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To be able to request our services you need to request a referral form

  • Referrals can only be submitted by Corrections Case Manager's or Organisations within the field of Reintegration

How We Work:

  1. The referral is received and reviewed by our Panel.
  2. Our Panel then arranges to meet with the potential Kainoho.
  3. Our Key Workers gather all necessary support information — this process can take up to six months.
  4. We will then advise you whether the Kainoho has been accepted or declined, including clear reasons for the decision.

If Accepted

  • We prepare a formal support report for the Parole Board.
  • We await the Parole Board’s decision. Once a release date is confirmed, we welcome the Kainoho and begin their journey with our service.

If Not Accepted

  • We continue working alongside the referral to strengthen their application.
  • We assist you and get to build a robust report and then re-submit to the Parole Board.

 

Frequently asked questions - Ngā pātai?

How do we accept your referral: 

  • We will send you our application form — please complete every section and ensure all requested information is provided.
  • Important: Referrals can only be made through a Corrections Case Manager or an established reintegration provider.
  • We will arrange hui with you and the potential kainoho being referred.
  • Hui will follow, with the referred person as we build a profile to present to the Parole Board.
  • We hold weekly or fortnightly check-ins. These are so we can get to know the potential Kainoho  and build a genuine, trusting connection.
  • We recommend starting this process at least 6 months before a Parole Hearing. This also secures a confirmed space for the referred person to our facility.

Arranging hui with Whānau

In most cases this can be done providing there are no non association orders.

Or we can use our services to re connect you with whānau, hapu or Iwi

Approach the Kaupapa for what it can offer you.  

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Mahi - Work

We work with the Kainoho to build a work plan. Kainoho will be trained and able to work in an industry that accepts him and that is approved by Probation. 

If a Kainoho is working, the kainoho will make the same contribution to his accommodation and recieve a packed lunch, fruit, youghurt and drink.  

The Kainoho will be taken to the Kainoho's workplace and picked up by Kaimahi

Kainoho must sign in and sign out when leaving any residences of Te Whare Mōtatau.  This is for safety reasons.

An Employed Kainoho's meals will be set aside for the Kainoho.

Another question your visitors may have

Visitors are welcome but need to be accepted through the visiting process.

Visiting days are Saturday and Sundays 9.00 am - 11 am and 1 pm - 3 pm 

Visitors can arrive to visits Saturday and Sunday either morning or afternoon.

Visits can occur at the discreation of the Kaimahi

Anyone breaking the ture (rules) will be asked to leave and will leave immediately.  It will then be discussed with the Kainoho how we move forward.

You can prepare kai for your visitors or they may bring kai, but dont be offended if the kai bought by family is searched.  Its about the kaupapa and the safety of others.

If drugs or alcohol is found the visit will cease and there may be consequences

No exceptions unless approved through the correct process.  All outside visits need to be approved by the CEO onsite Manager and Probation

At  times off Loss like Tangihanga this process needs to be elevated to the CEO and Probation.

 

Spiritual Connection

 

  • Rua Kenana Hepetipa — tohunga, matakite, leader, prophet of the Wairua Māori; he sought unity, restoration, and the lifting of the tapu over his people, building a sacred community at Maungapōhatu.

 

  • Piupiu Te Wherowhero — of the Kīngitanga line, holder of the mana of the Māori King movement; the meeting of these two represented the weaving together of spiritual authority and tribal kingship.​

 

  • Their encounter foretold a time when the people would be restored — when the scattered threads would be gathered back, when the sacred house would stand again.

 

 

"I mua, i te tutakitanga o Rua Kenana rāua ko Piupiu Te Wherowhero, i kitea tētahi hononga — he whakakitenga mō ngā rā o muri. Kua tau mai aua rā. Kua kitea te ara. Me mihi, me whakahōnore, ka tīmata te mahi."


"Long ago, Rua Kenana Hepetipa and Piupiu Te Wherowhero met and saw a connection — a revelation for the days ahead. Those days have come. The pathway is revealed. We acknowledge it, we honour it — and the work begins."

Ngā Kōrero mō ngā Kainoho Tūmanako - Information for Potential Kainoho

Contact

 📞 Phone: 022 094 111 0

- 📧 Email: rakaumairirewharemotatau@gmail.com

- 📍 Address: 429 Hall Road, RD 2, Te Kauwhata

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