E rere kau mai te awa nui nei. Mai i te kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa.
Ko au te awa.
Ko te awa ko au.
The river flows from the mountains to the sea.
I am the river.
The river is me.
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Our trained professionals are here to help you. We’re here for you. We listen. We’ll find the right support you need.
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What you can expect from us
We treat you with respect, kindest and common courtesy.
Privacy and safety
All contact between our staff or specialists and you, is private and confidential. You can choose to stay anonymous.
Your identity and contact information will not be given to anyone else, unless we’re concerned about your immediate safety, or someone else’s. In that case, we’ll need to call emergency services.
Non-judgmental, professional, respectful staff and specialists
We are here to provide a professional service to you, in a non-judgmental, private and safe setting.
We listen to you
We are here to listen, to help you and to make sure we can find the right support for you.
Services we offer
Counselling & therapy
There are four therapists who are are professionally trained and experiences in counselling survivors of sexual assault. One therapist works in the Ruapehu region and the others work in our Whanganui office. All therapists are members of professional associations.
Prevention education
Prevention education programmes build awareness of situations, skills, and strategies, to reduce the risk of sexual abuse occurring. Whanganui Safe and Free has two core programmes to offer the community, and the capacity to adapt educational material to address the particular needs of different ages, family or community groups.
Advocacy & support
Our Kai Awhina (Family Support workers), provide wider wrap-around support in addition to the intense therapeutic work of the counselors. Practical support and advocacy, including referral when necessary to appreciate agencies for specific interventions, is also effective in helping to remove identified barriers that can hindering the family and whanau from healing.
How we can help individuals, whanau, schools or organisations
Whanganui Safe and Free provides a range of prevention and education programme for pre-school, young people and adults.