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Oct 13
1 min

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Visits Hamiltonians

KFST CEO Nik Coupe attended a meeting where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke to Hamiltonians working in the social services sector at ...

Oct 7
2 min

White Ribbon Day 2020: Challenging Outdated Stereotypes

Nau mau haere mai. Come join Fairfield Enderley Resiliene Network on a White ribbon Hikoi and you'll be making a stand against men's viol...

Sep 22
1 min

Matariki Rau

One of the things we did to celebrate Matariki was ask tamariki to design a rau (feather) to place on our Korowai (cloak). We were so imp...

Sep 22
1 min

2020 Social Services Register Waikato

Complied by the Waikato DHB Suicide Prevention and Postvention Coordination, this is not a complete document of all the services in Waika...

Sep 14
1 min

There's more to say after 'R U OK?'

In 1995, much-loved Barry Larkin was far from ok. His suicide left family and friends in deep grief and with endless questions. In 2009, ...

Sep 14
1 min

Māori Language Moment: we were part of the Million!

The Maori Language Commission redesigned Māori Language Week so that this year, whether we were in lockdown or not: New Zealanders could ...

Sep 2
1 min

Māori Language Moment 2020

Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust will be joining millions (we hope!) on Monday 14 September at 12noon to celebrate te reo Māori. We'll b...

Aug 29
1 min

Donations for Clothe Our Kids on hold

If you have donations for Clothe Our Kids please hold on to them for now until a new drop off point is found. Kirikiriroa Family Services...

Aug 29
1 min

Kirikiriroa Family Services Trust is MOVING effective 31 August 2020

We've moved but not far! All our KFST services are now at 79 Norton Road, Frankton, Hamilton 3204. 79 Norton Road is our new facility, Kā...

Aug 11
2 min

Coronavirus Returns To NZ

New Zealand's Alert Levels are changing at 12 noon on Wednesday 12 August. Auckland will move to Alert Level 3, and the rest of NZ will m...

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