History

Te Anua Nua Trust was established as an independent Registered Charitable Trust on 5 January 1994. This was in response to de-institutionalisation and the foreseeable need to provide community residential care to people coming out of these institutions who could not be cared for in their own home or by whanau/family.

The implementation of deinstitutionalisation was well under way when Marara Comrie, a qualified Psychopedic Nurse with over thirty years clinical and hands on experience working with people with mental health and intellectual disability's, took two whaiora under her wing, at the insistence of family. Today the two original whaiora remain in care with Te Anua Nua Trust. For a short period Marara rented a home and eventually she purchased the home at 91 Gloucester Road, Manurewa. With little or no money to speak of she continued to care for and support the two plus another two, "on the smell of an oily rag" - as her applications for a Ministry of Health contract had not yet been accepted. Marara relied heavily on her magnificent vegetable gardens providing sustenance to the household and the major donations of food coming from her whanau and network of associates. She worked tirelessly around the clock to ensure that everyone was safe and well cared for. Over the holiday periods she was known to have taken the whaiora to her home in Gisborne for some much needed rest, rehabilitation and of course filling the trailer with kai to bring back to Auckland.

After much difficult times Te Anua Nua Trust residential service was appropriately named, a Board of Trustee's set up and Te Anua Nua Trust formally acknowledged by the Ministry of Health - successfully achieving recognition/approval to provide long term residential care to people with a primary diagnosis of an intellectual disability. The kaupapa/aim of the organisation, at that time being:

• to assist in the rehabilitation of whaiora - to support them to develop their life skills to the point where they could return to live with their whanau/family or live independently in the community.

Te Anua Nua Trust is governed by a Board of Trustees and is contracted to the Ministry of Health to provide community residential care to people between the ages of 16 to 65, with a primary diagnosis of an intellectual disability.

Mission Statment

To provide to each person who access's services through Te Anua Nua Trust, a safe and secure "home" environment: where their physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual needs are meet through:

• Having a voice in making decisions about their own lives; and
• Provision of flexible , responsible needs based support options;
• by caring, supportive, well trained kaiawhina/staff.

Mission statement Kaupapa is to enhance the well-being of all whaiora who access our services. Our values are:

• Tai Timu, Tai Pari,Tai Ao: respect of our environment
• Whakawhanaungatanga: We value community
• Manaakitanga: Respect for people
• Me Kahukura: We value change, success and respect diversity.