Planting the seeds of growth as a community (Hastings, Heretaunga)

Aroahaatea An initiative at a local Kindergarten in Hastings, called Aroahaatea, is bringing together whānau to develop a community garden. The aim of the Kindergarten is to be an actively engaged workplace that has a connected role within the local community.  Through gardens, they have a practical approach to supporting whānau and are able to …

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Boxing for Te Whare Tapa Whā (Dunedin, Southland)

Otepoti Boxing Club : Strength for suicide prevention. Tū mai Te Waipounamu!   Right in the heart of Southland, a new suicide prevention initiative is making change with the Dunedin youth. This programme is called Boxing for Te Whare Tapa Whā. The purpose of this programme is to provide rangatahi of Dunedin with key principles through …

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The Hit Home Project – Preserve Our Peoples Lives (Manurewa, Tāmaki-mā-kau-rau)

The Hit Home Project Home is a place that should be peaceful and safe from the storms.  But for some families, this is a place where they have lost a loved one to suicide.   The whānau who live and remain in those homes, are left only with questions, memories, and heart ache. The Hit Home …

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It Takes a Village to Strengthen a Community (Ngawha).

Ngawha Springs moving Forward Kaikohe Ngawha Springs is a small village comprising 80 houses with about 250 people – 20-30 babies and toddlers, 60 children between the age of, 5-18, 60 or so adults between 20 – 60 and kaumatua and kuia members of whanau who have lived in the village for several generations. There …

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