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IDEA Services

Working on the image

May 4, 2021

It all started with Timoti. He wanted to learn to take photographs and his dream expanded to include nine other people and a course with a professional photographer.

Timoti Schweizer-Marunui, who is keen on videography, says he spent most of his time filming “everything” and “everybody” on his tablet.

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Community workshops feed ideas into services review

May 4, 2021

IDEA Services has now held more than 40 community workshops around the country for families and friends of the people we support, as part of the National Services Review.

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Bike repair shop has the answer

March 9, 2021

You can’t get a greener, more sustainable scheme than the Bike Project, run by the bike repair guys at Mersey Street, Invercargill.

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Families to view IHC MySupport information

March 9, 2021

IDEA Services and Choices NZ are trialling an extension of the IHC MySupport database to allow the people we support and their families to view their information.

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Community workshops will develop local approach

March 9, 2021

Close to 50 community workshops will be held by May to develop local approaches to services around the country. This is part of the National Services Review by IDEA Services.

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Kapa Haka Fest goes online

November 30, 2020

We are going virtual for this year’s Te Anga Pāua o Aotearoa Kapa Haka Festival.

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