Contact Details

GREAT POTENTIALS FOUNDATION OFFICE

Physical Address: Building 5, Level 6; 666 Great South Road, Penrose, Auckland 1061

Postal Address: PO Box 11283, Ellerslie, Auckland 1542
Phone: (09) 377 5384

Email: [email protected]

Parking Advice: Casual Pay-by-Plate parking is available in Wilson carpark on site. Use machines located in carpark or download the ParkMate app.

FAMILY SERVICE CENTRES

Papakura Family Service Centre & Early Learning Centre

Centre Address: 14 Maurice Street, Papakura, Auckland

Postal Address: PO BOX 72499, Papakura

Phone: 09 299 6610

Takanini Family Service Centre & Licensed Playgroup

Address: 8 Oakleigh Avenue, Takanini

Phone: 09 974 4719

Papakura Family Service Centre

Papakura Early Learning Centre

Takanini Family Service Centre

Family Service Centres Team

MATES PROGRAMME

MATES EPSOM CAMPUS OFFICE

Room 203, Building Block B

Epsom Campus, University of Auckland

74 Epsom Avenue, Auckland 1023

MATES Programme Manager: Sonya Masoe

Mobile (021) 247 7420, Email: [email protected]

MATES Programme

MATES Team

Become a mentor

HIPPY New Zealand

HIPPY (NZ) National Director: Mark Veale

Email: [email protected]

HIPPY Programme

HIPPY Sites Directory

Latest

From the Archives – Marietta Ulugia

In this series, we are dipping into the archives to share inspiring HIPPY stories from years gone by. Here is the story of Marietta Ulugia, our HIPPY Coordinator in Otara from 2009-2011 - living proof of the success of HIPPY.
Weathering the Covid Storm

After more than 100 days without any community transmission, life in NZ had pretty much returned to normal – until a second community outbreak hit Auckland and we found ourselves back in lockdown. We are thankful that Great Potentials has remained on course through the Covid storm...
Making Ice Cream, Shaping Lives

Through play children solve problems, test out ideas and explore their imaginations. HIPPY helps parents create a fun learning environment at home where creativity is unleashed, bodies get moving and children develop a life-long love of learning...
Teenagers Studying during Holidays?

During the last school holidays, MATES ran a Study Fono with a focus on mentoring and tutoring senior students who have been doubly disadvantaged by the first Covid lockdown and loss of nearly a term of schooling...

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Making Ice Cream, Shaping Lives

Through play children solve problems, test out ideas and explore their imaginations. HIPPY helps parents create a fun learning environment at home where creativity is unleashed, bodies get moving and children develop a life-long love of learning...
HIPPY Programme

HIPPY is a home-based Early Learning programme that helps parents from disadvantaged communities lay the foundation for their children’s success in school and later life...
Making a Difference: Girl With Cake Project

Maiyah, a former "HIPPY child", is an 8-year-old girl from Hornby in Christchurch. Since she was five years old, Maiyah has been baking and selling cupcakes to raise money to help the homeless in her city. She’s just a young girl, but she’s making a huge difference...
MATES Programme

MATES Mentoring and Tutoring programme addresses the underachievement in education of disadvantaged youth in New Zealand, intervening at key transition points to create pathways for success...
Privacy Policy

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HIPPY Locations

Locations and contact details for HIPPY sites around New Zealand
SWiS: Speaking the Lingo in Papakura Schools

Papakura Family Service Centre's enthusiastic Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) team work in five Papakura schools, offering support and assistance to the schools’ children and families who are increasingly facing significant challenges in this community.
Uniting Against Covid-19

As we enter what we hope is our final week at Level 3, we want to recognise and thank those who are continuing to work to maintain essential services and support our communities, including our Great Potentials team who have kept working from home to deliver our programmes to those who need them..
Example - Where your money goes

Earn your supporters' trust by being transparent and making the impact of their support clear