The focus of these initiatives is to improve migrants and refugees access to appropriate information and responsive services that are available to the wider community.
The Department of Labour is facilitating the establishment and co-ordination of the National network.

Dept of Labour Settlement Support: www.immigration.govt.nz/community/stream/support
Immigration Services : www.immigration.govt.nz
Walkers guide Website : www.taranaki.info/walktaranaki
A guide for New Settlers : http://www.newplymouthnz.com/CouncilDocuments/Publications/AGuideForNewSettlers.htm

Lead Agency role for Taranaki Employment and Support Foundation Trust

TESFT is the lead agency role in the Department of Labour's Settlement Support New Zealand for New Plymouth.
TESFT has already been involved with migrants and refugees in Taranaki region, the Settlement Support New Zealand Initiative
has enabled the trust to evelop comprehensive Settlement networks in Taranaki to better connect migrants and refugees with
local agencies and services that support their settlement.

Settlement Support Co-ordinator in New Plymouth is Geetha Kutty. People can contact the local Settlement Support
coordinator for local information or browse through the website.
Geetha is very enthusiastic about her work in Taranaki and is totally committed to achieving excellence in all her professional work.