This story draws on reporting by The Southland Tribune.
A specialist service for Invercargill adults with moderate to severe methamphetamine problems, Te Kaha o Te Mauri, opens at 101 Dee Street on Friday 13 November, The Southland Tribune reported.
The service is run by Ngā Kete Mātauranga Pounamu Charitable Trust, known as NKMP.
It is for people aged 18 and over.
The Tribune reported the service will offer specialist assessment, intensive treatment, counselling and peer support. It will also offer practical social advocacy.
Staff will work on drug use alongside the other problems people bring with them. Those include mental distress, physical health, housing, money pressures and relationships within whānau.
Service manager Michelle Skerrett said the drug's effects spread well beyond the user.
"Methamphetamine harm reaches far beyond the individual. It touches whānau, friendships and whole communities," Ms Skerrett told the Tribune.
"We have built Te Kaha o Te Mauri around that reality," she said.
Ms Skerrett said the service was meant to be somewhere people could "walk in without judgement".
Its approach draws on Māori values and the Te Whare Tapa Whā model, which looks at physical, mental, spiritual and whānau wellbeing together.
Its name refers to strength and resilience, and to restoring mauri, or life force.
The Tribune published a statement in te reo Māori with the announcement, translated as: "This is a new pathway for those affected by methamphetamine harm."
Staff will work alongside families, community groups and other health services.
The statement said the service offers "care, compassion and the strength of the person themselves".
The Tribune report did not say who funds the service or give its opening hours.
NKMP already runs other addiction services in the city. Its Healthpoint listing includes Hiwa-i-te-rangi, counselling for methamphetamine and other drug addiction for people aged 35 and under and their whānau, and Awhina Ora, a free mobile support service for people affected by methamphetamine use.
The trust's main Invercargill office is at 92 Spey Street.
What happens next
Te Kaha o Te Mauri opens on Friday at 101 Dee Street.
Referrals will be accepted from people seeking help themselves, from their whānau, and from professionals.
NKMP's Healthpoint listing gives its Southland phone number as (03) 214 5260 and its freephone as 0800 925 242.
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