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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...
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...
Tupuna Footsteps Path the Way for Whānau Wellness (Gisborne)
Ko Ngā Uri o Mohi rāua ko Waitemata KOROHINA Horoera, East Cape “Ko Matahi o te Tau he papakainga Rangimarie. Ki te hokihoki atu ngā uri, kare te marae e noho mokemoke ana, kāre e tū tahanga ana. Nā reira e te whānau, tukuna atu he karakia aroha ki tō tātou ū-kai-pō,...
He Mea Nui Koe!” “You Matter! (Palmerston North)
“Tini whetū i te rangi ko ngā uri o Rangitane ki te whenua.” Right in the heart of the Manawatū an effective suicide prevention initiative called “He Mea Nui Koe”, has been growing with the Best Care (Whakapai Hauora) Charitable Trust team. “He Mea...
Navigating an Island of Success with Wayfinding (Whatawhata)
Wayfinding to Choose Hope Whatawhata Wayfinding transposes the principles of celestial navigation and ocean voyaging by ancient and modern Pasifika voyagers into a framework that can be used in a modern context. Wayfinding to Choose Hope was developed by Faumuina...
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...
Awhi and Manaaki: Supporting Rangatahi with Cultural Identity. (Porirua)
Te Whakatipu Rangatahi Porirua To awhi and manaaki rangatahi by developing and enhancing protective factors that will make suicidal behaviour less likely and include such things as having a secure cultural identity, access to support and help, whānau and...
Building Collective Skills, Building Suicide Prevention (Wairarapa)
Te Taura Whakapapa – Awhi whānau Masterton This initiative is designed by, with and for Māori. It builds on the previous work done through Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and focusses on building our collective skills, knowledge and abilities to deal with suicide and...
From The Puku To The Tail (Turangi to Rerenga Wairua).
From the Puku to the Tail : A Journey of Whānau Wellbeing. In the small town of Turangi, suicides have sent huge waves of grief throughout the community. In the midst of sadness and grief, whānau in this town have come together and are now working hard to build...