For more information and to reister, visit one of the event pages below:

• Tararua (Dannevirke): Monday 23 March 2026
• Te Waiharakeke | Blenheim: Wednesday 25 March 2026
• Māwhera | Greymouth: Friday 27 March 2026

These trainings teach the foundations of the Mana Taiohi principles of youth development and the Code of Ethics for Youth Work in Aotearoa.

Mana Taiohi is a principle-based framework that informs the way people who work with young people work in Aotearoa.

The Code of Ethics provides an agreed set of guidelines for youth work in Aotearoa to ensure that Youth Work is carried out in a safe, skilled, ethical manner.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: info@mysite.com.

For more information and to reister, visit one of the event pages below:

• Tararua (Dannevirke): Monday 23 March 2026
• Te Waiharakeke | Blenheim: Wednesday 25 March 2026
• Māwhera | Greymouth: Friday 27 March 2026

These trainings teach the foundations of the Mana Taiohi principles of youth development and the Code of Ethics for Youth Work in Aotearoa.

Mana Taiohi is a principle-based framework that informs the way people who work with young people work in Aotearoa.

The Code of Ethics provides an agreed set of guidelines for youth work in Aotearoa to ensure that Youth Work is carried out in a safe, skilled, ethical manner.

Please direct all queries to the organisers: info@mysite.com.

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

During this workshop, attendees will explore how to undertake an appropriate risk analysis for technology facilitated family violence and develop robust safety strategies to keep primary victims safe on devices. They will explore the tracking capabilities of unexpected everyday devices, such as pet microchips, and electronic tools in homes, such as automatic curtains openers, appliance apps, and how these can be used to perpetrate harm. This workshop will provide tools to appropriately consider, recognise and respond to technology facilitated family violence.

Through attending this course attendee's will:

• Obtain an understanding of the prevalence of technologically facilitated family violence.
• Obtain an understanding of what and how devices and apps can be utilised to track, monitor and control victims of family violence.
• Understand how to include analysis of technology in risk analysis and develop robust safety strategies for devices and apps.
• How to record and gather evidence via electronic footprints.
• How to recognise technological violations.
• How children's devices can be used by predominant aggressors to monitor primary victims.
• Toolkits and information to support ongoing safety for whānau and for you as practitioners.

For all questions, please contact the organiser.

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

During this workshop, attendees will explore how to undertake an appropriate risk analysis for technology facilitated family violence and develop robust safety strategies to keep primary victims safe on devices. They will explore the tracking capabilities of unexpected everyday devices, such as pet microchips, and electronic tools in homes, such as automatic curtains openers, appliance apps, and how these can be used to perpetrate harm. This workshop will provide tools to appropriately consider, recognise and respond to technology facilitated family violence.

Through attending this course attendee's will:

• Obtain an understanding of the prevalence of technologically facilitated family violence.
• Obtain an understanding of what and how devices and apps can be utilised to track, monitor and control victims of family violence.
• Understand how to include analysis of technology in risk analysis and develop robust safety strategies for devices and apps.
• How to record and gather evidence via electronic footprints.
• How to recognise technological violations.
• How children's devices can be used by predominant aggressors to monitor primary victims.
• Toolkits and information to support ongoing safety for whānau and for you as practitioners.

For all questions, please contact the organiser.

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

This interactive, online training module will assist professionals to effectively identify, understand and resist invitations to collude with men who use family violence.

Participants who attend this training will be able to:

• Explain the causes, mechanisms, and purpose of family violence
• Explore perpetrator accountability
• Identify core beliefs held by men who use violence
• Identify 'smoke screens' used to conceal violence
• Use invitational approaches to build rapport and enhance reflection
• Understand the nature of collusion and how to resist invitations to collude
• Examine shame and values
• Motivate change and referral readiness
• Understand safety planning and referral pathways

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

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

This interactive, online training module will assist professionals to effectively identify, understand and resist invitations to collude with men who use family violence.

Participants who attend this training will be able to:

• Explain the causes, mechanisms, and purpose of family violence
• Explore perpetrator accountability
• Identify core beliefs held by men who use violence
• Identify 'smoke screens' used to conceal violence
• Use invitational approaches to build rapport and enhance reflection
• Understand the nature of collusion and how to resist invitations to collude
• Examine shame and values
• Motivate change and referral readiness
• Understand safety planning and referral pathways

Anchor Collective offer all of their specialist Family Violence training packages to organisations on a fee-for-service basis, both online and in-person, across Australia and Aotearoa.

For questions related to this training or their fee-for-service training options, please contact the organisers directly: resisting.collusion@gmail.com.

Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) researchers will share insights from the Now We Are 15 snapshot reports on Education and Mental Health and Wellbeing. GUiNZ are also running a workshop to understand the 15-Year Checkpoint data sets and the data access process. For more information and to register for any of the webinars, visit the event pages linked below.

• Wednesday 11 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Education Snapshot webinar
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Mental Health and Wellbeing Snapshot webinar
• Tuesday 31 March 2026 - Growing Up in New Zealand 15-Year Check Point Data Access Workshop

An overview of the snapshot reports, including links to the individual reports, is available in the GUiNZ media release.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

Growing Up in New Zealand (GUiNZ) researchers will share insights from the Now We Are 15 snapshot reports on Education and Mental Health and Wellbeing. GUiNZ are also running a workshop to understand the 15-Year Checkpoint data sets and the data access process. For more information and to register for any of the webinars, visit the event pages linked below.

• Wednesday 11 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Education Snapshot webinar
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 - Now We Are 15 - Mental Health and Wellbeing Snapshot webinar
• Tuesday 31 March 2026 - Growing Up in New Zealand 15-Year Check Point Data Access Workshop

An overview of the snapshot reports, including links to the individual reports, is available in the GUiNZ media release.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

‍26 March 2026 - Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

1 May 2026 - Ōtautahi | Christchurch session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

To see more from Hohou Te rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence, visit their Courses page.

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These full day, Te Tiriti-based trainings are for kaimahi in family violence, sexual violence and connected sectors.

Trainings aim to deepen understanding of how Takatāpui and Rainbow people are affected by violence and to improve systems and practice when working with victim-survivors. Participants will consider the impacts of stigma and discrimination, explore risk and protective factors and embed learnings into practice through groupwork and discussion.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: wellbeing@kahukura.co.nz.

‍26 March 2026 - Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

1 May 2026 - Ōtautahi | Christchurch session, register here. This is a paid session. Ticket purchase also comes with 12 months access to Te Kete Koha - ongoing online professional development sessions.

To see more from Hohou Te rongo Kahukura - Outing Violence, visit their Courses page.

*****

These full day, Te Tiriti-based trainings are for kaimahi in family violence, sexual violence and connected sectors.

Trainings aim to deepen understanding of how Takatāpui and Rainbow people are affected by violence and to improve systems and practice when working with victim-survivors. Participants will consider the impacts of stigma and discrimination, explore risk and protective factors and embed learnings into practice through groupwork and discussion.

For all queries, please contact the organiser: wellbeing@kahukura.co.nz.

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

Join Nikki Denholm from The Light Project to build one's understanding of online harm. She will provide an overview of young people’s digital sexual environments, identify key risks and harms, and offer practical tools and strategies to respond effectively.

This workshop will cover:  

• The digital landscape and risks for young people: Emerging platforms, patterns, and trends including AI technologies, digital subcultures, the ‘manosphere’, online fanfiction, social media and messaging apps, live streaming services, VR and gaming platforms, pornography, and popular dating and messaging apps.
• Online harm and trauma: Understanding online risks (4 Cs framework), youth vulnerabilities, the typology of online harm, impacts of online harm, and possible signs of harm.
• Online harm response strategies: Responding effectively to online harm, including a workplace ‘Start well, Safety, Support and Strengthen’ approach.

For queries, please contact the organiser at coordinator@wharaurau.org.nz.

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

Join Nikki Denholm from The Light Project to build one's understanding of online harm. She will provide an overview of young people’s digital sexual environments, identify key risks and harms, and offer practical tools and strategies to respond effectively.

This workshop will cover:  

• The digital landscape and risks for young people: Emerging platforms, patterns, and trends including AI technologies, digital subcultures, the ‘manosphere’, online fanfiction, social media and messaging apps, live streaming services, VR and gaming platforms, pornography, and popular dating and messaging apps.
• Online harm and trauma: Understanding online risks (4 Cs framework), youth vulnerabilities, the typology of online harm, impacts of online harm, and possible signs of harm.
• Online harm response strategies: Responding effectively to online harm, including a workplace ‘Start well, Safety, Support and Strengthen’ approach.

For queries, please contact the organiser at coordinator@wharaurau.org.nz.

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

Session description:

Sexual violence affecting university students is a significant problem worldwide. Though recent legislation introduced into UK universities aims to tackle the problem, it remains to be seen how effective this will be. Furthermore, within much existing research and policy, the voices of minoritised students in relation to the issue are absent.

This research utilised qualitative focus groups and interviews with 38 minoritised students from two universities in England. Most are female (n=23) and ages range from 18 years – 44 years. Using vignettes, interviews explored help-seeking behaviours in relation to sexual violence and considered intersections with minoritised identities.

Thematic analysis suggests that sexual violence is normalised within universities and underpinned by ‘community knowledges’ about what students believe their university ‘is like’. This can lead to, for example, students having both a lack of information and a lack of accurate information about what their university provides. Structural vulnerabilities and minoritisation further impact perceptions of ‘who’ and ‘what’ counts in relation to sexual violence. In this gap of knowledge about formal/university help provision, we found that students rely heavily on their informal networks in relation to decision-making about help-seeking. Overall, structural vulnerabilities experienced by minoritised students hindered their willingness to report. Intersectional recommendations for university action and policy are offered.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: maeve-admin@unimelb.edu.au.

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

Session description:

Sexual violence affecting university students is a significant problem worldwide. Though recent legislation introduced into UK universities aims to tackle the problem, it remains to be seen how effective this will be. Furthermore, within much existing research and policy, the voices of minoritised students in relation to the issue are absent.

This research utilised qualitative focus groups and interviews with 38 minoritised students from two universities in England. Most are female (n=23) and ages range from 18 years – 44 years. Using vignettes, interviews explored help-seeking behaviours in relation to sexual violence and considered intersections with minoritised identities.

Thematic analysis suggests that sexual violence is normalised within universities and underpinned by ‘community knowledges’ about what students believe their university ‘is like’. This can lead to, for example, students having both a lack of information and a lack of accurate information about what their university provides. Structural vulnerabilities and minoritisation further impact perceptions of ‘who’ and ‘what’ counts in relation to sexual violence. In this gap of knowledge about formal/university help provision, we found that students rely heavily on their informal networks in relation to decision-making about help-seeking. Overall, structural vulnerabilities experienced by minoritised students hindered their willingness to report. Intersectional recommendations for university action and policy are offered.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: maeve-admin@unimelb.edu.au.

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

In light of the government’s call for submissions for the new RSE curriculum, Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa are gathering a group of advocacy experts who will share their expertise and ideas exploring how to effectively garner more interest and activity in the RSE advocacy space.

This session will also review the proposed changes to the RSE curriculum – what has changed, what has been omitted and the implications for teachers and young people.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: ragnar.anderson@sexualwellbeing.org.nz

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

In light of the government’s call for submissions for the new RSE curriculum, Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa are gathering a group of advocacy experts who will share their expertise and ideas exploring how to effectively garner more interest and activity in the RSE advocacy space.

This session will also review the proposed changes to the RSE curriculum – what has changed, what has been omitted and the implications for teachers and young people.

Please direct all queries to the organiser: ragnar.anderson@sexualwellbeing.org.nz

For more information and to register for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop 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 for the online training, visit the webinar event page. For in-person training, visit the workshop 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 two day ‘train-the-trainers’ workshop has been designed to assist those individuals wanting to upskill and deliver training sessions for their workplace colleagues, their local community agencies or for those wanting to provide training as part of their training business.

The focus of this workshop will be ‘strangulation in the context of intimate partner violence’.  Described as ‘a red flag on the trajectory to homicide’, it is critical that agencies, professionals and the wider community recognise the signs, symptoms and dynamics associated with strangulation within the context of IPV.

If you have any questions please contact Rob Veale at robveale@xtra.co.nz.

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

This two day ‘train-the-trainers’ workshop has been designed to assist those individuals wanting to upskill and deliver training sessions for their workplace colleagues, their local community agencies or for those wanting to provide training as part of their training business.

The focus of this workshop will be ‘strangulation in the context of intimate partner violence’.  Described as ‘a red flag on the trajectory to homicide’, it is critical that agencies, professionals and the wider community recognise the signs, symptoms and dynamics associated with strangulation within the context of IPV.

If you have any questions please contact Rob Veale at robveale@xtra.co.nz.

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

Embark on a learning journey to understand and combat in-person sexual exploitation with ECPAT's specialised course designed for front-line workers. Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safeguard taiohi and create a positive impact in the community.

The self-taught online pre-learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• risk and vulnerability
• disclosures, barriers, and how to respond
• long-term impacts on victim-survivors
• what your role can look like when supporting taiohi

Following up from this, Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

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

Embark on a learning journey to understand and combat in-person sexual exploitation with ECPAT's specialised course designed for front-line workers. Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safeguard taiohi and create a positive impact in the community.

The self-taught online pre-learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• risk and vulnerability
• disclosures, barriers, and how to respond
• long-term impacts on victim-survivors
• what your role can look like when supporting taiohi

Following up from this, Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

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

This course is designed to equip front-line workers in Aotearoa with the essential knowledge and skills to tackle the online sex exploitation of young people. By delving into global research, local context and best practice, this course offers a comprehensive understanding and practical strategies to safeguard vulnerable taiohi.

The self-taught online pre-learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• barriers to disclosure
• impacts on victim-survivors
• the changing landscape of sexual exploitation
• systems, safeguards and practical steps to building a safer online world.

Following up from this, ECPAT Child Alert Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.

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

This course is designed to equip front-line workers in Aotearoa with the essential knowledge and skills to tackle the online sex exploitation of young people. By delving into global research, local context and best practice, this course offers a comprehensive understanding and practical strategies to safeguard vulnerable taiohi.

The self-taught online pre-learning module will be accessible for 90 days after you register, and covers five chapters that explain:

• key definitions and concepts
• barriers to disclosure
• impacts on victim-survivors
• the changing landscape of sexual exploitation
• systems, safeguards and practical steps to building a safer online world.

Following up from this, ECPAT Child Alert Engagement Facilitator will do a deeper dive into the topic over a 1-hour Teams webinar at the end of the month.

Direct all queries to the organiser: info@ecpat.org.nz.