About This Service
Whaiora means ‘in pursuit of wellness’. Whaiora offers a wide range of health and social services to our Wairarapa community.
Our hauora (health and social) services support the wellness of Wairarapa whānau and include:
- Tamariki Services
- Whānau Services
- Kaiarahi Services (navigation)
We also operate a Very Low Cost Access (VLCA) Medical Centre for Masterton Māori, Pacific peoples, and people who have found it hard to afford or access healthcare.
Read more about Whaiora Medical Centre here.
Services and Care
- Well Child Tamariki Ora service
- Pregnancy and parenting support service
- Parenting education
- Support after birth
- Young parent support service
- Pregnancy support service
- Parent wellbeing support
- Support for dads service
- Whānau Ora service
- Kaupapa Māori Whānau Ora service
- Kaupapa Māori community health and social service
- Immunisations
- Childhood vaccination
- MMR (Measles and mumps and rubella) vaccination
- Meningococcal vaccination
- Exercise and activity service
- Youth mentoring and development service
- Community patient support service
- Healthy eating education
- Sleep education
- Mindfulness and mental wellbeing
