Whare Ora

For all our Whare Ora Assessments you must be:

• registered with the Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust,
• be the legal titled homeowner,
• and your whare must be within Taupō or Tūrangi.

Aē, you can apply for this service if the whare is owned by a registered member of the Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust, within Taupo or Tūrangi, and you can evidence ownership through a License to Occupy or Occupation Order. However, if the home is owned and operated by a commercial entity this will be at our discretion.

Kāo.

The Whare Ora service is a Healthy Homes Assessment only. This will help you to identify critical repairs required only,

Whare Ora is an advice and advocacy service only.

Our kaiarahi will support you to complete external funding applications if you are eligible but have no say in the eligibility criteria.

Aē,

We are using an external provider Sustainability Options to complete this mahi at present which locks us into specific locations.

As we look to onboard and train our own kaiarahi to fill this space, we hope to expand into other areas as we progress beginning with Taumaruanui.

Aē, as part of our Whare Ora initial assessment visit, our assessor will provide immediate education on how you can improve the health of your home and what actions you can take as a whānau.

We also plan to run workshops on basic home maintenance and repair actions.

If this has been identified in your report an invitation will be sent to you directly, but these are also open for registered members to learn low-cost/no-cost options to maintain your home to reduce repairs required.

Check out our He Iwi Kāinga Wānanga Event Calendar for upcoming dates.

Our report covers the following areas:

• Roofing & Gutters
• Exterior & Cladding
• Glazing & Draughtproofing
• Insulation
• Plumbing & Drainage
• Electrical & Energy
• Internal
• Heating
• Extraction
• Safety and security

Aē, this area is included in our catchment.

We are limited to our immediate rohe for now and hope to expand out in the future.

We can look to connect you to a number of other providers who provide Healthy Homes Assessments in your area.

Kāo, at this stage it is just an assessment. Our team can work with you to develop a plan around the repairs and maintenance identified in the assessment, provide guidance with contractors and quotes and check the quality of the mahi undertaken after the repairs are completed.

He Iwi Kāinga is coordinating a Repairs Project of 20 whare in our rohe that have received a Whare Ora Assessment.

These repairs are fully funded by Te Puni Kōkiri and address those critical and important issues identified in the assessment.

The timeframe for this project is very tight with a June 30th 2024 end date.

We are guided by the criteria set out by Te Puni Kōkiri in which homes are eligible to receive the funding and focus on bringing whānau homes to a warm, dry and secure standard.

All 20 homes have been confirmed with both Te Puni Kōkiri and the homeowners.

Our Whare Ora services are not available to the tenants of a property or those in a rental agreement- you must be the homeowner.

You must also reside in the property and the home not used for commercial gain.

If the whare is in a Whānau Trust we will discuss this further with you to understand who is in the home and their relationship to the trust.