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.

Hoake Tātou | Walk With Me has been designed to bring service providers and support agencies together, help strengthen understanding of the barriers men face when seeking help, and highlight the benefits of a purposeful peer support and wellbeing approach to support recovery.

The presentation content includes:

• Safe access and effective engagement of male survivors with support services
• Dispelling some of the common myths about male victims of sexual harm
• Navigate the misunderstandings that create barriers to engagement with support services
• Highlight the role of lived experience as an effective engagement model
• Collaboration and partnerships to welcome and embrace cultural and gender diversity within the male survivor community

In total, 26 events will be held in 17 towns and cities, featuring a panel of presenters at each, including male survivors of sexual abuse.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

Upcoming dates:

• ‍Christchurch: 7  October 2025, 10.00am  & 2.00pm
• ‍Nelson: 8  October 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Auckland  North: 15  October 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Auckland  Central: 15  October 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Auckland  Central: 16  October 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Auckland  South: 16  October 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Hamilton: 29  October 2025, 10.00am  & 2.00pm
• ‍Wellington  – Lower Hutt: 11  November 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Wellington  – Porirua: 11  November 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Wellington  Central: 12  November 2025, 10.00am  & 2.00pm
• ‍Tauranga: 25  November 2025, 10.00am
• ‍Rotorua: 26  November 2025, 10.00am
• ‍Taupo: 27  November 2025, 10.00am
• ‍Hastings: 9  December 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Napier: 9  December 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Tairāwhiti: 10  December 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Whanganui: 11  February 2026, 10.00am
• ‍New  Plymouth: 12  February 2026, 10.00am
• ‍Palmerston  North: 25  February 2026, 10.00am
• ‍Whangārei: 10  March 2026, 10.00am  & 2.00pm

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

Hoake Tātou | Walk With Me has been designed to bring service providers and support agencies together, help strengthen understanding of the barriers men face when seeking help, and highlight the benefits of a purposeful peer support and wellbeing approach to support recovery.

The presentation content includes:

• Safe access and effective engagement of male survivors with support services
• Dispelling some of the common myths about male victims of sexual harm
• Navigate the misunderstandings that create barriers to engagement with support services
• Highlight the role of lived experience as an effective engagement model
• Collaboration and partnerships to welcome and embrace cultural and gender diversity within the male survivor community

In total, 26 events will be held in 17 towns and cities, featuring a panel of presenters at each, including male survivors of sexual abuse.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

Upcoming dates:

• ‍Christchurch: 7  October 2025, 10.00am  & 2.00pm
• ‍Nelson: 8  October 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Auckland  North: 15  October 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Auckland  Central: 15  October 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Auckland  Central: 16  October 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Auckland  South: 16  October 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Hamilton: 29  October 2025, 10.00am  & 2.00pm
• ‍Wellington  – Lower Hutt: 11  November 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Wellington  – Porirua: 11  November 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Wellington  Central: 12  November 2025, 10.00am  & 2.00pm
• ‍Tauranga: 25  November 2025, 10.00am
• ‍Rotorua: 26  November 2025, 10.00am
• ‍Taupo: 27  November 2025, 10.00am
• ‍Hastings: 9  December 2025, 9.30am
• ‍Napier: 9  December 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Tairāwhiti: 10  December 2025, 2.00pm
• ‍Whanganui: 11  February 2026, 10.00am
• ‍New  Plymouth: 12  February 2026, 10.00am
• ‍Palmerston  North: 25  February 2026, 10.00am
• ‍Whangārei: 10  March 2026, 10.00am  & 2.00pm

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 see the event page.

In this webinar, researchers Tanita Bidois and Callum Sleigh will share key findings and insights from Ngā Ara ki te Kāinga, launched by CEWH in December 2024.

Tanita and Callum will explore women’s interactions with government agencies, mental health services, and the justice system, highlighting why women’s homelessness often remains hidden in plain sight. Tanita and Callum will also discuss the urgent need for gender-responsive housing and homelessness policies.

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

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

In this webinar, researchers Tanita Bidois and Callum Sleigh will share key findings and insights from Ngā Ara ki te Kāinga, launched by CEWH in December 2024.

Tanita and Callum will explore women’s interactions with government agencies, mental health services, and the justice system, highlighting why women’s homelessness often remains hidden in plain sight. Tanita and Callum will also discuss the urgent need for gender-responsive housing and homelessness policies.

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

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.

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

Tautoko Mai will be delivering an introduction to sexual violence workshop with a specialist focus on young people, sexualised behaviours, and schools.

The workshop covers:

• Prevalence and the law
• Responding to disclosures
• Survivor impacts
• The digital landscape
• And more.

Discussion and topics will have a focus on young people, the school environment, and what educators can do as their trusted adults.

For all queries, please contact: admin@tautokomai.co.nz.

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

Tautoko Mai will be delivering an introduction to sexual violence workshop with a specialist focus on young people, sexualised behaviours, and schools.

The workshop covers:

• Prevalence and the law
• Responding to disclosures
• Survivor impacts
• The digital landscape
• And more.

Discussion and topics will have a focus on young people, the school environment, and what educators can do as their trusted adults.

For all queries, please contact: admin@tautokomai.co.nz.

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

ECLIPSE's Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Family Violence course explores the impacts of colonisation on Māori and relates this to the context of family violence.

For all questions, contact the organiser.

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

ECLIPSE's Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Family Violence course explores the impacts of colonisation on Māori and relates this to the context of family violence.

For all questions, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the 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.

For question, contact the organiser.

For more information and to register, visit the 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.

For question, contact the organiser.

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

Community Law Waikato are running a series of educational webinars on different areas of New Zealand Law.

On the 5th of November 2025, they will present "Family Law, Care of Children".

On the 12th of November 2025, they will present "Family Law, Family Violence Act".

Please direct all queries to the organiser: reception@clwaikato.org.nz.

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

Community Law Waikato are running a series of educational webinars on different areas of New Zealand Law.

On the 5th of November 2025, they will present "Family Law, Care of Children".

On the 12th of November 2025, they will present "Family Law, Family Violence Act".

Please direct all queries to the organiser: reception@clwaikato.org.nz.

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

If you have any questions please contact Rob Veale on 027 4988653 or email robveale@xtra.co.nz.

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

If you have any questions please contact Rob Veale on 027 4988653 or email robveale@xtra.co.nz.

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

This Change the story presentation provides a brief, high-level overview of Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia, covering:

• Our Watch's vision for a safe, respectful, equal world
• what gets in the way of achieving this
• actions you can take to change the story and prevent violence against women.

This foundational introduction is for people who are new to Change the story or primary prevention work.

Please direct all questions to the organiser: training@ourwatch.org.au.

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

This Change the story presentation provides a brief, high-level overview of Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia, covering:

• Our Watch's vision for a safe, respectful, equal world
• what gets in the way of achieving this
• actions you can take to change the story and prevent violence against women.

This foundational introduction is for people who are new to Change the story or primary prevention work.

Please direct all questions to the organiser: training@ourwatch.org.au.