For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This workshop focuses on understanding the concept of vulnerability and explores factors that contribute to vulnerability, risk and child abuse. Participants will learn how to identify when children and young people are vulnerable to abuse and neglect, and how to intervene early.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This forum is for anyone teaching Navigating the Journey for Years 1-8. See here for the Navigating the Journey forum for Secondary School.

This free forum is open to any teacher or educator wanting to discuss Navigating the Journey and how to use it. This forum is an opportunity to connect with other schools, and to get advice about how to utilise Navigating the Journey in a way that works for students from the Community Health Promotion Team at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa.

This forum will run twice every term and will provide opportunities to openly discuss a range of topics, such as:

• Relationships and Sexuality Education - update and questions
• Navigating the Journey content - lesson plan and activities
• Hot topics – opportunity to discuss how you approach different topics in a way that is age-appropriate
• How to answer questions from students and your school community.

This session is suitable for anyone already teaching Navigating the Journey or for anyone that hasn’t yet started but has questions about it.

Please direct all questions to Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa.

For more information and to register, visit ECLIPSE event page.

ECLIPSE's Foundational Family Violence 101: Dynamics, Indicators and Impacts training aims to grow attendees understanding of the dynamics of family violence and how it impacts on individuals and whānau.

Course outcomes:

• Become introduced to key concepts of family violence
• Have a greater understanding of the risk factors and dynamics of family violence
• Develop insight into the short and long term impacts of family violence on victims, children, and whānau
• Learn more about legislation and orders relating to family violence, including the Family Violence Act 2018, Domestic Violence Victims Protection Act 2018, and the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the dynamics of family violence and how to respond in a more empathetic manner.

​Course facilitator:

• Debbs Murray was a victim of serious family violence and harm. Upon navigating a pathway to a life free from violence, she has dedicated her career to the family violence sector.

For question, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

This presentation is based on Dr Nina Hudson’s PhD thesis, an empirical study exploring ‘court-craft’ in judicial communication of sentencing decisions to intimate partner violence offenders. In this presentation, Nina explains their original analytical framework, which conceptualises judicial officers’ communication practices in delivering sentence as ‘communicative court-craft’. Further Nina discusses findings from the study.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

This event features Sharon Shea, Helen Robinson, Dr Jo Gamble and facilitator Amanda Kelly in discussion on the critical crossovers of women’s health, housing and retirement.

Kaupapa Māori public health specialist, Sharon Shea will be offering a mana wāhine lens within the context of te Tiriti, and reclaiming a mana wāhine narrative about rangatiratanga.

Dr. Jo Gamble will provide insights on financial well-being, with a particular focus on women's financial life journeys and the diverse experiences that shape their retirement years.

Hear also from Helen Robinson about the findings of the Coalition to End Women's Homelessness' research report Ngā Ara ki te Kāinga: Understanding Barriers and Solutions to Women’s Homelessness, in which they seeks clear promises and progress from the government

For all questions, please contact the organiser: admin@cewh.org.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

This forum is for anyone teaching Navigating the Journey for Years 9-10. See here for the Navigating the Journey forum for Primary School.

This free forum is open to any teacher or educator wanting to discuss Navigating the Journey and how to use it. This forum is an opportunity to connect with other schools, and to get advice about how to utilise Navigating the Journey resources in a way that works for students from the Community Health Promotion Team at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa.

This forum will run twice every term and will provide opportunities to openly discuss a range of topics, such as:

• Relationships and Sexuality Education - update and questions
• Navigating the Journey content - lesson plan and activities
• Hot topics – opportunity to discuss how you approach different topics in a way that is age-appropriate
• How to answer questions from students and your school community.

This session is suitable for anyone already teaching Navigating the Journey or for anyone that hasn’t yet started but has questions about it.

Please direct all questions to Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

This training webinar is aimed at helping anyone working with children and young people who may be victims or survivors of sexual exploitation to recognise and respond to this issue. The training will cover:

• what commercial sexual exploitation of children looks like in Aotearoa
• types of exploitation such as survival sex, grooming, online exploitation, and trafficking
• risk factors and what to look for
• barriers to disclosure and identification
• how sexual exploitation affects tamariki and rangatahi
• trauma informed practice
• the current legislative framework.

This online professional development option is ideal for individuals who may not be able to receive specialised ECPAT Child Alert training through an organisation/group but would still like to upskill themselves and engage in the learnings that ECPAT has to offer.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the event page.

In the workshop delivered by Dr Kathie Irwin and Associates, participants will work together to explore how to embed Te Tiriti within organisations by building cultural literacy and creating practical change that makes a real difference in organisational and professional practice.

The workshop will:

• Take a kaupapa Māori approach, focusing on better outcomes of service;
• Be informed by mātauranga Māori, no culture has a mandate on genius, great strengths-based solutions are designed from Māori knowledge;
• Integrate Te Tirohanga Māori, the Māori Worldview, into the applied, interactive workshop.

Participants will learn:

• To develop TQ, Tiriti | Treaty literacy and intelligence
• To analyse the significance of lifestyles (access to language and culture) and life-chances (access to power and opportunity) in TQ
• To explore the role of Te Tiriti | The Treaty of Waitangi in Aotearoatanga, nation building, and in professional practice
• To examine best practice in organisations which are already on their Treaty Based Organisational Development journey
• To demonstrate knowledge of the role of cultural literacy in modern workplaces
• To synthesise principles of how to develop Gold Standard Tiriti | Treaty Praxis for your organisation

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

This event can be attend in person or online via Teams. Visit the event page for details on attending.

This CITR Colloquium 2025 lecture features Susan Platt speaking on their doctoral research about the complexities which present themselves when primary healthcare nurses suspect a child is being abused or neglected.

Please direct all enquiries to the organisers at: eric.wei@aut.ac.nz.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

For boys and young men, the internet can be a place where they seek connection, validation and guidance as they explore what it means to be a man today. However, it also exposes them to risks like harmful content, online exploitation and the growing influence of misogynistic ideologies.  

This session will help educators understand:

• Social and cultural influences shaping boys and young men
• How boys engage online, build relationships and how they may be vulnerable to manipulation or exploitation
• The impact of social media, gaming, and influencers on their attitudes, behaviours and sense of identity

This presentation will share practical strategies to build critical thinking, challenge harmful narratives, and create open conversations that empower boys and young men to navigate the online world safely and respectfully.

Please direst all queries to the organisers.

For more information and to register, please visit the event page.

Domestic violence-informed child welfare practice requires competencies in assessment, interviewing, documentation and case planning. Safe & Together Institute’s CORE Training offers four days of experiential classroom training covering each of these foundational skills.

• Day 1 is focused on Assessment
• Day 2 is focused on Interviewing
• Day 3 is focused on Documentation
• Day 4 is focused on Case Planning

Please direct all questions to the organiser at: julie.phillips@tautokomai.co.nz.

For more information visit the workshop's info page.

Register for the Te Papaioea | Palmerston North in-person workshop.

Register for the 2-part online workshop series.

In this Safeguarding Children's training, participants will learn:

• How to apply wise child protection practice in one's work; acknowledging there is no “best” way of doing things for all groups. Participants will need to reconcile new learning with existing and trusted cultural practices.
• The ‘grey areas’ in child protection concerns and reporting thresholds.
• Participants own personal barriers and what professional dangerousness could look link in their work; how this affects decision-making, and how to manage this.
• How to safely handle disclosures of harm.
• How to have conversations with family and whānau when there are child protection concerns.
• How to use Information Sharing legislation and engage in collaborative working.
• How to make an effective Report of Concern.

For all queries, please contact Safeguarding Children directly.