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Helpful Services in the Bay of Plenty
Below is a list of a wide range of helpful services and websites we have compiled, by theme, to help you with a range of housing, sustainability, and wellbeing services in the Bay of Plenty:
Here To Help U (Waikato, Bay of Plenty)Here to Help U is a digitally enabled health and social connector service that aims to connect people and whānau to the right help, at the right time. The support they may be able to offer includes: food support, infant and child support, employment support, health and disability support, financial mentoring, mental health support, general support, addiction services, legal and advocacy, and youth support. It is a community-led effort involving many organisations.
For healthy housing
20 Degrees TipsWe have collated a range of resources, videos, and tip sheets to help you and your whānau implement easy, low cost improvements to help make your home healthier and more comfortable.
Tenancy Services (nationwide)Tenancy Services is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE). Their website provides the most up-to-date tenancy information and resources for both tenants and landlords.
Warmer Kiwi Homes (nationwide)If you own your whare and want to check if you can get insulation and/or heating, reach out to EECA.
Te Puni Kōkiri (nationwide)Te Puni Kōkiri may be able to provide Home Repair Programmes to repair homes owned and occupied by whānau Māori.
Fire Emergency New Zealand (nationwide)Contact FENZ for a free home safety visit and to have free smoke alarms provided and installed.
Ministry of Justice (nationwide)The Ministry of Justice runs a free and confidential service to help you take part in the court process. It is available from the defendant’s first day in court, until sentencing and through any appeals.
Citizens Advice Bureau (nationwide)CAB are a nationwide, locally based organisation that provide free, confidential, independent information and advice. They are a not-for-profit delivered by trained volunteers. They help people know what their rights are and how to access services they need, supporting people in making their own decisions.
Salvation Army (nationwide)The Salvation Army is an international organisation that provides a range of services. This includes housing support, transitional housing, community/social housing, court chaplains, and more.
Habitat For Humanity (nationwide)Habitat for Humanity is an international non-profit organisation and a registered Community Housing Provider. They can provide an interest free loan of up to $20K for critical repairs needed in a home. The application needs to be completed by the whānau, and the last 3 months of bank statements must be provided for the application to be processed.
MSD (nationwide)MSD offer a wide range of support and services. They work to provide employment and income support, superannuation services, funding to community service providers, and student allowances and loans as well as a range of further assistance. MSD may be able to help with financial assistance for essential or emergency needs such as bedding, food, drivers licences, and more. Depending on what it is, and the circumstances, will determine if it will have to be paid back or not. In terms of housing, MSD manages the Public Housing Register. They provide the housing assessments which determine one's 'rating' on the housing register. MSD may also be able to provide other financial assistance for minor home repairs or maintenance (up to $1,000).
Sustaining Tenancies (nationwide)Sustaining Tenancies is part of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), working to prevent homelessness. They fund community-based services and can refer you to the sustaining tenancy support service in your area. These services help individuals and whānau who are at risk of losing their tenancy. This includes life coaching skills, advocacy with landlords, and more.
Tauranga Community Housing Trust (Tauranga)A charitable trust and registered Community Housing Provider. Their mission is to: advocate, facilitate, and provide housing and related services to individuals and whānau on low, fixed incomes, people with unmet housing needs, with a specialist focus on disability and older people, including accessible housing.
Kāinga Ora (nationwide)Kāinga Ora provides tenancy services to nearly 200,000 customers and their whānau and owns and maintains nearly 69,000 public houses while also providing home ownership products and other services. They are focussed on prioritising their tenants’ wellbeing, and provide tenants with good quality, warm, dry and healthy homes.
Accessible Properties (nationwide)Accessible Properties provides affordable homes and property management services to people with disabilities, older people, and those on low incomes.
Awhina House (Tauranga)Awhina House provides transitional housing support for women who are homeless in Tauranga - they are not an emergency night shelter. They are a charitable organisation operating under He Kaupapa Kotahitanga Trust Tauranga.
Takitimu House (Tauranga)Takitimu House provides men who are homeless, in Tauranga, transitional accommodation and access to services designed to break the cycle of homelessness and offer hope of a better future.
Good Neighbour (Tauranga)Good Neighbour organises neighbourhood projects and have a firewood collection team, supporting whānau with firewood.
Baywide Community Law (Bay of Plenty)Baywide Community Law provides community law services for the Bay of Plenty.
Rotorua District Community Law (Rotorua & Taupō)Rotorua District Community Law Centre provide community law services from Rotorua down to Taupō. They have additional outreach buildings in Murupara and Taupō.
Inner Development GoalsA non-profit initiative committed to fostering inner development towards more sustainable futures. They research, collect, and communicate science-based skills and qualities that help us to live purposeful, sustainable, and productive lives.
Wellbeing Economy Alliance AotearoaA global collaboration of changemakers, working together to transform the economic system.. Through building a new economic system we can address the root causes of major challenges such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and biodiversity loss. Check out their wellbeing economy resources.
Future-Fit BusinessFuture Fit has an open source benchmarking tool for business, providing clear pathways towards better sustainability decisions.
Apricus EcoThere’s lots of solar hot water systems out there, but we know Apricus personally, so we have no problems suggesting them. They are a supplier of evacuated tube solar hot water systems. The systems are high performance and reliable. Apricus is sponsored by ECOBOB and is a sustainable business network member
Econergy Hot water heat pump. We’ve suggested Econergy to a few homes, but what has impressed us most, is their willingness to guarantee the savings on your power bill. This takes courage and also removes any doubt about what you can expect.
Building Research Association of New ZealandThey provide practical research, testing, quality assurance and expertise to support better buildings.
Smarter HomesSmarterhomes is another government sponsored website, with lots of good information about what makes for a great home in both design, build and equipping.
The New JonesesThis is an Australian site, government supported, with a focus on sustainable living – really interesting.
Good On YouGood On You is a benchmark for sustainable fashion. They provide a rating for most brands based on their efforts around the environment, people, and animals. Their purpose is to make conscious consuming easier.
Sustainable Business NetworkTheir network includes 600 organisations that connect through events, resources and projects to help New Zealand become a more sustainable nation.
Trade AidThey have been combining development and trade for over 40 years, illustrating that it is possible to use business to build a better world.
Waste-Ed with KateHere to help you reduce, reuse, and rethink the way you live, all while having a good laugh (because, seriously, who said you have to be perfect to be sustainable?).
Eco Design AdvisorSustainability Options does Eco Design Advisor assessments. Eco Design Advisors work for local councils and provide advice ranging from new builds and significant renovations to behaviour change and simple retrofits. You can learn more about the Eco Design Advisor organisation through their website and check out some handy resources and information.
Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (EECA)EECA encourages the use of sustainable energy in New Zealand. They have a range of resources for homes and businesses.
Home Performance AdvisorHPA is an independent national education organisation that Sustainability Options is involved in. HPA provides training to increase the competency of people providing home performance advice to New Zealand householders.
From our partners
Winstone Wall BoardsOne of our sponsors, Winstone Wall Boards, manufactures plasterboard wall-linings - offering various benefits like noise control, fire resistance, and structural bracing.
PowercoPowerco is keeping the energy flowing to more than 900,000 Kiwis across the North Island of Aotearoa, connecting the communities they serve to safe, reliable electricity and gas.
UnisonThe Unison Group consists of specialist companies delivering world-class electricity solutions.
MeridianMeridian Energy sell electricity to customers and generate around a third of the country’s electricity needs, all from renewable sources.
Nova EnergyNova Energy supply energy, broadband and mobile services to all kinds of Kiwi homes and businesses.
Contact EnergyAs a generator and retailer, Contact Energy has electricity, gas, broadband and mobile plans. They currently use geothermal, hydro and thermal energy to generate electricity.
RheemRheem is a leading manufacturer of water heating solutions. They offer a wide range of products, including mains pressure electric cylinders, heat pump water heaters, gas continuous flow, and solar systems.
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