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: Child/Children focused
Whakapiringa: Whanaungatanga-Positive Relationships
Kia tū tika: Taking accountability for our actions
Tukanga auahatanga: Reflective practices – Innovation

Our Vision

Tamariki Tū Tamariki Ora

Our Mission

Aronui ki nga Tamariki Aronui ki te whānau

Our Values

If you scroll over the manu you will see how the relationship of how our values and the manu work in KFST.

Tiakina Te Rito – Tui

Tiakina Te Rito – Tui

We encourage our tamariki to find and share their voice like the tui.

Whakapiringa: Whanaungatanga – Kereru

Whakapiringa: Whanaungatanga – Kereru

We hope that our tamariki and whanau connect to their iwi/hapu/whanau like the kereru.

Kia tū tika – Kokako

Kia tū tika – Kokako

Our kaimahi aspire to stand firm on behalf of our tamariki/mokopuna like the kokako.

Tukanga auahatanga – Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo)

Tukanga auahatanga – Pīpīwharauroa (Shining Cuckoo)

We must be reflective in our practices like the shining cuckoo and innovative in the way that work.

Our Team

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