Mahana offers Mental Health, and Alcohol and Drug Addiction services.
We offer:
Please note: If you are engaged with a secondary service, you are not eligible for entry into Mahana. Mahana is NOT a crisis intervention service.
Services are extended: Monday to Friday, 8.30am-4.30pm. Late night options by appointment.
Tikanga setting: Mahana is guided by our Kahui Kaumātua, ensuring culturally safe delivery of services to tāngata whaiora and whānau.
We also offer Addictions Social Support
Providing compassionate, community-based guidance and practical assistance to individuals and whānau affected by addiction, helping them build resilience and navigate recovery through social, emotional, and resource support.
For more information about any of the groups please phone 0800 925 242.
Invercargill Groups:
Aronui Arts Therapy Programme
Aronui is an arts therapy group for people who have experienced harm from addictions and/or mild mental health issues. A therapeutic process which includes interactive drawing, free expression, role play, writing, painting, sculpting, pencil, charcoal, and crayon (Criteria may apply - please enquire).
Groups are held every Monday (except public holidays) at Tūmanako Oranga, 56 Thomson Street, Invercargill, 10.30am-12pm.
Te Rongo Pai
Te Rongo Pai is an open support group for individuals affected by alcohol, and/or drugs.
All groups are held at Tūmanako Oranga, 56 Thomson Street, Invercargill, Every Wednesday (except public holidays), 10.30am-12pm.
Te Kore
Te Kore is a closed group for women who have experienced harm from addictions and/or mild mental health. (Criteria may apply - please enquire).
Te Kore Puna-Rua
Te Kore Puna-Rua is a closed group for couples who want to learn more about their communication styles. (Criteria may apply - please enquire).
Dunedin Groups
Iwi Taketake Mahi a Toi / Indigenous Arts Rōpu
Group for whaiora of the service with supports - Using traditional and contemporary art forms passed down from ancestral knowledge and utilizing techniques, whakapapa and pūrākau to support whaiora in self-expression, peer tautoko (support) and enhance Oho Mauri (mental health wellbeing).
Ngā Hau e Whā Rōpu / The Four winds – Alexandra Corrections
Closed Group for Corrections Dunedin and Alexandra - Ngā Hau e Whā is based off an indigenous framework and is for those who need to complete requirements in the Corrections system.
Tūrangwaewae/ Mātua me Ngā Tamariki (Tuora Wheako/ELA):
A Closed Group - Providing a safe place to stand for whānau Māori who have a desire to connect deeper with themselves and their tamariki. Using traditional Māori tohu, our connection with Te Taiao me Ngā Atua.
Tamāhine Tutiaki – A Group in Collaboration with Tuturu from Mirror Services and a Dunedin based High School
A closed group that provides a space for tamāhine Māori to connect with their culture and identify barriers for students and their whānau in reaching hauora.
Working together in a team with like minded individuals can do wonders for mental health and give new perspective, here are some of our team building photos.
