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  “A logo derives meaning from the quality of the thing it symbolises not the other way around”.   (Paul Rand) They say that your design collateral – your branding, your banners, your logo – is the best ambassador for…

  “Joy collected over time, fuels resilience – ensuring we’ll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.”  (Brene Brown) This week the reservoirs of resilience have been well and truly replenished through the various events and experiences,…

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is delighted to join Bros for Change as they celebrate their fifth birthday and launch a new online toolkit, Timatanga Hou. Bros for Change is a community-based programme that creates transformational change for rangatahi, helping…

  The kutu alert has always been on our minds at sleepovers, on school camps, when the cousins/mates/family come to stay.    Whatever well-intended strategy we thought would work (“let’s top and tail tonight”; “here’s your special pillow – just…

  – WHĀNAU ORA – CREATING SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL CHANGE We are the Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Te Waipounamu / the South Island of New Zealand. We work on behalf of the nine iwi of Te Waipounamu to respond to…

  I had a late flight home – which was then delayed another 90 minutes after not just one, but three seagulls flew into the engines. But when I dragged my feet through the front door at 11pm, our bright-eyed,…

  Last weekend a new race emerged on the Te Waka o Aoraki calendar. The ‘Ki Uta Ki Tai Waka Challenge – Te Anau 2020’ hosted by Oraka Aparima Waka Ama was planned for Labour Weekend on Lake Te Anau….

PĀNUI PĀPĀHO / MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 28 October 2020 Report identifies that community leadership was at the heart of Māori response to COVID-19 in Te Waipounamu  A recent report conducted by Ihi Research has revealed that Māori communities throughout Te…

  They say that when life takes a turn, we should head to the sea – to dream higher than the sky and deeper than the ocean.  That’s exactly what our Navigator Tinana did this week – under the masterful…

  Mum’s pavlova was only ever made for the most special of occasions.    She’d line the tray with grease-proof paper, beat the egg whites and then create a mountain of meringue ready for the oven.   When it was…