Founded in 1989, Karldon Trust is Rotorua’s oldest community-based, not-for-profit mental health service organisation dedicated to supporting tangata whaiora (clients) to access safe, high quality, supportive housing and home-based support services.
As part of the evolution, the organisation will now be known as Piringa Mental Health Support, a name gifted to us by Wena Harawira and supported by our kaumatua.
Piringa represent the shelter provided, reflecting our kaupapa Māori approach and speaks to our strengths of providing a sanctuary or safe place for tangata whaiora
Karldon Trust will still be the legal name, reflecting the origin of the name, however Piringa, and the whakaaro behind it, better represents who we are and what we do every day.
Over the years, Piringa has established itself as a leading mental health service provider in the Lakes region, taking an innovative, whānau-focused, kaupapa Māori approach to service delivery, driven by their commitment to support tangata whaiora and whānau on their recovery journey towards mental wellbeing
We work alongside tangata whaiora to understand what they need to be successful and work with their whānau to create a plan that enhances tangata whaiora wellbeing and self-reliance
Piringa operates with a view to the future, a future which encourages hope, self-reliance, community integration and promotes mental health awareness
We operate with a view to the future, a future which encourages hope, self-reliance, community integration and promotes mental health awareness.
Six-bedroom house as well as a house converted to a office and 2 two-bedroom flats on Malfroy Road
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