The Whare Ora Programme is a FREE initiative that supports whānau to create healthier homes that are warmer, drier, and safe.
A home is considered healthy if it:
Living in an unhealthy home can make you and your whānau become very sick with illnesses like:
Some of the products and services in the Whare Ora programme are:
Once referred, the whānau will be contacted for a Healthy Homes assessment. The assessment is sent to the Whare Ora hub who review it and create an action plan to be confirmed. Whare Ora hub coordinates products and services that the whānau are eligible for.
Whānau must meet all of the base criteria and at least one of the groups to be eligible.
If you meet all three of these criteria, you may be eligible under one of the groups listed below.
Group 1 (hospital admission 0 - 4 years old)
Was a 0 – 4 year old old living in the home hospitalised overnight with one of the following:
Group 2 (social for 0 - 4 years old)
Does this whānau have a child 0 – 4 years old and meet two of the risk factors?
Group 3 (pregnant mum or new born baby)
Does this whānau have one or more of the following:
Group 4 (RMF and hospital admissions 0 - 14 years old)
Are there at least two young people under the age of 19 living in the home and was a 0 – 14 year old living in the home hospitalised overnight with one of the following:
Group 5 (3 positive strep throat swabs)
Are there at least two young people under the age of 19 living in the home and have there been three positive strep throat swabs in the whānau in a three month period?