Te Pou

Where strong relationships exist, anything is possible

Te Pou is New Zealand's National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development.

A wholly owned company of Wise Trust, Te Pou works to support and develop the mental health, addiction and disability workforces in New Zealand.

To achieve this, Te Pou provides health organisations with tools, products and resources to help them build a strong and enduring workforce and improve their services. Funding sources include the Ministry of Health, Health Workforce New Zealand, NGOs, DHBs and the education sector.

Te Pou’s key objectives are:

facilitate organisational and professional development
improve recruitment and retention
strengthen leadership
support the use of evidence and knowledge to improve outcomes.

Te Pou incorporates Disability Workforce Development which is a programme dedicated to supporting workforce development for frontline disability support staff, and Le Va, Pasifika within Te Pou - New Zealand's national Pacific health workforce development programme.

All the programmes are charged with running a dynamic series of mental health projects that add value to the sector now, and assist in creating services to meet future needs.

By sparking new growth, ideas and innovation, Te Pou will strive to engage the hearts and minds of everyone connected with mental health services.