Tamariki Ora Well Child Service

What the service is about

• A professional health care service with a tikanga Māori approach that provides professional and confidential growth and developmental checks for children from birth to 5 years old in their home.

A look into the service

• A registered nurse and/or a kaiāwhina will visit you and your child in your home or visit the child at any early childhood centres or a kōhanga to weigh and check baby for development. The visit will be recorded in your Well Child book and you can ask questions around your child’s progress.
• With parental permission, follow up services can be done at any early childhood centres or kōhanga where the child maybe attending.
• We also provide:
  • Breast feeding support.
  • Parent support.
  • Advocacy.
  • Home visiting.
  • Smoking cessation advice and support.
  • Physical activity advice and support.
  • Nutrition advice.
  • Contraceptive advice.

Who might benefit from the service

• All children from birth to 5 years and their whānau who live in:
  • Tokoroa.
  • Putaruru.
  • Tirau.
  • Matamata.
  • Te Awamutu.
  • Cambridge.
  • or surrounding rural areas

To gain access to the service

• Please ask your midwife to add Tamariki Ora to your discharge plan.
• Self-referral by walking in and making enquiries at Raukawa Charitable Trust offices in Tokoroa, Putaruru, Te Awamutu and Matamata.
• Free phone 0800 728 5292.