Cook Islands Development Agency NZ

ARA'ARA AKAKITE:

COMMUNITY CONSULTATION - AUCKLAND
PATIENT REFERRAL POLICY

Kia orana e te 'iti tangata Kūki Airani o Ākarana.

Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health Cook Islands warmly invites you to their consultation on the Patient Referral program. In November last year CIDANZ signed an MOU with TMO to provide social support for patients who arrive in NZ for treatment and care.

Your feedback is important in order to ensure patients and their families are well supported on their health and well-being journey while here in Aotearoa.

Engagement details:
➡️ Date: 3 July 2026
➡️ Time: 5:00 PM
➡️ Venue: Enuamanu Atiu Nui Maruarua Society Inc. 7 Atiu Place, Favona, Auckland 2024

For more information, please contact [email protected] on email.

Light refreshments will be provided after.

TUROU ĀRIA MAI!

COMMUNITY CONSULTATION - AUCKLAND
PATIENT REFERRAL POLICY

Attention Cook Islands Community living in Auckland! A community consultation in Auckland. Your feedback is important to us!

➡️ Date: 3 July 2026
➡️ Time: 5:00 PM
➡️ Venue: Enuamanu Atiu Nui Maruarua Society Inc. 7 Atiu Place, Favona, Auckland 2024

Gor more information, please contact [email protected] on email.

Please note light refreshments will be provided after.

💜💜 This week is Elder Abuse Awareness Week. 💜💜

👉 Take a moment to check in on te aronga pakari (older people) in your life.

Some abuse are very obvious, but not all are. Some of it is subtle and gets brushed off as "for their own good." And often, it's coming from someone they know and trust.

🤔 If something doesn't feel right, for someone you love or even yourself, you don't have to figure it out alone.

Call the Elder Abuse Response Service. They're there to listen.
📞 0800 32 668 65.

💜 Elder Abuse Awareness Week / 15-22 June. 💜
When an older person is disrespected, hurt, ignored, manipulated, isolated, or taken advantage of by someone they know and trust, that's elder abuse. And it happens more than we think 👉 AND it happens in our Cook Islands community. That needs to stop.

🙌 Our elders carry our language, our culture, our history. They deserve to be protected, honoured, and heard, not hurt by the people closest to them.

This week, we're asking our community to:
✅ Check in on an elder in your life
✅ Challenge age discrimination when you see it
✅ Share info about elder abuse with others, helpline below ⬇
✅ Learn the signs of elderly abuse
✅ Respect and support the choices older people make

💜💜 'Ākono 'ia to tatou aronga pakari 💜💜

👉 Report Elderly Abuse or to seek help:
📞 Age Concern: 0800 65 2 105
📞 National Helpline: 0800 32 668 65