Programmes
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 aged 15 to 24 years.
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.
Employment Programme (18-24 year olds)
Helps young adults develop skills with the aim of finding a job.
Includes mentoring and specific qualifications related to employment.
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.
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:
1. Youth development is shaped by the “big picture”.
2. Youth development is about young people being connected.
3. Youth development is based on a consistent strengths-based approach.
4. Youth development happens through quality relationships.
5. Youth development is triggered when young people fully participate.
6. Youth development needs good information.