Pulitzer prize winning novelist, Wallace Stegner once said that “Talent can’t be taught, but it can be awakened”

Come join us to our Second Annual Whanake House Talent show. Whether its dancing, acting, creative works or love of food, awaken your hiddent talent and share them with us.

Whanake House staff and crew will be sharing their talent by providing Christmas morning tea to celebrate our year together.

Today, concludes our Tuesday Programs for 2025.

St John members care for communities, help people in medical and accident emergencies, and relieve sickness and injury. For our morning session we are fortunate to have St John’s joining us today.

Krista from Youthline will be taking us for our afternoon session.

Head to our FB page for more details.

Save the date in your calendar for our upcoming break -up Christmas party for 2025.

Last year’s Christmas party in Te Anua was a great success and thought we would give it another crack this year.

Be at Whanake House no later than 7:30 am to hit the road by 8:00 am sharp.

Watch this space for full details.

We have our final session of Conflict Resolution for our morning session.

Our afternoon activity takes us to our final archery session.

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We are fortunate to share our morning session with Internet Safety guru, John Parsons at Whanake House.

Please note that we have a change start time for today’s morning session.

Watch this space and head to our FB page for our afternoon activity.

We have our third session of Conflict Resolution with Lighthouse.

For our afternoon session (1-2 pm) we have CanBead doing some beading with us.

More details in our FB page.

We continue with our Conflict Resolution for our morning session.

Afternoon Archery session has been postponed, due to venue unavailability.

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Our morning session will be delivered by the wonderful staff from Lighthouse, Invercargill.

We will be doing Archery (session three) for our afternoon activity.

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Join us in our morning session in exploring employment skills through more than just reading and writing, Thinking outside the box. An opportunity to expand confidence and practical experience.

For our afternoon session we are off to Archery, Week Two of a four week session. Go to our FB page for more details.

Come join us in our morning session with our very own Michelle, on a drama based approached to employment skills.

We start our first afternoon session in Archery.

Allow our Altered Confidence - Job Seeker Course empower you, whether you are ready to enter the workforce or just add a little beat to your confidence. Join us on our session today, 9:30 am - 11:30 am

We have Youthline taking us for an afternoon of crafting, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Let Kelly help you show the world what you’re capable of, come join us on our Altered Confidence - Job Seeker Course, 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Join us on our last Yoga session with Matthew and Marianne. Learn how Matthew and Marianne can teach us that ‘Yoga is not just about touching your toes. It is about what you learn on the way down’ (Jigar Gor)

We have our Altered Confidence - Job Seeker course in the morning, 9:30 am - 11:30 am

We have dancing Yoga for our afternoon session, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm. Yoga is not a work-out, it is a work in.

We are half way into our Job Seeker Course. Join us for our third session 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Our afternoon well-being session is with Marianne and Matthew who is taking us for Yoga with a twist.

More details on our FB page

Our second session for Altered Confidence - Job Seeker Course is at 9:30 am - 11:30 am

Come join us for our afternoon Yoga Session at 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm.

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This six-weeks course is starting today. If you are looking at wanting to pick up some new tips in gaining that confidence looking for a job or not, this course is for you.

We also start our first Yoga session this afternoon with the lovely Marianne and Matthew.

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This morning session with Carolyn of To Be Frank, will be about Dating. Session starts at 10.30 am to 12:00 pm

Our afternoon activity is with Lauren from Musical Milestone (Music Therapy). This will be from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm.

Can you spare a moment? Roll in & join us to our August Social Night. Bowling night at our newly renovated bowling alley, Retro Ball. Followed by dinner at Speight’s Ale House.

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Session 3 of our Workshop on Healthy Relationship and Sexuality from 10am to 12pm today. We will continue with what we learnt last week.

From 1pm to 2.15pm we will have Session 3 of Music Therapy, with Lauren. Bring your singing voices and join in the fun!

Visit our FB - Friends of Whanake House for more details.

Session 2 of our Workshop on Healthy Relationship and Sexuality from 10am to 12pm today. We will continue with what we learnt last week - don’t forget your homework!

From 1pm to 2.15pm we will have Session 2 of Music Therapy. I hope everyone is practising bear hugs and breathing exercises. Bring your singing voices and join in the fun!

Join us this morning for our first session of the Healthy Relationships and Sexuality workshop with Carolyn O’ Neill.

This afternoon from 1pm - 2.15pm we will have Music Therapy with Lauren Payne.

Please see Facebook for further details, or contact Debbie 029 0481 5137

We will have our Front-Line session this morning from 9:00 am - 11:00 am.

Our afternoon will take us in doing some planning for our upcoming To be Frank cours.

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“Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it….”

Come join us on our July Social - A night in the theater, watching the very talented cast of Matilda from the Invercargill Musical Theater.

Please get in touch with Debbie for tickets and general inquiry about the show.

To celebrate our last class of Line dancing, come along and find out who will be our line dancing champion/s.

This last session could be intense, but no doubt you will stay in the groove.

Our morning Front-Line session today will be about finding a job support services.

More info on our FB page for today’s activities.

You may feel you have two left feet, but no doubt your moves will always be right on!

Come join us this after for another Line dancing fun filled afternoon.

Our Front-Line session this morning (9:00 am - 11:00 am) will be exploring the support services available in Southland.

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Our Front-Line session this morning, we have Citizen Advice Bureau coming in to talk about the services they offer

Then waltz your way through to our afternoon activity of Line dancing and take the stage; everybody’s doing it.

More details on our FB page.

Ka mahuta a Matariki i te pae, ka mahuta ō tātou tūmanako ki te tau

• When Matariki rises above the horizon, our aspirations rise to the year ahead.

Whanake House will be close today. We will re-open on Monday, June 23 2025 at 9:00 am

Our Front-Line session today is will be on learning some computing skills. Familiarizing ourselves on Word & Excel.

For our afternoon activity, we will have another fun afternoon doing Line Dancing.

More details on our FB page.

Come join us on our June social night at the Movies.

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If every time you take one step forward, you take two steps backwards, don’t be discouraged. You just learned how to country line dance.

Come join us this afternoon for our Line dancing class.

But first, we have our Front-Line session of Look Good, Feel Good in the morning from 9:00 am - 11:00 am. Be there or be square.