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

This training is structured to build a deeper understanding of the entrapment model of family violence presented in Levels 1 and 2. Over the two days, Shine RESPOND will bring together guest speakers who are specialists in their respective fields. Each speaker will provide insight into different elements of the entrapment model.

Learning Objectives:

• Further develop an understanding regarding concepts of coercive control, entrapment and resistance which inform a response-based approach.
• Understand the broader societal contexts that are present for people who are experiencing family violence: including awareness of cultural perceptions, dynamics of gender and disabled people.

For all queries about Shine's training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

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

This training is structured to build a deeper understanding of the entrapment model of family violence presented in Levels 1 and 2. Over the two days, Shine RESPOND will bring together guest speakers who are specialists in their respective fields. Each speaker will provide insight into different elements of the entrapment model.

Learning Objectives:

• Further develop an understanding regarding concepts of coercive control, entrapment and resistance which inform a response-based approach.
• Understand the broader societal contexts that are present for people who are experiencing family violence: including awareness of cultural perceptions, dynamics of gender and disabled people.

For all queries about Shine's training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

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, 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 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, please visit the event page.

This free online professional training is for teachers and educators teaching years 1-8 who are using or intend to use Navigating the Journey: Relationships and Sexuality Education Programme, and would like training and guidance on how to utilise it in a way that works for their ākonga.

This 2.5 hour online course provides teachers and educators with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to effectively deliver Navigating the Journey to their students.

During this training, attendees will:

• Explore how to keep personal values separate from professional practice
• Increase their understanding of the purpose of Navigating the Journey and how to utilise the resource in a way that works for their students
• Increase their confidence to answer curious questions
• Reflect on their practice and identify actions to take to provide quality relationships and sexuality education to their students

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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

This free online professional training is for teachers and educators teaching years 1-8 who are using or intend to use Navigating the Journey: Relationships and Sexuality Education Programme, and would like training and guidance on how to utilise it in a way that works for their ākonga.

This 2.5 hour online course provides teachers and educators with the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to effectively deliver Navigating the Journey to their students.

During this training, attendees will:

• Explore how to keep personal values separate from professional practice
• Increase their understanding of the purpose of Navigating the Journey and how to utilise the resource in a way that works for their students
• Increase their confidence to answer curious questions
• Reflect on their practice and identify actions to take to provide quality relationships and sexuality education to their students

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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, 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, visit the event page.

This presentation seeks to provide participants with an opportunity for a conversation about stalking. This is a general introduction to stalking, which should be consistent with, and complement any legislation that is introduced.

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

• Understand stalking and the context in which stalking occurs
• Understand behaviours often associated with stalking including use of technology
• Describe the dynamics associated with stalking (including the SLII framework), the typology and demographics of people involved and relationships between victims and perpetrators
• Have conversations with victims/survivors about stalking
• Apply learnings to risk assessment and safety planning processes
• Know where to find some of the resources available to inform policy and practice.

Any queries, contact the organiser.

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

This presentation seeks to provide participants with an opportunity for a conversation about stalking. This is a general introduction to stalking, which should be consistent with, and complement any legislation that is introduced.

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

• Understand stalking and the context in which stalking occurs
• Understand behaviours often associated with stalking including use of technology
• Describe the dynamics associated with stalking (including the SLII framework), the typology and demographics of people involved and relationships between victims and perpetrators
• Have conversations with victims/survivors about stalking
• Apply learnings to risk assessment and safety planning processes
• Know where to find some of the resources available to inform policy and practice.

Any queries, contact the organiser.

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

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

• Recognise the importance of risk assessment as part of the safety planning process
• Consider some of the types of risk assessment tools used in the context of IPV
• Understand and describe common risk markers associated with family violence and serious harm
• Be aware of stalking as a high risk marker of serious harm in the context of IPV
• Be able to apply their understanding of risk assessment to workshop scenarios (note: details of actual cases will be presented in this session).

For all queries, contact the organiser.

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

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

• Recognise the importance of risk assessment as part of the safety planning process
• Consider some of the types of risk assessment tools used in the context of IPV
• Understand and describe common risk markers associated with family violence and serious harm
• Be aware of stalking as a high risk marker of serious harm in the context of IPV
• Be able to apply their understanding of risk assessment to workshop scenarios (note: details of actual cases will be presented in this session).

For all queries, contact the organiser.

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

This is a practical and interactive day which will help develop skills in safe, effective responses. The day will be facilitated by Shine RESPOND trainers alongside specialist guest speakers. The training builds understanding of how children experience family violence, coercive control and entrapment drawing on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

For all queries about Shine's training, contact trainer@2shine.org.nz.

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

This is a practical and interactive day which will help develop skills in safe, effective responses. The day will be facilitated by Shine RESPOND trainers alongside specialist guest speakers. The training builds understanding of how children experience family violence, coercive control and entrapment drawing on emerging research and practice in this field, alongside a child rights perspective under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

For all queries about Shine's 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, 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.

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.