The Here Toitū service, delivered in partnership between THINK Hauora and the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), can support you to find and maintain meaningful work, study, or volunteering experiences. Recognising your potential and working towards achieving goals can help improve your wellbeing and whanaungatanga.


The Here Toitū dedicated support team will support you to:


  • identify your strengths and how to use them
  • achieve your employment, volunteering or learning goals
  • access health and fitness providers to improve your wellbeing
  • connect with local support services


The service is completely free to access and is available in Palmerston North, Manawatū, Horowhenua, Ōtaki and Tararua. Our team can work with you for up to 12 months so you can feel fully supported to make, and sustain the goals you're working towards.

There are two different parts to the Here Toitū service:


Here Toitū - Standard

Works with people aged 18-64 years old who are receiving a health related disability benefit and wanting extra support to improve wellbeing and return to sustainable employment.

 

Here Toitū - Responding Early

Works with people aged 16-64 years old who are in work and managing a health condition or disability that is impacting on their ability to work.

Supporting you to achieve your goals


When you first connect with Here Toitū, you'll be supported by one of our Kaimanaaki. These are health navigators, who will walk alongside you on your journey and help you set some goals and aspirations. These goals can be about anything that's important to you and your whānau, whether that's for health, wellbeing, learning, or earning.


Our Kaimanaaki are experts in the area in which they operate. They know about all the other services, organisations and programmes that you could link in with to help achieve your goals. They will also help connect you with other members of the Here Toitū kaimahi (staff) to help with specific things such as work and finances.


Other members of the team who can support you include Work Retention Specialists, and MSD Dedicated Case Managers. It's important that you get all the support you need in order to work towards achieving your goals. Our teams can work with employers to help introduce changes that could support you to keep working, and also ensure you are receiving the right financial support from MSD so you can focus on achieving your aspirations.


Read the full Here Toitū eligibility criteria

Meet the Here Toitū kaimahi

Connect with the Here Toitū programme

There are a number of ways you can connect with Here Toitū. We'd love to hear from you!


  1. Talk to your health provider (GP, practice nurse, Māori health provider) and ask them to put you in touch with the service
  2. You can get in touch with us directly using the form below and one of our team will contact you
  3. You can give us a call on our free-phone number 0800 141 454

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