Visionwest Ōhinga Tū provides a wide range of youth mentoring, employment and training programmes, and youth housing initiatives.
Boost your training with programmes that set you on a path to a brighter future.
He Poutama Rangatahi
A youth employment programme aimed at improving education, training and employment outcomes for rangatahi Māori.
For: 15 to 24 year olds.
Youth Services
A youth coaching service providing wraparound support for young people to prepare them for long term employment.
We offer three Youth Service Programmes.
Community Coaching
A four-week youth employment program designed to develop job-ready skills, followed by ongoing employment mentoring and support.
For: 18-24 year olds
Youth Housing
Our Youth Housing Programmes are rangatahi housing responses which have been life-changing for those who have connected and journeyed with them.
Youth Justice Mentoring
A comprehensive youth mentoring programme to assist in supporting young people engaged with Oranga Tamariki and/or Youth Justice.
For: Up to 24 years old
Ready to Rent/ Budgeting Workshops
Free workshops designed to be a fast track to knowledge and to help open doors for rangatahi through in-house certifications.
About Ōhinga Tū
Ōhinga Tū delivers its programmes through a strong training and development ethos. It also lives within a strengths-based youth development framework, abiding by the principles of the Youth Development Strategy of Aotearoa (YDSA).
The YDSA is underpinned by the following principles that shape the youth development approach:
Youth Development Is
- Shaped by the “big picture”.
- About young people being connected.
- Based on a consistent strengths-based approach.
- Triggered when young people fully participate.
Youth Development
- Happens through quality relationships.
- Needs good information.