The Otara Health Charitable Trust has set up a programme to support teenage fathers in the South Auckland community.
The programme is run by Piripi McClean, who says many young fathers want to be a part of their child's life, but are told they're not good enough by the mother and her family.
Mr McClean says he teaches the teens, most of whom are Maori or Pacific Islanders, how to communicate with their partner and child and how to improve their skills to find work, so they can provide for their whanau.
He says the programme's been partly funded by a $60,000 government grant and he'd like to see it expand from Auckland to the rest of the country.