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Our Whakapapa
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.
Our Board of Trustees now changed to the following representatives:
- Toni Welch (Board Chairperson)
- Hinemoerangi Ngatai Tangirua
- Professor Polly Atatoa Carr
- Rachel Stephenson
The partnership was formed because of the shared belief that Kirikiriroa 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 mana o te tangata
Ka hiki te mana 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 – Tui

Whakapiringa: Whanaungatanga – Kereru

Kia tū tika – Kokako

Tukanga auahatanga – Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo)

Our Team
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