Kaitaia Community Link
Our location
Street address:
34-36 Commerce Street
Kaitaia
Postal address:
Private Bag 2001
Kaitaia
Fax: 09 408 6309
Directions: Opposite Kaitaia Hotel. Disabled parking is located in Redan Road car park.
Our services
The Kaitaia Community Link is the northern-most Community Link in the country. Situated in the "Real Far North", Kaitaia services clients from the North Hokianga to Mangamuka, across to Totara North and right up to Cape Reinga.
The area offers an abundance of natural resources including forestry, fishing and farming as well as beaches and a great climate.
Employment opportunities are expanding, with a large amount of commitment by iwi, community groups and local bodies to look at local solutions for local problems.
The Kaitaia Community Link focus is on the needs of the wider community. The current client base is 6500: 3350 working age clients and 3150 superannuitants.
A local management group made up of government and non-government agency representatives is used as the governance structure to support the Community Link moving forward.
The mandate of this cross-sector group is to ensure that the community are involved in determining the range of programmes and services the Community link will partner with. The overall intent is to ensure that there is no duplication of services that already exist in the Kaitaia community sector.
Our partners
Kaitaia Community Link partners include:
- Amokura Family Violence Prevention Consortium – provides strategic leadership and co-ordination of violence prevention and early intervention activities across Taitokerau
- Careers NZ – provides help in making decisions about work and training
- Child, Youth and Family – provides support and protection for children, young people and their families
- Family and Community Services - co-ordinates government and non-government activity to support families and communities to be safe and successful
- Housing New Zealand Corporation – provides housing, home ownership loans and education for those on lower incomes
- Inland Revenue Department – provides information about Working for Families Tax Credit and Child Support
- Northable - assists people with disabilities to access the labour market
- Northland Primary Health Organisation – provides on-site B4 School checks
- Safer Community Council – provides a Strengthening Families Coordinator who will increase knowledge and assist clients with the Strengthening Families process
- Te Oranga – provides social services and programmes and information on programmes such as Born to Learn and Parents as First Teachers
- Work and Income – provides help to get a job and income support
- Workbridge – provides a professional employment service for people with disabilities, injury or illness
