{"id":517098,"date":"2026-07-09T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517098\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T06:00:09","slug":"te-kauta-cafe-launches-in-gisborne-as-safe-space-for-mental-health-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/517098\/","title":{"rendered":"Te K\u0101uta cafe launches in Gisborne as safe space for mental health support"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOpening up crisis recovery cafes, putting peer support workers in emergency departments, having peer-led acute alternatives for inpatient stays, it allows us to join that up and give them a choice, and ultimately faster access to support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Te Kupenga Net Trust was awarded the $1 million tender<\/a> to run the cafe last September.<\/p>\n

The tender was originally listed for 71 Lowe St, but is now operating from Gladstone Rd near Bright St. <\/p>\n

\"MentalMental Health Minister Matt Doocey with Te Kupenga Net Trust CEO Hine Moeke-Murray. The trust was awarded $1m to run the cafe last year. Photo \/ Zoe Mills<\/p>\n

Te K\u0101uta is one of eight cafes being rolled out across the country, including Whanganui, Whakatane<\/a> and Invercargill.<\/p>\n

The Crisis Recovery Cafe rollout is part of a $61.6m investment into mental health support services<\/a>.<\/p>\n

National MP Dana Kirkpatrick, Gisborne Mayor Rehette Stoltz, Ng\u0101ti Oneone chairwoman Charlotte Gibson and Te Kupenga Net Trust CEO Hine Moeke-Murray stood alongside Doocey as he cut the ribbon.<\/p>\n

Te K\u0101uta cafe features local artwork and coffee from Adrian\u2019s Espresso.<\/p>\n

Doocey said the cafe \u201cgives people a choice\u201d to go to a non-clinical space. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019ll agree, when you look inside there it\u2019s really amazing what the team has pulled together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feedback from other cafes had so far been \u201creally good\u201d, and the cafes had been \u201creally well received\u201d in local communities, he said. <\/p>\n

Attendee Ana Kere Marino, a Gisborne-born Hokianga resident, was in town visiting family when she walked past the opening. She was excited to see the cafe open its doors.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a background in community service and people \u2026 seeing what our wh\u0101nau are doing, it\u2019s just really encouraging, really inspiring,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Doocey hoped to \u201cjoin up the system across the country, [so] that every town, every city, people have access to a crisis recovery cafe\u201d.<\/p>\n

Te K\u0101uta Cafe will initially be open Monday-Friday, 7am to 3pm. Hours will be reviewed after three months.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a Ministry of Health survey reported that about one in three Gisborne youth had experienced \u201cmoderate\u201d psychological distress.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOpening up crisis recovery cafes, putting peer support workers in emergency departments, having peer-led acute alternatives for inpatient…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[806,1882,21048,15413,2082,12506,134,78,16099,256762,1739,1885,554,555,1304,111,139,69,5908,10521,42569,19098,392,99504,75414,1886,8690,1961,4998],"class_list":["post-517098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-as","tag-cafe","tag-couldnt","tag-dull","tag-for","tag-gisborne","tag-health","tag-in","tag-kind","tag-kuta","tag-launches","tag-mental","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-official","tag-opening","tag-rallied","tag-safe","tag-space","tag-spirits","tag-stormy","tag-support","tag-te","tag-this","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}