Latest News

How you can help us help families in need

Life is tough right now for the whānau we work with. Rising living costs and unemployment means that taking care of the basics can be a real struggle. The result is that many families are missing out on attending our life-changing counselling services and parenting programmes, which is compromising their ability…

Read more

Building homes. Building hope

Proudly sitting on a site owned by Iosis in Hutt Road, these 21 units provide brand new homes for whānau in the local community –...
Read more about Building homes. Building hope

A warm Iosis welcome to Kate Bennett

Kate Bennett joined Iosis recently as Practice Lead for the Iosis Whānau Centre (formerly known as Merivale). Kate has previously worked for Monte Cecilia Housing...
Read more about A warm Iosis welcome to Kate Bennett

Haere rā and ngā mihi nui to Wayne Boyd

This Christmas we farewell our Finance Manager, Wayne Boyd, who is retiring after 15 years at Iosis. He started working with us in January 2009;...
Read more about Haere rā and ngā mihi nui to Wayne Boyd

What does Christmas mean to our staff?

We asked our staff what Christmas means to them. One thing that everyone has in common is time with whānau for love, laughter and great...
Read more about What does Christmas mean to our staff?

Taking the stress out of Christmas

Christmas and the school holidays can be a stressful time of the year for whānau so this year Iosis is running a free workshop on Tuesday...
Read more about Taking the stress out of Christmas

Passing on the baton

Iosis donor Elaine Blick says the name Iosis didn’t mean anything to her initially until she learned of its historical connection with Childhaven, a place...
Read more about Passing on the baton