It has now been one year since the start of Youth Intact, Waikato’s youth drug and alcohol service for Rangatahi/young people. To mark the occasion we celebrated with a get-together for staff from all of our four amazing providers (Odyssey, Te Korowai, Care NZ and Taumarunui Community Kokiri Trust) coming to Hamilton to share their…
Youth INtact Odyssey were delighted to have Angitu (Meaning success) our branding words onto the wall in our youth space. As part of youth week the crew from Te Ahurei Rangatahi did a graffiti tour landing different māori names on walls. The energy was high as we watched the wall take shape and believe will…
Youth Intact has been running for almost a year and from the outset the focus has been to ensure a youth appropriate service that engages youth ensuring the environment and interventions are youth friendly and relevant. What better way of ensuring this than Youth Intact forms a Youth Reference Group! On the 17th of May…
Youth INtact CareNZ team attended both the ‘Putaruru Water Festival’ which was held on Saturday 25 February 2017 and ‘Balloons Over South Waikato’ event in Tokoroa on 24 March 2017. In addition to providing information about INtact to the community it also gathered feedback from young people and rangatahi on how they would like service…
The new Waikato wide youth drug and alcohol service Youth INtact celebrated its official launch (15 March) in Garden Place, Hamilton. The approach was to celebrate with youth for youth in the Waikato. Rangatahi / young people from local high schools entertained the public with songs, poetry and kapa haka. Funded by the Waikato District…
Youth Intact Hamilton and surround team is pleased to inform you that we have moved to a new location as of today (10 February). We look forward to seeing you in our new permanent space.
Our new building is located at 11 Garden Place, Level 2, Hamilton Central
Hauraki Youth INtact team out and about and enjoying themselves at the Paeroa Waiting Day celebration on Monday 6 February.
The Hauraki Youth INtact Team spent New Years Eve at Whangamata supporting the “It’s not about the sausage” event. This event was led by the Whangamata Fire Brigade and Plan before you Party and focuses on hydrating and feeding rangatahi before they party. We had four Youth INtact staff attend with our Youth Worker Turaukawa…
‘Mates before crates’ message inspires taking care of each other over summer When is a job not a job? When the word “job” ceases to exist. At least that is the case for Te Korowai Hauora o Hauraki Youth INtact worker Turaukawa Bartlett, who is so passionate about the work he does he says he…
Youth INtact supports a local Te Aroha event Youth Intact Odyssey team attended the “Aroha Cruise In” which is an event in Te Aroha that showcase not only the beautiful town but on display are classic cars, bikes and hot rods with bands playing in the background. This year Youth Empowerment Service ran a Voices…