Tū Haumanu - Registered Nurse

Are you a passionate Registered Nurse with mental health experience seeking to make a meaningful difference? Awhi Mai, a service within Te Awhi, invites you to join our dedicated whānau as Tū Haumanu. Here, you’ll do more than deliver care – you’ll walk alongside whānau, supporting their journeys to wellness, resilience, and strength.

Location: Puketaha, Hamilton

Hours: Full-time, Rotating shifts AM, PM, possibly weekends

Purpose of the Role

This position is embedded within Te Awhi - a unique Kaupapa Māori organisation. Awhi Mai is an acute community-based service in a peaceful rural environment, provided in collaboration with Waikato Mental Health Services. Up to 10 Tū Whānau (residents) stay short term in a whānau environment that supports healing. Awhi Mai is dedicated to fostering wellness, resilience, and recovery ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all Tū Whānau.

As Tū Haumanu, you will deliver high-quality, culturally responsive nursing care for whānau experiencing mental health challenges. Your mahi integrates clinical expertise with tikanga Māori values, advancing holistic wellbeing and equitable outcomes. You will foster strong, trusting relationships, provide tailored support, and empower whānau to actively participate in their own healing journeys.

The Haumanu is pivotal, serving as both a clinical expert and a kaitiaki, championing collective healing and upholding the cultural integrity of the service. The nurse partners with Tū Whānau, supporting their aspirations and nurturing hauora in alignment with Kaupapa Māori philosophy and our Awhi Taea model of care.

Why join Awhi Mai?

• Kaupapa Māori Service: Be part of a unique organisation deeply rooted in Māori philosophy. At Awhi Mai, our practice is anchored in tikanga Māori, nurturing identity, dignity, and holistic wellbeing for whānau. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside cultural advisors, peer leaders, and a multidisciplinary team committed to respectful, evidence-based care.
• The Pou of Te Awhi: These foundational pillars anchor our practice in Māori perspectives. Principles such as Tino Rangatiratanga (self-determination), Te Whare Tapa Wha (a holistic framework of wellbeing), Whenua (connection to land and place), Te reo me ōna tikanga (language and customs), Manaakitanga (care and hospitality), and Whanaungatanga (relationships and belonging) shape a culturally rich environment where respect and inclusion underpin every interaction.
• Empowering Environment: Embrace a compassionate, wraparound approach that puts whānau at the centre. Here, you’ll help shape care that honours individual strengths and aspirations, fostering strong relationships and enabling autonomy.
• Professional Development: Access ongoing training in clinical excellence and cultural competency, with opportunities to grow your expertise in Kaupapa Māori and bicultural healthcare.
• Values-Driven Workplace: Join a team that champions manaakitanga, whanaungatanga, and equity. Every day, you’ll contribute to an environment where respect, inclusion, and cultural integrity underpin all we do. You’ll work in a close team environment where your voice matters, your skills are celebrated, and collaboration and reflective practice fuel innovation.

What we're looking for

• Current Nursing Council of New Zealand registration
• Five years+ experience in mental health
• Commitment to Kaupapa Māori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and culturally safe practices
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• A positive, reflective, solution-based approach
• Energy to contribute your nursing skills to a collaborative service working to support whānau holistically.

Ready to make an impact?

If you’re ready to uplift hauora, empower whānau, and thrive as part of a dynamic, values-driven team, we want to hear from you. Come join Awhi Mai - where every day is an opportunity to honour whakapapa, nurture wellbeing, and embrace endless possibility.

Apply now and be part of something truly transformational. Nau mai, Haere mai.