Te Kuiti Community Link
Our location
Street address:
45 Taupiri Street
Te Kuiti
Postal address:
PO Box 110
Te Kuiti 3941
Fax: 07 878 5013
Directions: Office situated off Taupiri Street, next to the National Bank. There is a designated disabled parking space in the car park in front of the site.
Our services
Community Links are a part of a move towards a new approach the Ministry of Social Development is taking to simplify the way people access government and community support services in recognition that people may come to us with a range of complex needs.
Located in the old Work and Income building on Taupiri Street, our Community Link delivers services including health, education, housing, advocacy, advice, facilitation services, job search and income support. It also has a community meeting room which community groups can use free of charge.
Our partners
Te Kuiti Community Link partners include:
- Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) – provides no-fault personal injury insurance cover and client services for people who are unable to work due to injury through accident
- 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
- Department of Corrections – Community Probation Services – provides sentence compliance
- Department of Building and Housing – provides tenancy advice and information, community education and liaison and mediation services for tenants and landlords
- Family and Community Services – co-ordinates government and non-government activity to support families and communities to be safe and successful
- Hamilton District Community Law Centre – provides legal advice on family, youth, civil, public and criminal law
- Housing New Zealand Corporation – provides access to affordable housing and home ownership loans for those on low to moderate incomes
- Inland Revenue Department – provides information about Working for Families tax credit and Child Support
- NZ Police – provides support for community safety
- Otorohanga Household Budgeting Service – helps families and individuals with household budgeting
- Senior Services – supports older people through provision of financial assistance and connection to services, support and opportunities
- Te Kuiti Community House Trust – provides educational, social and recreational services. The community centre co-ordinator is an advisory member of the Community Link Governance group.
- Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development) – provides information and advice that aims to improve Maori wellbeing and development
- Work and Income – provides people with help to get a job, a recruitment service for local businesses and assesses people for income support
- Workbridge – provides a professional employment service for people with disabilities, injury or illness
Networks or groups that meet at the Community Link:
- Family Safety Meetings
- Maniapoto Family Violence Intervention Network
- Strengthening Families Local Management Group
