Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nōna te ngahere.
Ko te manu e kai ana i te mātauranga, nōna te ao.
The bird that feeds on the miro berry owns the forest.
The bird that feeds on knowledge owns the world.
“This foundation enables levo to serve not just practitioners, but the people and whānau they walk alongside.”
Founder of levo® and CEO of Kāpiti Youth Support
Raechel Osborne,
Our story
levo began as
a response to
a critical gap
levo was designed, tested, and refined within Kāpiti Youth Support (KYS) — an internationally recognised, integrated, holistic service delivering free, wraparound support to rangatahi aged 10–24.
From local insight to national impact
While grounded in Kāpiti, levo was never intended to stay small. Its design is aimed at helping services across Aotearoa reflect the real progress they’re making, and advocate for what their people need.
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Winner: NZ Primary Healthcare Awards – He Tohu Mauri Ora for Innovation in Service Delivery
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Winner: The Mental Health Services awards of Australia and New Zealand 2021 – in recognition of their achievement of excellence, innovation, and best practice in mental health services
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Used by regional youth services, iwi providers, and cross-agency partnerships
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Engaging with government, philanthropic investors, and national partners ready to reimagine outcomes reporting
Based on the Kāpiti Coast, KYS supports over 5400, around 60% the youth population in Kāpiti. KYS is supported by a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners, including:
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Registered nurses
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Doctors
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Psychologists, Clinical Psychologists
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Youth workers
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Mentors
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Counsellors
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Social workers
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Educators
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Youth Representatives
KYS is known for its high-trust model of care, deep whānau engagement, and unwavering commitment to hauora.
Grounded in frameworks that reflect real-world complexity
levo draws on trusted models used in youth development, clinical care, and community services, including:
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Te Whare Tapa Whā model
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The bio-psycho-social framework
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PARTH model
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HEEADSSSSS-psychosocial assessment tool
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Other evidence-based frameworks grounded in Aotearoa
