April 2024 East Coast Caregiver NewsJames Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora everyone, I trust this message finds you in good health and high spirits. It's time once more to share a brief update on the recent occurrences within our community. To...

February 2024 Caregiver News: East Coast RegionJames Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora everyone! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As we embark on a new year, and I reflect on my own experiences over the last few weeks, my family and I...

December 2023 Caregiver News: East Coast RegionJames Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora East Coasters, I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended the Family Fun Days in Napier and Gisborne last month. The turnout was nothing...

November 2023 Caregiver News: East Coast RegionJames Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Greetings, East Coast! This is James from Caring Families Aotearoa, bringing you the latest updates. I trust everyone is in good health. These past months have been...

September 2023 Caregiver News: East Coast RegionJames Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora everyone I want to do a big THANK YOU to Ngati Porou Oranga/Whānau Care Service.  It was just a pleasure to meet you all recently.  Your generosity and how...

James Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora East Coasters, what a great couple of months it's been.  I’ve had the opportunity to be involved in two face-to-face trainings, in Napier and Gisborne.  It was such a great opportunity to chat with some of...

James Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora East Coast whānau, James here with another month's snippets.  I hope things are going better for you all...well, better than last month!  It has been for me - the school holidays have been great spending...

James Uri East Coast Regional Coordinator 027 204 6908Kia ora koutou, It’s safe to say this month has been another challenging one as we are still dealing with the aftermath of the cyclone. I’m especially thinking of caregivers in the Wairoa and Gisborne areas, as I...

Kia ora koutou, This has been a challenging month for our region. I’m feeling very fortunate that my house and whānau are okay, but I know that is not the case for many of you, and I’m thinking of you all. Disasters like this always bring out the true spirit of kiwis;...

Kia ora koutou, Happy new year.  Well, what a start to the year so far, we on the East Coast have been hammered by severe storms, road closures, slips and a hurricane, just to top it all off.  But, it just goes to show how tough we East Coasters are, families stick...

Kia orana everyone (Hello - from my Cook Island Heritage) Wow, December seems full on in our house.  I don’t know about yours but with sports summer tournaments, a daughter reaching her potential at gymnastics (this is amazing …. but… she needs to be there for 12...

Kia ora everyone, You’ll have noticed it’s lighter in the mornings and it’s getting darker later in the evenings. Yes, Spring is upon us. I hope you’re managing to get your tamariki (children) to bed with the changes. Daylight Savings bring! It can be a tough time for...

Kia ora everyone What a month August was; and the weather events we survived!  I know some don’t go in for climate change but I have to say... Aotearoa (and the rest of the world) is experiencing some extreme weather events.  Our backyard is sodden  I hope you weren’t...

Kia ora everyone We certainly are in the thick of winter now.  I hope you have fared well with not much flooding and your roofs and trampolines are safely secured. I know we all wish winter to hurry up and be over but I think winter is meant to help us STOP! Winter is...

Kia ora koutou  For those that I didn’t manage to contact and share with, my final day as Regional Coordinator for the East Coast was a couple of weeks ago.  I am returning to a full-time role in Education due to some changes in my family’s needs. Thank you to all...

Kia ora koutou This year is speeding along and we are almost in June, halfway through the year.  It seems to have gone so fast. We are well into winter now in Hawke's Bay and when I decided to walk into the village to get coffee today at 7:30am in the morning, my...

Kia ora koutou We are fast tracking into May and one of the main celebrations during this time is Mother’s Day. Thank you to all those wahine (women) who play a part in a child’s life whether it is being a mother, aunty, nan, cousin or friend. I can think of many...

Kia ora koutou Hope this email finds you well and not too wet from all the rain that the Hawkes Bay/Tairāwhiti region is suddenly receiving. There has been a definite shift to Autumn, and it is starting to become noticeable in the changing colours of the leaves across...