Te Whare Rokiroki Māori Women’s Refuge

What we do

Te Whare Rokiroki Māori Women’s Refuge has been providing service to Māori women and children in the Wellington community for nearly 30 years.

We work alongside our sister refuge Wellington Women’s Refuge to ensure that all women and children who experience domestic violence in our community receive support and advocacy.
Our services are confidential and we support women whether they choose to leave or stay in a relationship.
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Who:
We work with women and their children, who have experienced, or who are experiencing domestic violence. Domestic violence involves one person dominating and controlling another person in a relationship. This can include a range of power and control tactics and may not always involve physical violence; the abuse does not have to be physical violence for someone to access our service.
The women we work with are from a range of ages, sexual orientations, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Where:
The area we cover is Wellington city and surrounding suburbs; up to but not including Newlands/Johnsonville which is covered by Porirua Refuges and Petone which is covered by Hutt Refuges.

How:
Te Whare Rokiroki Māori Women’s Refuge provides support, information and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence; walking alongside and empowering them to make safe decisions for their future. We believe in women making their own decisions and don’t put pressure on them to take steps they are not ready to or don’t want to. We will refer to other agencies as required and support with services such as Police, lawyers, courts, housing, Work & Income.

We provide women and their children with the option of a safe place to stay, and also support women and their children in the community. We operate a community office and a 24 hour crisis telephone line assisted by a roster of volunteers responding to the crisis line outside working hours.

How to refer:
We are a free and accessible service, we don’t have waiting lists for our crisis and social work support services. We take self-referrals as well as those that come from other people such as agencies, police, family and friends. To make a referral simply phone the crisis line or office.

Education:
Alongside Wellington Women’s Refuge we provide programmes for women and children who have experienced or witnessed abuse. The women’s programme is a 16-session therapeutic education programme for survivors of domestic violence, it supports women to understand the impacts of abuse, rebuild self esteem and set goals for the future.
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The tamariki programme is a ten-session programme for 5-8 year olds focussing on what abuse looks and feels like, keeping safe and developing positive communication skills for sharing feelings.
If you would like more information about these programmes contact Ange Chaney, Kaiwhakahaere, [email protected]

Our contact details

Street Address:
Level 2, 44 Wigan Street
Wellington

Phone: (04) 802 5898 (crisis line) or (04) 801 5384 (office) or 0800 REFUGE (733 843)

Mailing Address:
​PO Box 24-319
Manners Street
Wellington 6142

Who to contact

Ange Chaney, Kaiwhakahaere

Our email address

​[email protected]

Our website

www.wellingtonwomensrefuge.co.nz/maori-womens-refuge/​