South Waikato Pacific Islands Community Services

Welcome to South Waikato Pacific Islands Community Services Inc (SWPICS). We are a member of Aere Tai, based in Tokoroa, South Waikato. 

Established by the local Cook Islands community in 1991, we deliver a range of community health, social and Whanau Ora services to the people of Tokoroa.   

Our Services

Key Personnel

  • Akarere Henry

    Chief Executive

Latest News

  • A Welcome Away from Home

    A Welcome Away from Home

    John and Tutai Ngatikaura’s Tokoroa home might be small, but their welcome is warm and plentiful whenever SWPICS community nurse Kerry Stowers calls by to perform her regular home-based medical check-ups on the pair. Read More

  • Papa Andrews Appreciation

    Papa Andrew's Appreciation

    Papa Andrew recalls arriving from the Cook Islands in the late 1950s to work at the Kinleith paper mill when Tokoroa was barely a town. Read More

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