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On The Up: East Coast celebrates reopening of Te Puna Wai birthing unit
The formal welcoming committee for the celebration of the reopening of Te Puia maternity birthing unit, now officially renamed Te Puna Wai, features (from left) Ngāti Porou Oranga (NPO) cultural adviser Eru Wharehinga, retired Te Puia Hospital service manager Georgina Paerata, general manager – Nāti Pēpi Maternity and Infant Service Caroline Thompson, NPO kaumātua Tuta Haereroa, kaumātua Bill Blane, Reverend Connie Ferris, kaumātua Elder Te Reo and kaumātua Peggy Kerr.
Ngāti Porou Oranga has proudly celebrated the reopening of its new birthing unit after the original was closed after Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023.
The original Te Puia Hospital maternity birthing unit is now known as Te Puna Wai - the Spring of
