Huakina AWHI Healthy Homes
Healthy Homes. Healthy Children
Warm, Dry Homes Keep Our Tamariki Healthy
Damp and cold homes can put our tamariki at serious risk, including illnesses like rheumatic fever that can have lifelong impacts. Huakina AWHI Healthy Homes is here to help by supporting repairs that make homes warmer, drier, and healthier — creating safer living environments where tamariki and rangatahi can thrive. This service is available to whaanau with children aged 0–17 years living in the Franklin area.
Giving Our Tamariki The Best Start
Supporting You To Give Your Kids The Best Home
AWHI Healthy Homes is a free service that supports whaanau to create warm, dry, and healthy living environments for their tamariki. Following a home assessment, we can provide assistance with insulation, ventilation, heating, draught stopping, drainage, as well as housing and health advice, education, and support. We also offer guidance on WINZ entitlements and budgeting to help ensure your home is safe and comfortable for your whaanau.
How to Access Home Care Services
1. Let's Talk
Call or email us and ask for our team to come and do an AWHI assessment.
2. Getting the Work Done
You’ll then be referred to the appropriate support services, based on your housing situation—whether you’re a homeowner, living in a private rental, or in a Kāinga Ora (Housing NZ) property.
3. Watch Your Tamariki Thrive
With a warmer, drier home, your tamariki—and the whole whaanau—can stay healthy, happy, and thrive.
Ngaa Tiima (Our Team)
Our support includes home assessments and assistance with insulation, heating, ventilation, draught stopping, and advice on housing. Our goal is to reduce preventable illnesses like rheumatic fever and respiratory infections among tamariki and rangatahi.
Left to right: Anna Gardner (Kaiwhakahaere) & Brogan McColl
Any Paatai?
Do I need to have children to be referred to AWHI?
Yes. You can be referred if you're a hapū Māma.
Is AWHI available for my home?
Yes — AWHI is available to homeowners, private rentals, and Kāinga Ora properties.
What is the process?
AWHI will contact you to arrange a suitable time for a home visit and assessment. Following this, we will engage our resource providers to support any necessary home improvements.
Can I get a housing transfer?
While AWHI Healthy Homes does not manage housing transfers, we can assess your home to determine whether it meets the Healthy Homes Standards. Based on our findings, we will help guide you toward the appropriate support or services available.
Huakina AWHI Healthy Homes - Find Us
15 Roulston Street, Pukekohe
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 2120
PHONE: 0800 622 874 opt. 5
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