Manawa Ora Healthy Home Initiative

Manawa Ora is a free service that supports whānau with tamariki to create warmer, drier, healthier homes.

Manawa Ora may be able to provide:

• insulation
• curtains
• carpet (in Kāinga Ora houses)
• heating
• beds and bedding.

If you have a Community Services Card, and you are pregnant or have children under five (5), you may be eligible. Talk to the following people about making a referral for you or make your own referral:

• Doctor
• Midwife or Lead Maternity Carer
• Your ward nurse (if you have recently been in hospital)
• Public health nurse
• Family Start or social worker
• Plunket nurse or Tamariki Ora nurse.

Manawa Ora may be able to help regardless of your housing situation – whether you live in your own home, a rental, a Kainga Ora house, or need help to find a home.

For referrers

All referrals go to the Manawa Ora ‘Hub’. Referrals are usually processed within two to three days.

If you are eligible, you will be contacted and a community health worker/kaimahi from one of the Whānau Ora providers across Northland will be assigned to your whānau. They will contact the family, visit them in their home, and complete a comprehensive housing assessment.

This will identify what housing interventions may be able to be provided to make the home warmer and drier.

Information sheet for whānau/families
Information sheet for referring agencies
Manawa Ora Referral Form 

For more information, please contact:
Manawa Ora Regional Coordinator
E: manawaora@northlanddhb.org.nz
P: 0800 155 173