TAIORA - The tide of well-being

Mental health and hauora Masterclass training for teachers, rangatahi and whānau
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Why choose us

Over the past 10 years we’ve been running our programs through our charitable trust The Kindness Institute which has become a leader in mental health education. We simply can’t meet the demand for our programs, which is why TAIORA exists - to take our kaupapa to everyone who needs it.  

Our trainings address the most challenging issues that teachers and whānau are seeing today including anxiety, depression and low self worth.  

Amongst our program participants with TKI, The Univeristy of Waikato found a 12% increase in positive emotions and 12% decrease in negative emotions. More evaluation info can be found here. 

Evidence-based tools

TAIORA teaches various mindfulness-based tools that are scientifically proven and shown to be effective through our mahi with The Kindness Institute, with evaluation results available here.

Designed in partnership with rangatahi

Courses are co-designed with rangatahi advisors who have been trained through various programs at The Kindness Institute and are now mental health leaders in their communities. 

Client Focused

We work with our clients to understand their unique challenges and design a learning solution that meets their unique needs, specific to challenges they are experiencing e.g. Rangatahi anxiety 

What we offer

Evidence-based courses, led by youth mental health expert Kristina Cavit, MNZM and rangatahi facilitators. Our courses are designed based on direct teacher and whānau requests, with a focus on accessible, tangible tools to learn and implement in your classroom and home with confidence and ease. 

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