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16 November 2023

Our Local Hero, Margaret Lewis

Her work begins with relationships that have trust and respect at it's core. “There’s no I in teams, and all that I help happen is led by the Merge Community…

Di Macdonald

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Merge Cafe Merge Community

4 October 2023

Cooking up connections at Ringa Wera

Ringa Wera literally translates as 'hot hands', describing both the speed people work at and the heat from the fire and ovens. The name was gifted to us by one…

Di Macdonald

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Housing Merge Cafe Merge Community

23 August 2022

Merge Cafe “has been an absolute lifesaver for me.”

Miriam*, 70 years old, started visiting Lifewise Merge Café a few months ago. She was feeling lost and isolated and needed help to access housing. Although looking for support and…

HelenaG

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homelessness Housing First Mental Health And Addiction Merge Cafe Merge Community

15 August 2022

Help works both ways

Supporting others who’re living on the street has been the making of Thomas. It’s helped him build a new life for himself. Thomas calls himself the original Auckland City Street Kid.…

HelenaG

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COVID-19 health and disability services homelessness Merge Community youth homelessness

22 August 2021

Support & services available during COVID-19 lockdown

Due to COVID-19 containment measures, some of our community services have been disrupted, and others are not available. Regardless, we take our mission very seriously and remain committed to looking…

AdityaK

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Merge Cafe Merge Community

12 July 2021

Kia ora Marcus!

Marcus is one of our lovely volunteers at Lifewise Merge Cafe. Here he talks about what he enjoys most about helping out in the kitchen. He's such a gentle, soft-spoken…

AdityaK

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COVID-19 homelessness Mental Health And Addiction Merge Cafe Merge Community youth homelessness

20 April 2021

Good news, thank you’s and much more!

Check out our latest newsletter to see the life-changing impacts that Lifewise supporters are delivering every day.

aditya

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Learning from the Street: Merge Community

Merge Cafe Merge Community

2 February 2021

Merge Community: Learning from the street

The kaupapa, approach, successes and challenges, and our learning about what it takes to support street whānau and tackle homelessness

aditya

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COVID-19 early childhood education Family Services health and disability services homelessness Housing First Merge Cafe Merge Community Rotorua youth homelessness

30 August 2020

Good news from Lifewise

Thanks to Lifewise supporters, we're able to share with you such good news stories. See how your support can change lives in our latest newsletter.

aditya

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Graffiti art of a homeless person asleep in a sleeping bag

homelessness Housing First Merge Cafe Merge Community youth homelessness

11 June 2020

Let’s Talk About Indigenous Homelessness in Aotearoa

Māori and Pasifika are overrepresented in Aotearoa’s homeless population, but why is that? What can we do about it? Read on to learn more.

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