August 2026 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator Phone: 03 929 6578 Mobile: 027 369 3333 Email: uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nzKia ora koutou e te whānau, I hope you all enjoyed your Matariki weekend and school holidays. I went to...
June 2026 Upper South Caregiver News Denise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Kia ora koutou e te whānau, I have recently returned from a trip around the region, and the power of connection has been...
April 2026 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Kia ora koutou Hello to April, Easter, Anzac Day, School Holidays, and end of first term! What a delight it was for me...
February 2026 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Kia ora whānau Welcome to 2026. I really hope you got to enjoy the holidays and the mixed bag of weather that our...
December 2025 Upper South Caregiver News Denise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Kia ora e te whānau As we approach the end of another year, I want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible...
OCTOBER 2025 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Kia ora e te whānau, I hope you are all pleased to see the end of winter, some longer warmer days are ahead and I probably...
August 2025 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Kia ora koutou whānau, Here we are in the last month of winter! And what a shocker it has been in the Top of the South in...
June 2025 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise Green Upper South Regional Coordinator 03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nz Mānawatia a Matariki koutou katoa, This month we come together to celebrate Matariki. The theme for Matariki this year is...
April 2025 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nzKia ora e te whānau/ Greetings family, What a wonderful month of March we have had celebrating Foster Care Awareness. I get...
February 2025 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nzKia ora koutou/Greeting everyone, Welcome to 2025 and February at that! I hope you all had a wonderful summer and Christmas...
December 2024 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nzKia ora friends Firstly thank you all for the amazing mahi that you put into the Tamariki/rangitahi/ children that are in...
August 2024 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333 uppersouth@caringfamilies.org.nzKia ora e te whānau/ Greetings friends I write this month with my caregiver hat on. It has been a topsy turvy month in my...
June 2024 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora koutou/Greetings to all our Upper South whānau. We have entered the colder months and already there has been plenty of snow in Te Waipounamu (the South...
April 2024 Upper South Caregiver NewsDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora Koutou I have recently had the privilege of being the Mother of the Bride for my foster daughter, a young lady who has grown up in the “Green team”. It...
February 2024 Caregiver News: Upper SouthDenise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora Upper South! Welcome to 2024. I hope you are enjoying the summer, we have had some amazing temperatures and a run of really great weather. I enjoyed...
Denise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora Koutou/Greetings everyone, Here we are in December and heading at a great rate of knots towards Christmas and the holidays. When I reflect back on 2023 I can say what a privilege it has...
Denise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora koutou/ Greetings all, Well aren’t we marching towards year’s end already! Daylight saving is well underway and the general election is now behind us. We have a new government of the day....
Denise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora koutou e te whānau, Wow we are marching fast towards the end of term 3. Happy Father's day to all our very special Dads. You bring a much needed role model into the lives of our tamariki...
Denise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora koutou katoa, nga mihi mahana ki a koutou i tēnei taima Matariki Greetings to you all, warm acknowledgements this Matariki season. I hope everyone is managing the winter months so far, it...
Denise GreenUpper South Regional Coordinator03 929 6578 or 027 369 3333Kia ora koutou/Hi everyone, Another round of school holidays has come and gone. I was lucky enough to take the whole whānau to the Bay of Islands for a holiday which was a mission but we had an...