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 and to register, visit the event page.

The topics covered in this training are:

• Definition, nature and dynamics of Family Violence
• Defining and recognising Coercive Control behaviours
• Tech-Facilitated & Post Separation Abuse
• Key Practice approaches in partnering with survivors
• Asking about Family Violence: Sensitive Enquiry
• Responding to disclosures of Family Violence
• Identifying risk
• Safety planning and referral pathways
• Practitioner wellbeing

For questions, please contact the organisers: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

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

The topics covered in this training are:

• Definition, nature and dynamics of Family Violence
• Defining and recognising Coercive Control behaviours
• Tech-Facilitated & Post Separation Abuse
• Key Practice approaches in partnering with survivors
• Asking about Family Violence: Sensitive Enquiry
• Responding to disclosures of Family Violence
• Identifying risk
• Safety planning and referral pathways
• Practitioner wellbeing

For questions, please contact the organisers: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

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

This webinar is for secondary educators and school support.

Coercive control is a pattern of abusive behaviours that uses manipulation, monitoring, surveillance, pressure, and fear to limit someone’s freedom and independence. When technology is involved, it can be harder to recognise.

This webinar will explore:

• how technology-facilitated coercive control impacts young people;
• the common red flags to watch for;
• practical ways to respond and support those experiencing it.

Please direst all queries to the organisers.

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

This webinar is for secondary educators and school support.

Coercive control is a pattern of abusive behaviours that uses manipulation, monitoring, surveillance, pressure, and fear to limit someone’s freedom and independence. When technology is involved, it can be harder to recognise.

This webinar will explore:

• how technology-facilitated coercive control impacts young people;
• the common red flags to watch for;
• practical ways to respond and support those experiencing it.

Please direst all queries to the organisers.

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.

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.

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

In addition to strangulation, this workshop also introduces topics such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), sexual violence, threatening behaviour and other factors including ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) to enhance decision-making and ultimately safety for victims, families and whānau.

By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Define strangulation in the context of intimate partner violence
• Describe the signs, symptoms and injuries associated with strangulation
• Know some of the resources available to facilitate effective documentation
• Understand behaviours often associated with strangulation including TBI, sexual violence, threats and separation
• Apply learnings to risk assessment and safety planning

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

In addition to strangulation, this workshop also introduces topics such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), sexual violence, threatening behaviour and other factors including ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) to enhance decision-making and ultimately safety for victims, families and whānau.

By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

• Define strangulation in the context of intimate partner violence
• Describe the signs, symptoms and injuries associated with strangulation
• Know some of the resources available to facilitate effective documentation
• Understand behaviours often associated with strangulation including TBI, sexual violence, threats and separation
• Apply learnings to risk assessment and safety planning

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

This three-hour virtual interactive training will prepare participants to recognise indicators of family violence and aid them with skills to provide a safe, simple and sensitive response to a disclosure from an adult experiencing family violence.

This training is intended for prevention practitioners working across a range of settings, including, but not limited to delivering programs across educational settings, youth and community programs, local councils and sporting clubs.

Please direct all questions to the organiser: admin@safeandequal.org.au.

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

This three-hour virtual interactive training will prepare participants to recognise indicators of family violence and aid them with skills to provide a safe, simple and sensitive response to a disclosure from an adult experiencing family violence.

This training is intended for prevention practitioners working across a range of settings, including, but not limited to delivering programs across educational settings, youth and community programs, local councils and sporting clubs.

Please direct all questions to the organiser: admin@safeandequal.org.au.

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

This training is limited to family violence, sexual violence, and allied professionals.

This one-hour webinar covers the most common social media platforms used by Australians. The presenter will then discuss how DFV perpetrators commonly misuse social media and what can be done to support victim-survivors. Participants will also look at the data these platforms collect, store and share, and cover how victim-survivors can maximise the built-in privacy and security settings, use the abuse-reporting features and potentially document abuse.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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

This training is limited to family violence, sexual violence, and allied professionals.

This one-hour webinar covers the most common social media platforms used by Australians. The presenter will then discuss how DFV perpetrators commonly misuse social media and what can be done to support victim-survivors. Participants will also look at the data these platforms collect, store and share, and cover how victim-survivors can maximise the built-in privacy and security settings, use the abuse-reporting features and potentially document abuse.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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

Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono, Wellington Abrahamic Council, Ethnic Research Aotearoa, and the Coalition of Ethnic Communities are hosting an online hui, featuring Assoc. Prof. Peter Thompson from the Victoria University of Wellington School of Arts & Media on Thursday 23 October 2025.

The Broader and Beyond Under-16s Social Media Ban is a community-led initiative to facilitate community engagement and conversation, gather evidence, and co-develop a legal framework for online safety and platform accountability that is broader and beyond the proposed social media ban for under-16s.

This online session offers an opportunity to share the impact of online/social media on individuals and families from some of New Zealand’s less often heard community voices and facilitate key stakeholders in the community to engage with the topic and have a collective approach going forward.

For enquiries, please contact the organiser: kiaora@inclusiveaotearoa.nz.

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

Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono, Wellington Abrahamic Council, Ethnic Research Aotearoa, and the Coalition of Ethnic Communities are hosting an online hui, featuring Assoc. Prof. Peter Thompson from the Victoria University of Wellington School of Arts & Media on Thursday 23 October 2025.

The Broader and Beyond Under-16s Social Media Ban is a community-led initiative to facilitate community engagement and conversation, gather evidence, and co-develop a legal framework for online safety and platform accountability that is broader and beyond the proposed social media ban for under-16s.

This online session offers an opportunity to share the impact of online/social media on individuals and families from some of New Zealand’s less often heard community voices and facilitate key stakeholders in the community to engage with the topic and have a collective approach going forward.

For enquiries, please contact the organiser: kiaora@inclusiveaotearoa.nz.

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar events 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 for the online training, visit the webinar events 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, please see the event page.

This webinar will explore how to identify and respond to child sexual abuse in ways that support healing, mental health and wellbeing.

This webinar will help viewers to:

• identify the signs of child sexual abuse and support children and young people to move beyond secrecy
• develop practice strategies to navigate conversations with children and young people about sexual abuse and respond confidently and effectively to disclosures
• develop practice strategies that support children, young people and parents to describe their experiences of abuse and support them to move beyond shame and self-blame.

This webinar is intended for practitioners and other professionals in health, social, education and community services who have contact with children and young people. This webinar will also include information for people who may need to respond to child sexual abuse outside of their work role.

Please note this webinar will be a pre-recorded event with no live Q&A. Please submit any questions you have for the panellists during registration.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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

This webinar will explore how to identify and respond to child sexual abuse in ways that support healing, mental health and wellbeing.

This webinar will help viewers to:

• identify the signs of child sexual abuse and support children and young people to move beyond secrecy
• develop practice strategies to navigate conversations with children and young people about sexual abuse and respond confidently and effectively to disclosures
• develop practice strategies that support children, young people and parents to describe their experiences of abuse and support them to move beyond shame and self-blame.

This webinar is intended for practitioners and other professionals in health, social, education and community services who have contact with children and young people. This webinar will also include information for people who may need to respond to child sexual abuse outside of their work role.

Please note this webinar will be a pre-recorded event with no live Q&A. Please submit any questions you have for the panellists during registration.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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

In this session, Our Watch will explore the evidence-informed approaches underpinning initiatives that address masculinities and work with men and boys in the primary prevention of men's violence against women.

This session will be useful for practitioners, advocates and policy-makers working in a range of settings and contexts to prevent violence against women and/or working with men and boys in social and emotional wellbeing initiatives.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: training@ourwatch.org.au.

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

In this session, Our Watch will explore the evidence-informed approaches underpinning initiatives that address masculinities and work with men and boys in the primary prevention of men's violence against women.

This session will be useful for practitioners, advocates and policy-makers working in a range of settings and contexts to prevent violence against women and/or working with men and boys in social and emotional wellbeing initiatives.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: training@ourwatch.org.au.

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

Course Outcomes:

• Become introduced to the concept of victim-survivor resistance and ECLIPSE's Whole of Person Approach
• Have a greater understanding of how to analyse risk, consider the cumulative impact of harm, and identify other unseen areas of harm (such as retaliatory violence and gang association)
• Develop insight into protective factors and safety strategies victim-survivors utilise to keep themselves and their whānau safe
• Learn about how to undertake safety strategising and safety planning
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the dynamics of family violence and how one can respond in a more empathetic manner.

Please direct all questions to the organiser.

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

Course Outcomes:

• Become introduced to the concept of victim-survivor resistance and ECLIPSE's Whole of Person Approach
• Have a greater understanding of how to analyse risk, consider the cumulative impact of harm, and identify other unseen areas of harm (such as retaliatory violence and gang association)
• Develop insight into protective factors and safety strategies victim-survivors utilise to keep themselves and their whānau safe
• Learn about how to undertake safety strategising and safety planning
• Grow in awareness and knowledge of the dynamics of family violence and how one can respond in a more empathetic manner.

Please direct all questions to the organiser.