About Us
About Us
Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust (KFST) - has been in operation since 1999. The service was established by the Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust who continues to govern as KFST. The Trust was a result of the tripac partnership formed between Maatua Whangai o Kirikiriroa, Specialist Education Services and Te Kohao Health to provide the Family Start programme in Hamilton City.
The Trust membership has now changed to the following representatives:Toni Welch (Interim Chairperson), Hinemoerangi Ngatai Tangirua & Professor Polly Atatoa Carr.
The partnership was formed because of the shared belief thatKirikiriroa Family Services Trust was a means to:Empower and strengthen individuals, and through individuals their families and whanau and communities. Provide a programme that endorses the kaupapa of Tino Rangatiratanga. Provide intervention to those in need at the earliest possible moment through strength-based activities.
Hence the recording of KFST’s primary kaupapa–philosophy/value base as being:
- Ka hiki te tapu o te tangata
- Ka hiki te tapu o te katoa
- When one is enhanced
- All are enhanced
Our Vision
Tamariki Tū Tamariki Ora
Our Mission
Aronui ki nga Tamariki Aronui ki te whānau
Our Values
Tiakina te rito: Child/Children focused
Whakapiringa: Whanaungatanga-Positive Relationships
Kia tū tika: Taking accountability for our actions
Tukanga auahatanga: Reflective practices – Innovation
