whole life)”. And now she can. Desiree has broken the 24-year habit and been smoke free for more than a month after quitting cold-turkey. Her sense of smell has increased significantly, food tastes better, breathing is easier and her children are proud of her, she said. Carol Ngeru, who started at the young age of 11 and smoked for 27 years, says quitting is one of the best things she’s ever done.Carol smoked about 25 roll-your-owns a day and struggled to break the habit but her determination and the support she received from the group, helped her beat the habit.The next competition starts September 1. People can register on www.wero.me or contact Trish Fraser at trish@wero.me or on 0274 435 241.

Walk-in Clinic Trial

TXT 2 XHave you heard about TXT 2 X support? If your gambling is getting the better of you and you need help to get back on track text your contact details to TXT 2 X (which means text to exclude). The programme allows an individual to access the Multi Venue Self Exclusion programme through a text message before an appointment is made at NKMP to begin the application process. MVSE allows you to exclude yourself from Invercargill gaming venues for three months to two years.

Our GP Service He Puna Waiora – Wellness Centre – has been so popular since it opened at the beginning of the year and now we’ve got more than 1500 enrolled patients! To reduce waiting times we’re about to trial a one-day a week walk-in clinic. Dr Patu said the clinic will provide affordable, accessible health care to the community. “We’re making excellent health care more readily available for our patients.”The clinic will be open every Monday from 9am to 5pm and after one month a decision, based on patient satisfaction, will be made as to whether it will continue.

Dr Maira Patu

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