Mid-North Budgeting Services Trust

The Mid North Budgeting Services Trust, has its origins in the close relationship that developed in the late 1950s between Gray Vuglar, the District Agent for the Department of Social Security and Dr Paewai, a Kaikohe GP. The Trust has grown in experience and expertise since then. We are now affiliated to the New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services (NZFBS). The Trust serves Kaikohe and the surrounding districts from The Hokianga in the west to Pakaraka in the east. We are a free, non judgemental, culturally aware service whose vision is to be the best, most efficient, most accountable budgeting service, leading to the most suitable outcomes for our for our clients. We also operate the local food bank. We are a multi cultural service currently seeing about 500 clients each year (some are one offs). Of these about ninety five percent are Maori, the remainder Pakeha and Pacific Island. The majority are solo parents and under 40. We see clients on a one to one basis and also de