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This week we had a fabulous workshop with mokopuna ora entities – those who are working specifically on initiatives to support our most precious babies between the ages of 0- 5 years old.  One of the resources we looked at…

  The ‘Wero your Tero’ campaign kicks off at a breakfast launch in Ōtautahi at Rehua Marae from 7.30-9.30am on 26th September 2018. The campaign has been developed to create awareness among tāne of the risks and symptoms of prostate…

I have felt like a raging lion was let loose within my soul this week.    A situation occurred at an event my son performed at, which had the impact of making him doubt himself.   Adult behaviours and adult conversations…

  If you were to drive on the long winding mountain road between the airport and the capital city, Thimphu in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan you would come across a curious sight.   Instead of road-signs brandishing “warning” “slow down”…

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu was thrilled to be able to present Te Kāika with the  Dame Tariana Turia Award for contribution to Whānau Ora and whānau centred practice at the Toitu Hauora Leadership Summit on Wednesday 5 September. The…

  ‘Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful: they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul’  (Luther Burbank)   There is an interesting phenomenon that occurs in the office whenever a courier walks in the door carrying…

Find a way Through hands grasped, clutching, linked Solidarity in time, unity of the many Brothers in arms, sisters of soul Knowing that together everything is possible.   Our young leaders deserve the chance To shine, to shout, to shimmer…

“At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong And I grew strong, and I learned how…

  The value of experience is not in seeing much but in seeing wisely  – (William Osler). We have been thinking a lot about what is valued, how is value measured, and how we can agree about what is important….

    MANA WĀ RANGATAHI SYMPOSIUM New Date: 20th August 2018 – School registration Haeata Community Campus, Shortland Street, Wainoni    Tēnā koe ki ngā āhuatanga o tēnei wā On Monday 20th August 2018 Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu and…