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Crisis Pregnancy Support gifted a new name Tom Taylor Crisis Pregnancy Support Wairarapa [CPSW] unveiled its new name at a blessing ceremony last week. Rangitane o Wairarapa cultural advisor Mike Kawana said that the day was about “instilling a new energy into the whare.” Kawana had previously said other karakia on the premises when it was used for different purposes. Kawana gifted the name “Hokai Tahi” to the trust at their new premises on Worksop Rd. The trust’s old clinic had been in a building with a law firm and other businesses operating out of it. Hokai Tahi would share its new building with Dress for Success, an organisation which provided women with appropriate clothing for job interviews or court appearances. Kawana said the term “hokai” had been used in a waiata written for a Wairarapa ancestor more than 300 years ago. The waiata described the various outcomes of a birth: hokai raurunui [a natural birth], hokai rauruwhiwhia [a difficult birth], or hokai rauru-maru-aitu [a stillbirth]. “Hokai is the feet of the baby. When we add tahi to it, it means us all coming together to support the kaupapa that this [clinic] is all about,” Kawana said. He said that support was important for a woman experiencing any possible
outcome of a birth. Hokai Tahi chair Dr Andreas Leinfellner had personally experienced the grief of a miscarriage. He had four daughters but had lost a son. “I went through that grief as some fathers do, so I could relate to that. It’s nice to do this service where even a man, if he really chooses to, can have acknowledgment or a conversation with someone else who has gone through that.” Support coordinators at Hokai Tahi included nurses, midwifes, and professional counsellors.
These counsellors could refer people to other counselling services that deal specifically with grief and loss, Leinfellner said. “But sometimes just being with someone who takes time to understand is all you need. “Then it’s a good thing, and you move on.” The value of spending time with people was reflected in Hokai Tahi’s mission statement: “To equip women in the Wairarapa community through all aspects of their pregnancy journey, by giving them
the space, time and resources to make informed decisions regarding their pregnancy…” Leinfellner said that in his role as a paediatrician at Wairarapa Hospital, Continued on page 3
Mike Kawana cutting the ribbon to commemorate Crisis Pregnancy Support’s renaming to Hokai Tahi. PHOTO/TOM TAYLOR
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