For more information and to register, visit the Safeguarding Children's Training Calendar.

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 and to register, visit the Safeguarding Children's Training Calendar.

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 and to access the Teams meeting link, see the event page.

The New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey collects information about New Zealanders’ experiences of crime. Each year, around 8,000 people from all walks of life are asked about their experiences.

This presentation focuses on the most recent findings (Cycle 8) explored within the Key Stories report, with a particular emphasis on family offending. It explores what the survey tells us about how people are experiencing family offending, and help-seeking and reporting behaviours.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and to access the Teams meeting link, see the event page.

The New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey collects information about New Zealanders’ experiences of crime. Each year, around 8,000 people from all walks of life are asked about their experiences.

This presentation focuses on the most recent findings (Cycle 8) explored within the Key Stories report, with a particular emphasis on family offending. It explores what the survey tells us about how people are experiencing family offending, and help-seeking and reporting behaviours.

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

For more information and access the webinar link, see the event page.

Join Professor Hēmi Whaanga online to explore how contemporary AI is not simply biased or misused, but built on Western conceptual foundations that systematically exclude Indigenous ways of knowing, in the first webinar of the This Thinking Life series.

Professor Hēmi Whaanga (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) is Professor and Head of School in Te Pūtahi‑a‑Toi at Massey and a leading scholar in Māori and Indigenous knowledge systems, linguistics and digital technologies.

About This Thinking Life webinar series:

The Thinking Life: Ideas That Shape Us is a free online seminar series brought to you by Massey University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, running from 17 June to 9 July.

For more information, please contact the organiser: e.tilley@massey.ac.nz.

For more information and access the webinar link, see the event page.

Join Professor Hēmi Whaanga online to explore how contemporary AI is not simply biased or misused, but built on Western conceptual foundations that systematically exclude Indigenous ways of knowing, in the first webinar of the This Thinking Life series.

Professor Hēmi Whaanga (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha) is Professor and Head of School in Te Pūtahi‑a‑Toi at Massey and a leading scholar in Māori and Indigenous knowledge systems, linguistics and digital technologies.

About This Thinking Life webinar series:

The Thinking Life: Ideas That Shape Us is a free online seminar series brought to you by Massey University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, running from 17 June to 9 July.

For more information, please contact the organiser: e.tilley@massey.ac.nz.

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

Grounded in relational neuroscience, trauma-informed practice and disability rights frameworks in Aotearoa, this workshop explores how trauma impacts the nervous system, how distress shows up in behaviour, and how support practices can either reduce harm or unintentionally add to it.

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

• Understand what trauma is and how it can show up in the lives of disabled people and their whānau
• Explain key principles of relational neuroscience and nervous system regulation
• Recognise how their own nervous system responses influence interactions
• Apply practical co-regulation and de-escalation strategies in moments of distress
• Identify ways to prevent or reduce re-traumatisation
• Strengthen mana-enhancing, rights-based practice that upholds self-determination and supports sense of felt safety.

For queries, contact nathalie@grow.co.nz.

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

Grounded in relational neuroscience, trauma-informed practice and disability rights frameworks in Aotearoa, this workshop explores how trauma impacts the nervous system, how distress shows up in behaviour, and how support practices can either reduce harm or unintentionally add to it.

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

• Understand what trauma is and how it can show up in the lives of disabled people and their whānau
• Explain key principles of relational neuroscience and nervous system regulation
• Recognise how their own nervous system responses influence interactions
• Apply practical co-regulation and de-escalation strategies in moments of distress
• Identify ways to prevent or reduce re-traumatisation
• Strengthen mana-enhancing, rights-based practice that upholds self-determination and supports sense of felt safety.

For queries, contact nathalie@grow.co.nz.

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

Join Helen Clark and economist Shamubeel Eaqub for a conversation on the findings of the Helen Clark Foundation's second annual Social Cohesion in New Zealand report.

Helen Clark and Shamubeel Eaqub will unpack what the report's findings mean for communities, policymakers, and the country's long-term direction, and where the most promising opportunities for action lie.

Please direct all queries to the organisers at contact@helenclark.foundation.

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

Join Helen Clark and economist Shamubeel Eaqub for a conversation on the findings of the Helen Clark Foundation's second annual Social Cohesion in New Zealand report.

Helen Clark and Shamubeel Eaqub will unpack what the report's findings mean for communities, policymakers, and the country's long-term direction, and where the most promising opportunities for action lie.

Please direct all queries to the organisers at contact@helenclark.foundation.

For more information and access the webinar link, see the event page.

Join Dr Brittain online to discover how Indigenous and Māori psychologies are enriching psychology, and why we can look to Te Tiriti to imagine transforming psychology for flourishing communities, in the second webinar of the This Thinking Life series.

Dr Elle Brittain (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Rakaipaaka) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey and a practising clinical psychologist. Her research and teaching sit within Indigenous and Māori psychologies, with a strong focus on Māori wellbeing, wairua and spirituality, equity in mental health and culturally centred psychological practice.

About This Thinking Life webinar series:

The Thinking Life: Ideas That Shape Us is a free online seminar series brought to you by Massey University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, running from 17 June to 9 July.

For more information, please contact the organiser: e.tilley@massey.ac.nz.

For more information and access the webinar link, see the event page.

Join Dr Brittain online to discover how Indigenous and Māori psychologies are enriching psychology, and why we can look to Te Tiriti to imagine transforming psychology for flourishing communities, in the second webinar of the This Thinking Life series.

Dr Elle Brittain (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa, Ngāti Rakaipaaka) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey and a practising clinical psychologist. Her research and teaching sit within Indigenous and Māori psychologies, with a strong focus on Māori wellbeing, wairua and spirituality, equity in mental health and culturally centred psychological practice.

About This Thinking Life webinar series:

The Thinking Life: Ideas That Shape Us is a free online seminar series brought to you by Massey University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences, running from 17 June to 9 July.

For more information, please contact the organiser: e.tilley@massey.ac.nz.

Other dates:

• Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9am-4:30pm, Te Awakairangi | Lower Hutt.

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

To register for the special session for schools and special education providers, see Empowering Educators.

This training is for any professional working with young people in any capacity, including group and 1-1 work.  This training focuses on topics relating specifically to sexual wellbeing, such as contraception, STIs, and pregnancy options.  It is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including youth workers, sports coaches, social workers, public health nurses, teachers, and educators.

This full-day training focuses on increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of professionals to support the young people they work with to navigate their sexual wellbeing.  

This training includes:

• Key information for young people on sexual wellbeing topics
• Guidance to navigate personal values when supporting young people with their sexual wellbeing
• Practical tools to integrate into daily practice and conversations
• Support and signposting information

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

Other dates:

• Wednesday 7 October 2026, 9am-4:30pm, Te Awakairangi | Lower Hutt.

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

To register for the special session for schools and special education providers, see Empowering Educators.

This training is for any professional working with young people in any capacity, including group and 1-1 work.  This training focuses on topics relating specifically to sexual wellbeing, such as contraception, STIs, and pregnancy options.  It is suitable for a wide range of professionals, including youth workers, sports coaches, social workers, public health nurses, teachers, and educators.

This full-day training focuses on increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of professionals to support the young people they work with to navigate their sexual wellbeing.  

This training includes:

• Key information for young people on sexual wellbeing topics
• Guidance to navigate personal values when supporting young people with their sexual wellbeing
• Practical tools to integrate into daily practice and conversations
• Support and signposting information

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

To learn more and to register, visit Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser.

To learn more and to register, visit Safeguarding Children's training calendar.

This training is intended as an introduction or refresher to the essentials of safeguarding and child protection. Attendees will gain an understanding of the impact of child abuse and neglect, including family violence and sexual violence, along with the knowledge of what to do to prevent and minimise the risk of harm to children and young people, tamariki and rangatahi. Attendees will gain confidence in the actions they need to take when worried about a child or young person.

Please direct all enquiries to 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, visit the event page.

From the event page:

"Coercive control is a complex behavioural phenomenon where severity, frequency, and patterns need to be examined for an individual collectively. However, approaches to measuring coercive control to date have demonstrated limited understanding of these patterns of behaviours by a partner or ex-partner that reflect an individual woman’s experience. Through standard instrument development, with academic and lived experience feedback and psychometric testing, we developed the Coercive-Composite Abuse Scale (C-CAS).  The C-CAS, a self-report measure of coercive control experiences among women has demonstrated initial reliability and validity and is suitable for use in population or clinical studies."

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

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

From the event page:

"Coercive control is a complex behavioural phenomenon where severity, frequency, and patterns need to be examined for an individual collectively. However, approaches to measuring coercive control to date have demonstrated limited understanding of these patterns of behaviours by a partner or ex-partner that reflect an individual woman’s experience. Through standard instrument development, with academic and lived experience feedback and psychometric testing, we developed the Coercive-Composite Abuse Scale (C-CAS).  The C-CAS, a self-report measure of coercive control experiences among women has demonstrated initial reliability and validity and is suitable for use in population or clinical studies."

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

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.

For more information and to register, visit the ECPAT Training 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 ECPAT Training 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.