💪🏽 Our Teams
Our rangatahi work in four crews, each representing the mauri of our environment:
Team Awa — caring for waterways and parks
Team Maunga — outdoor repairs and painting
Team Moana — murals and creative beautification
Team Whenua — lawns, gardens, and sustainability projects
Each team is guided by tuakana mentors and supported by community partnerships.
🌿 Hazard Healers — Heal Ōpōtiki
Rangatahi-led mahi with heart, hands, and purpose.
Overview:
Hazard Healers is a rangatahi-led community enterprise born from Ōpōtiki Rangatahi Pā and Te Ariroa Evolutions Charitable Trust.
Our mission is simple — to heal hazards in our homes, hearts, and hapori.
We help our community with jobs that make a difference: mowing lawns, tidying gardens, painting, small repairs, and community beautification projects. Every task becomes an opportunity for rangatahi to learn, lead, and lift our town’s spirit.
Through teamwork, mentoring, and practical skills, our young people are learning what it means to be kaitiaki — caring for the spaces and people around them. Together, we’re restoring pride, safety, and connection across Ōpōtiki.
🌱 Book or Join
Want to support the kaupapa?
💚 Book our rangatahi to help with your next project
💚 Join one of our teams and grow your skills
💚 Sponsor tools, training, or koha for our youth crew
→ Launch Hazard Healers App
or visit Ōpōtiki Rangatahi Pā to kōrero with us in person.
We heal hazards in our homes, hearts, and hapori — one project at a time.