Our Story
Tu Maia Anake Trust walks alongside wahine Maori finding their way home from methamphetamine, from harm, from the lives they were never meant to carry.
If you are in immediate danger, call 111. For confidential support any time: Women’s Refuge 0800 REFUGE (0800 733 843)
“E te tuahine, e te wahine nau mai. Haere mai. Kua tae mai koe.”
Maybe you are sitting in a car. Maybe you are hiding your phone. Maybe it is 3am and the house is finally quiet and you are wondering if there is a way out.
There is. And it starts with you reading this.
Tu Maia Anake exists for wahine like you. Wahine carrying the weight of methamphetamine — your own use, or someone else’s. Wahine living with hands that hurt, words that cut, partners who promise it will not happen again.
We are not here to judge you. We are not here to fix you. You are not broken. You are a wahine who has been surviving, and now you are ready for something more than surviving.
We walk beside you. At your pace. In your time. With your tikanga. Until you stand on your own whenua again.
What we do
Wahine Whakaora — Healing Programme
A kaupapa Maori recovery programme for wahine stepping away from methamphetamine. Group sessions, one to one support, connection to whenua, reo, and atua wahine. No clipboards. No labels. Just a circle of wahine who have walked this path and the ones walking it now.
Wahine Whakaruruhau — Safe Pathways
For wahine in relationships where harm has become normal. Confidential one to one support, safety planning, advocacy, and a warm handover to refuge, legal, and housing services when you are ready. You decide what happens. You decide when.
Wahine Whakapakari — Standing Strong
Ongoing wraparound for wahine who have stepped out of harm and are rebuilding. Wananga, mentoring, financial literacy, parenting support, employment pathways. The work of becoming who you were always meant to be.
WHY THIS KAUPAPA EXISTS
Wahine Maori are nearly three times more likely to experience family harm than other women in New Zealand.
They are over represented in every statistic that measures pain, and under represented in every statistic that measures support.
The pathways that exist were not built for them. The waiting lists are long. The forms are cold. The questions are wrong. And the wahine who need help most are the ones least likely to ask twice.
Tu Maia Anake was built by wahine, for wahine, on the truth that healing happens in te ao Maori. Not as an add on. Not as cultural flavour. As the foundation.
VOICE OF A WAHINE
“I came to Tu Maia Anake with nothing. No house, no kids, no reo, no hope. They did not ask me to prove I deserved help. They just held the door open and waited. Two years later I am drug free, my tamariki are home, and I run a wananga for other wahine. That is what aroha can do.”
Stand with us
Tu Maia Anake is a registered charitable trust delivering frontline support to wahine Maori across South Auckland and beyond. Every dollar we receive goes into the hands of kaimahi who sit with wahine in their worst hours.
We are seeking partners who understand that change for wahine Maori does not happen in a six week programme cycle. It happens over years, through relationships, with people who do not give up.
If you are a funder, a corporate partner, an iwi entity, or a whanau wanting to support this kaupapa, we would be honoured to korero.
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