He Waka Taiora is an AOD Transitional Recovery Whare based in Papakura, focused on hope giving to those that have none. Receiving majority of whānau from incarceration into a recovery lifestyle utilising our kaupapa Māori modality. He Waka Taiora has been the vehicle whare for many successful PSW currently in the AOD mainstream sector in Auckland.
This initiative is to provide a Peer Support Worker maintenance programme, to review, re-engage & respite the already high-functioning PSW in the addictions sector, particularly in the Far North & Auckland. He Waka Taiora have extensive mātauranga within AOD and expertise for the teina coming through the sector. It is an over-arching organisation that holds the collective dynamic to support the individual how to figure themselves out, while residing in a nurturing therapeutic environment.
