Join us for a hui to celebrate, connect, and plan for 2025.

Unlocking the power of the Vā

The mother and daughter team will take us on a journey into the heart of Pacific community development. Through the profound concept of the Vā we will explore the traditional wisdom and practices that have sustained vibrant Pacific communities for generations.

These are key traits that support people, groups and organisations to walk together by ensuring equal representation and shared responsibility. Intercultural Facilitation aims for mutual understanding, agreement and respect, while Naive Inquiry encourages open, curious engagement with difference. This journey requires innovative leadership and commitment to shared capability, ultimately driving systemic change.

Clark Tuagalu will be sharing key strategies for enhancing resources and skills in Pacific communities. Discover practical methods for building capacity, developing capability, and fostering effective community engagement to drive positive change.

"The Importance of Fa'atasitasi - Togetherness

Presented from an ‘Indigenous Lens’, this workshop will use Pasifika methodologies to inform and provide tools to support and strengthen your community relationships, while learning to navigate ways to enhance engagement within your community."

Te Kawerau Iwi Tiaki trust is actively involved in projects to enhance social outcomes for their community. These initiatives span education, employment, cultural revitalisation, and environmental preservation. Their aspirations focus on strong connections to their whenua, fostering identity and pride, and ensuring future well-being. Organizations seeking authentic engagement with Te Kawerau a Maki can learn from Robin’s approach, which emphasizes respectful communication, collaboration, and understanding the community’s needs.

Learning how our brain works is the best mental well-being programme we can embark on.

Learn how our brains are wired and the impact this has on how we process and experience the world around us

Understand our brain profile

Learn how your profile changes under pressure and the triggers which may cause it

Understand the interrelationships that build and develop community through fostering principles of guardianship, kaitīakitanga, and to weave a foundation of unity, kotahitanga.

In this wānanga you will learn te ao Māori based principles that encourages leadership, participation, and koha - the gifts that we all contribute to building a community.

This workshop will help you understand a human rights approach to ensure better resettlement and integration outcomes for migrants.

Abann will be sharing the displacement experience, and ways of engaging with service providers and NZ migration pathways.

Explore Pasifika principles and values to foster a culture of care in your organisation.

I welcome you with an open heart, mind and presence as we explore knowledge of the Pacific together.

"Oceania is vast, Oceania is expanding, Oceania is hospitable and generous, Oceania is humanity ..." - Epeli Hau'ofa.

This workshop will assist you in understanding the interrelationships that build and develop community, through fostering principles of guardianship, kaitiakitanga, and to weave a foundation of unity, kotahitanga.

Join Treaty People for an interactive session on our founding agreement, Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We will discuss:

• Who is part of the treaty agreement today?

• What was the historical context in which Te Tiriti emerged?

• What did the signatories agree to?

• Is co-governance a new idea?

• What can we do to show support for Te Tiriti today?

Join us for an interactive workshop focused on exploring how Walk Together supports leaders, change-makers, and decision-makers in navigating systemic change, with the valuable role of intercultural facilitation and the guiding principles of Mutual Ways. Arama Mataira, an experienced intercultural facilitator and system navigator, will share practical stories, experiences, and the ways of Walk Together.

Presented by Janet Tuitama from an indigenous lens, this workshop will use Pasifika methodologies to inform and provide tools to support and strengthen the growth of your organisation. You will learn to navigate ways to enhance productivity and engagement with your community, whilst also celebrating what you have already accomplished!

The first of four training sessions, this course is co-designed with our community with the intent of adding another resource to your existing basket of community development knowledge.

Community Waitākere 40th Celebration

Join us as past and present Community Waitākere whānau come together to reminisce, share stories and celebrate our bright future!