Turning Point Trust

What Turning Point Trust does

Turning Point Trust (Te Taiope Huringanui) is a New Zealand charitable trust established in 1996 and headquartered at the Historic Village on 17th Avenue in Tauranga, delivering free mental health and addiction recovery support services to adults over 18 with lived experience of mental illness and/or addiction. The organization operates an integrated suite of programmes across four core sub-brands: Junction Peer Support (Te Whare Huinga) provides lived-experience peer support including one-to-one advocacy and group recovery; Sage Career Support (Te Whare Rapuara) offers vocational and career guidance; Activities & Workshops (Te Whare Toi) runs day programmes in art, fitness, and personal development; and Te Mata Kāhui delivers Kaupapa Māori cultural programming grounded in Te Whare Tapa Whā. Vocational programmes in horticulture, clothing upcycling, and kitchen skills, plus a native plant nursery (K Valley Natives), provide sheltered activity pathways. The entity is legally a trust governed by a Board of Trustees with no parent company, no external investors, and no commercial revenue model, supporting participants free of charge through grant and charitable funding that is not publicly disclosed. Reporting lines are flat with a General Manager, four team leads, and an intake coordinator, and the geographic footprint is regional to the Bay of Plenty, with outreach extending to Papamoa and mobile transport services removing access barriers.

Name

Turning Point Trust

Legal name

Turning Point Trust

Website

https://turningpoint.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Turning Point Trust is a New Zealand charitable trust in Tauranga providing free mental health and addiction recovery services, including peer support, career guidance, vocational programmes, and Kaupapa Māori cultural services, to adults with lived experience across the Bay of Plenty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Mental Health Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Adult Day Rehabilitation & Therapy Programs (PT/OT/SLP) (HLADAIAD)

Keywords

• Mental health recovery
• Addiction support services
• Peer support programmes
• Vocational rehabilitation
• Cultural wellbeing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tauranga

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Turning Point Trust is a charitable trust that delivers free, recovery-focused mental health and addiction support services in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Its integrated suite includes lived-experience peer support (Junction Peer Support / Te Whare Huīnga), career and vocational assistance (Sage Career Support / Te Whare Rapuara), day activities and workshops (Te Whare Toi), Kaupapa Māori cultural programmes (Te Mata Kāhui), and vocational programmes in horticulture (Te Whare Tī Rākau), clothing and textiles (Te Whare Pūeru), and kitchen skills (Te Whare Kai) for adults over 18 with experience of mental illness and/or addiction. Services are co-located at the Historic Village in Tauranga and incorporate Tikanga Māori values, with the overarching goal of supporting recovery and community inclusion.

Product overview

Turning Point Trust is a community-based mental health and addiction support organization offering a suite of integrated services. The core programme includes Junction Peer Support (peer-led one-to-one and group support), Sage Career Support (vocational and career assistance), and Activities & Workshops (day programmes including art space and personal development). These are supported by vocational programmes in Horticulture and Clothing & Textiles, a Kitchen programme, and Kaupapa Maori cultural services. All services operate from the Historic Village site in Tauranga and incorporate Tikanga Māori values, with the overarching goal of supporting recovery and community inclusion for people with experience of mental illness and/or addiction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Junction Peer Support: Lived experience peer support service providing one-to-one and group support, advocacy, and access to support groups for people with mental health and/or addiction issues
• Sage Career Support
• Te Mata Kāhui
• Te Whare Toi
• K Valley Natives

Products and services

• Junction Peer Support - Te Whare Huīnga Free lived-experience peer support service providing one-to-one support, advocacy, and access to recovery groups (including gambling, addiction, and social activities) for people with mental health and/or addiction issues.
• Sage Career Support - Te Whare Rapuara Career support service helping people with mental health or addiction experience shape their own direction, identify barriers, and work towards personal goals through holistic wellness approaches.
• Activities and Workshops - Te Whare Toi Day activities and programmes designed to build on participants' strengths and interests, including personal development courses, the art space (visual arts, sculpture, computer graphics, creative arts), fitness, and social activities.
• Kaupapa Māori - Te Mata Kāhui Cultural programme incorporating Tikanga Māori practices and values, with quarterly focus on different elements of the Te Whare Tapa Whā model of wellbeing (spiritual, physical, mental/emotional, and social).
• Horticulture - Te Whare Tī Rākau Voluntary horticulture programme enabling participants to gain confidence through garden work, vegetable cultivation, seed collection, and seedling raising for sale.
• Clothing and Textiles - Te Whare Pūeru Vocational programme that collects and upcycles discarded clothing destined for landfill to on-sell to the public and for use by tangata whai ora and their whanau.
• Kitchen Opportunities - Te Whare Kai Kitchen skills programme offering roles in tea and coffee preparation, kai preparation, baking, and daily upkeep, with morning tea and a weekly free lunch for members.
• K Valley Natives Native plant nursery offering recovery and healing through native plants, with plants available for sale.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Richmond New Zealand: NZ mental health trust providing community-based mental health support, housing, and recovery services. Comparable as a charitable trust operating in the same mental health recovery space with similar service philosophy.
• Emerge Aotearoa: Large NZ mental health and disability support non-profit providing community-based recovery, peer support, and wellbeing services nationwide. Highly comparable as a peer-led community recovery provider in NZ, though operating at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• He Korowai Trust: Waikato-based Kaupapa Māori health and social services trust providing mental health, addiction, and whanau ora support. Comparable as a Māori-led community trust integrating cultural wellbeing (similar to Te Mata Kāhui) with mental health and addiction services.
• LinkPeople: NZ peer support provider offering lived-experience mental health and addiction support services. Directly comparable as a peer-led organization using lived-experience workers to deliver recovery support in NZ communities.
• Pathways Health: NZ provider of community mental health, addiction, and wellbeing services across multiple regions. Directly comparable as a community-based mental health and addiction support organization with peer and recovery-focused programming.
• Supporting Families NZ: National organization supporting families/whanau of people with mental illness and addiction. Comparable in mission around mental health/addiction recovery and whanau-focused support, though focused on family members rather than direct service users.
• Odyssey House New Zealand: NZ addiction and mental health treatment provider offering residential and community recovery programmes. Directly comparable in addressing addiction recovery with structured programmes, though more residential-focused versus Turning Point's day/community model.
• Lifewise: Auckland-based community services non-profit providing mental health, disability, and housing support. Comparable as a community-embedded recovery and wellbeing provider serving people with mental health and addiction experience.

Broad incumbents

• Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand: National charity working across the full mental health sector with advocacy, workforce development, and resource provision. Comparable in mission and population served, though operating at national scale as an umbrella/advocacy organization rather than direct service delivery.
• New Zealand Drug Foundation: National NGO addressing drug and alcohol harm through policy, advocacy, and community programmes. Comparable in addiction focus, though primarily advocacy and education rather than direct service delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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