New Year Stay Support

In our Christmas campaign we are looking ahead to those who will need some extra support coming out of the Holiday Season. We know that this can often be one of the toughest times of the whole year.

Think of it as paying it forward – and making a difference where it’s most needed. Taranaki Retreat offers ‘Space to Breathe’ for individuals or wh​ānau going through tough times – people helping people.

Your donation will support wrap-around care for individuals and whānau, in a beautiful rural setting, with home-cooked meals, a support worker alongside, therapeutic groups and sessions, and loving, supportive company. You’re giving this to someone in incredible need.

Some who stay have been touched by suicide, or are dealing with loss or the depths of depression. Some people need time out from their situation at home, or as part of their healing journey.

This gift will bring peace, hope and awhi to a situation of suffering and hopelessness. Thank you so very very much for your aroha.

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The Whānau Play Area

Some feedback:

 The ethos of the Retreat is profoundly non-pathologising. It doesn’t see people as broken, needing diagnoses or prescriptions. It sees them as human beings carrying grief, stress, trauma, or despair — things that are entirely natural responses to a complex world. Through their time at the Retreat, whānau found not only rest but restoration. It began with the small things: being offered kai without expectation, being greeted with a smile, walking in nature with someone who asked how they were — and waiting, gently, for the honest answer.

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Donate here:

Moving into the New Year can be a such a challenging time – we are fundraising for Support Stays over that period.