Te Piki Oranga’s new hauora (health) hub at 199 Nayland Rd officially opened to whānau and the public on 12 January with a pōwhiri and guided tours.

The renovated and refurbished building (formerly Otumarama rest home and hospital), houses staff and services from the organisation’s offices and hauora hubs in Bishopdale and Richmond, which closed in late December 2025 to allow for relocation.

Consolidated services now available in one place

Te Piki Oranga had worked from its 281 Queen St tari (office) next to Richmond Health Hub for many years. Its kaimahi, distinctive decals in the office and clinic windows, and the occasional mobile clinic van on the street front were a familiar site to the community.

In 2024 a third Queen St premises was leased to host antenatal, maternity and early-years services – Te Puāwai he Kākano. One of these services is Well Child Tamariki Ora, whose nurses are appreciated by many families in the region.

In Bishopdale, the Te Piki Oranga hauora hub was also a longstanding part of the community. It was busy hub of preventative and primary health services, such as Te Hā smokefree coaching, Child and Adolescent Mental Health clinics, addictions counselling and teams of pūkenga manaaki (community support navigators) and pūkenga atawhai (registered nurses).

Renovating ‘Otumarama’ into a hauora hub and head office

With its whānau rooms and clinical spaces, the new hauora hub will, in time, be able to house a birthing suite as an additional Te Puāwai he Kākano health service.

The other wings, which wrap around two central courtyards, have been refurbished into hauora clinics, whānau consultation rooms and offices.

With its gardens, spacious reception areas and large lounge and dining rooms, the building will more comfortably host wānanga (seminars), hui (meetings), hauora days and other events.

A new tūrangawaewae, a new place to stand

Te Piki Oranga finalised its purchase of the premises in March 2025 and by May had started renovation.

The new hub will enable the organisation to achieve its long-term strategic goals: to improve service accessibility, quality of facilities and to be able to respond to changing demographics and whānau needs.

Cost-efficiencies will be realised with the end of commercial leases in Bishopdale and Richmond. The consolidation of kaimahi and services will further enable cost-efficiencies, through reduced utilities bills, transport and venue hire, for example.

Acknowledgments

Te Piki Oranga acknowledges its shareholders, marae, Board of Directors, the Rātā Foundation and Department of Internal Affairs for funding support, Nelson City Council and building contractors Nigel Ainley and Brent Rogers.

1 December – a new day dawned for hauora Māori

The first day of December 2025 dawned on a special occasion for hauora Māori (Māori health) and for community and primary health services in our region. The occasion was a dawn ceremony to bless the new hauora hub.

Read the pānui about the dawn blessing.