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 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 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, 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, visit the event page.

Prerequisite: Level 1 Introductory Training or relevant on the job knowledge or experience.

Using case-based learning, attendees will learn how to make in-depth risk assessments and develop safe strategies and plans to provide effective and useful support mechanisms to people experiencing family violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Response-based practice (RBP) as an approach to engagement with clients
• Explore the complexity of risk and how to make accurate assessments
• Develop ways of tailored safety strategising that provide effective and useful support to people experiencing violence.

For any queries about training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

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

Prerequisite: Level 1 Introductory Training or relevant on the job knowledge or experience.

Using case-based learning, attendees will learn how to make in-depth risk assessments and develop safe strategies and plans to provide effective and useful support mechanisms to people experiencing family violence.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand Response-based practice (RBP) as an approach to engagement with clients
• Explore the complexity of risk and how to make accurate assessments
• Develop ways of tailored safety strategising that provide effective and useful support to people experiencing violence.

For any queries about training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

For more information and to register, please visit Whakamanawa 2025.

Whakamanawa is an opportunity for those working in the Aotearoa New Zealand social sector to gather with delegates from across community-based social services, the government social sector, and a broad range of connected spaces.

Day one of Whakamanawa will see all attendees gather together in the main plenary space to hear from the keynote kaikōrero

Day two of will feature a wide range of engaging workshops across five streams: Facilitating Inclusivity; Innovation in Social Services; Sustainable & Thriving Organisations; Strengthening Your Practice; and Change Making in Our Mahi.

For all queries, please contact the organisers.

For more information and to register, please visit Whakamanawa 2025.

Whakamanawa is an opportunity for those working in the Aotearoa New Zealand social sector to gather with delegates from across community-based social services, the government social sector, and a broad range of connected spaces.

Day one of Whakamanawa will see all attendees gather together in the main plenary space to hear from the keynote kaikōrero

Day two of will feature a wide range of engaging workshops across five streams: Facilitating Inclusivity; Innovation in Social Services; Sustainable & Thriving Organisations; Strengthening Your Practice; and Change Making in Our Mahi.

For all queries, please contact the organisers.

For more information and to register, visit the official conference webpage.

The primary objective of the 5WCWS is to provide a platform for learning and sharing experiences. The goal of this exchange is to contribute to a worldwide systemic approach to ending violence against women and their children, in order to increase the safety, independence, and strength of women worldwide.

The themes of the conference are, Connect, Challenge, and Change.

Connect

Engage with people dedicated to ending violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence. Foster a network of support and collaboration to enhance your efforts and share innovative solutions.

Challenge

Collaborate with global delegates to confront and dismantle the structural drivers, systems, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that perpetuate violence against women and gender-based violence. Together, attendees will critically examine and challenge the status quo to create a safer world.

Change

Lead the way in driving the transformational change needed to eradicate all forms of gender-based violence locally and globally. Advocate for policies, implement effective programs, and inspire communities to take action towards a violence-free future.

For all queries, please contact the organisers.

For more information and to register, visit the official conference webpage.

The primary objective of the 5WCWS is to provide a platform for learning and sharing experiences. The goal of this exchange is to contribute to a worldwide systemic approach to ending violence against women and their children, in order to increase the safety, independence, and strength of women worldwide.

The themes of the conference are, Connect, Challenge, and Change.

Connect

Engage with people dedicated to ending violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence. Foster a network of support and collaboration to enhance your efforts and share innovative solutions.

Challenge

Collaborate with global delegates to confront and dismantle the structural drivers, systems, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that perpetuate violence against women and gender-based violence. Together, attendees will critically examine and challenge the status quo to create a safer world.

Change

Lead the way in driving the transformational change needed to eradicate all forms of gender-based violence locally and globally. Advocate for policies, implement effective programs, and inspire communities to take action towards a violence-free future.

For all queries, please contact the organisers.

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

ECLIPSE's Child Protection and Family Violence training course provides participants with a greater understanding of child protection when family violence exists. This course will introduce you to important aspects of child protection, the complexities produced by family violence, legislation, and practitioner obligations and responses.

Course Outcomes:

• Be introduced to the dynamics and impacts of family violence and child abuse
• Have a greater understanding of child development and the effects of family violence on children's development
• Learn about the impacts of family violence on parenting and the protective nature of relationships
• Be exposed to legislation relating to family violence and child protection
• Learn about how practitioners can respond to concerns for children when family violence exists, including how to work with Oranga Tamariki
• Grow in your knowledge and confidence to work with whānau when there are concerns for the safety or wellbeing of children.

For all questions, please contact the organiser.

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

ECLIPSE's Child Protection and Family Violence training course provides participants with a greater understanding of child protection when family violence exists. This course will introduce you to important aspects of child protection, the complexities produced by family violence, legislation, and practitioner obligations and responses.

Course Outcomes:

• Be introduced to the dynamics and impacts of family violence and child abuse
• Have a greater understanding of child development and the effects of family violence on children's development
• Learn about the impacts of family violence on parenting and the protective nature of relationships
• Be exposed to legislation relating to family violence and child protection
• Learn about how practitioners can respond to concerns for children when family violence exists, including how to work with Oranga Tamariki
• Grow in your knowledge and confidence to work with whānau when there are concerns for the safety or wellbeing of children.

For all questions, please contact the organiser.

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, 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.

The Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept (PVIC) is ECLIPSE's practice model developed through lived and practice experience. PVIC raises awareness of coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic.

In this course, attendees will:

• Obtain a deeper understanding of ECLIPSE's Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept
• Develop knowledge of resistance strategies and how victims resist coercive control and family violence every day
• Understand the importance of self-determination strategies, dignity-enhancing practice, and empathetic connection as steps to a healing pathway
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the guidelines for identifying and navigating coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic
• Be provided with practice tools and guidelines developed by victim-survivors and are embedded with and informed by the voice of lived experience of family violence.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

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

The Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept (PVIC) is ECLIPSE's practice model developed through lived and practice experience. PVIC raises awareness of coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic.

In this course, attendees will:

• Obtain a deeper understanding of ECLIPSE's Practitioner-Victim Insight Concept
• Develop knowledge of resistance strategies and how victims resist coercive control and family violence every day
• Understand the importance of self-determination strategies, dignity-enhancing practice, and empathetic connection as steps to a healing pathway
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the guidelines for identifying and navigating coercive control as an overarching family violence tactic
• Be provided with practice tools and guidelines developed by victim-survivors and are embedded with and informed by the voice of lived experience of family violence.

Please direct all queries to the organisers.

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

This two-day conference is a mix of plenary sessions, presentations and workshops organised around the theme of navigating the online landscape of family violence and sexual violence prevention.

The conference speakers are Dr Samantha Keene and Dr Kris Taylor. The available workshops are:

• Sam Keene: Take my breath away: Critically interrogating ‘rough sex’ and the eroticisation of ‘choking’/strangulation
• Kris Taylor PhD: Shifting The Line: Workshopping Working with Young Men on Important Social Issues
• Hohou te Rongo Kahukura: Stalking and Online Harm
• Hohou te Rongo Kahukura: Online Risks for Takatāpui and Rainbow Young People

Please direct all quereis to the organisers at: strongerwaitaki@waitaki.govt.nz.

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

This two-day conference is a mix of plenary sessions, presentations and workshops organised around the theme of navigating the online landscape of family violence and sexual violence prevention.

The conference speakers are Dr Samantha Keene and Dr Kris Taylor. The available workshops are:

• Sam Keene: Take my breath away: Critically interrogating ‘rough sex’ and the eroticisation of ‘choking’/strangulation
• Kris Taylor PhD: Shifting The Line: Workshopping Working with Young Men on Important Social Issues
• Hohou te Rongo Kahukura: Stalking and Online Harm
• Hohou te Rongo Kahukura: Online Risks for Takatāpui and Rainbow Young People

Please direct all quereis to the organisers at: strongerwaitaki@waitaki.govt.nz.

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

This conference provides a forum for nurses, social workers, counselors, physicians, advocates, community activists, policy makers, researchers and educators to share their work and engage in dialogue about innovations in research, practice, education and policy that can support prevention, advocacy and action to create a violence-free world.

Please direct all enquiries to the conference organisers: conference@nnvawi.org.

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

This conference provides a forum for nurses, social workers, counselors, physicians, advocates, community activists, policy makers, researchers and educators to share their work and engage in dialogue about innovations in research, practice, education and policy that can support prevention, advocacy and action to create a violence-free world.

Please direct all enquiries to the conference organisers: conference@nnvawi.org.

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For more information and to register, visit the official conference page.

Save the date for an inaugural conference for Intersex, Ira Tangata, those with a variation of sex characteristics and allied communities, with a focus on social cohesion in Aotearoa.

Intersex Aotearoa invite anyone working with, or for Intersex, Ira Tangata or those with an innate variation of sex characteristics to attend.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the official conference page.

Save the date for an inaugural conference for Intersex, Ira Tangata, those with a variation of sex characteristics and allied communities, with a focus on social cohesion in Aotearoa.

Intersex Aotearoa invite anyone working with, or for Intersex, Ira Tangata or those with an innate variation of sex characteristics to attend.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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.

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.