For more information and to register, see below:

• Register for Option 1: Monday 16 November 2026, 3-4:30pm
• Register for Option 2: Wednesday 2 December 2026, 3-4:30pm

The Centre for Public Impact, with support from the Minderoo Foundation, is designing a learning programme to help policymakers integrate the voices of children and carers into policymaking. After interviewing more than 30 leading-edge practitioners and academics and learning alongside nine teams across two cohorts, we invite you to join us as we share what we have learnt and discover what you can do to better tackle this challenge.

In this session, we will discuss what you can do when:

• What counts as evidence is too narrow to accommodate diverse perspectives, which are often communicated through storytelling and practitioner experience.
• Diverse voices are easy to overlook when traditional research approaches—such as surveys, impact assessments, or other externally defined metrics—fail to represent them.
• Systems, cultures, and structures undermine good policy by prioritising efficiency over effectiveness and transactional relationships over trust-building.
• Trust, relationships, and networks are critical: no policymaker can keep up with all the latest research, but a broad understanding of diverse research is vital to developing evidence-informed policy.

For more information and to register, see below:

• Register for Option 1: Monday 16 November 2026, 3-4:30pm
• Register for Option 2: Wednesday 2 December 2026, 3-4:30pm

The Centre for Public Impact, with support from the Minderoo Foundation, is designing a learning programme to help policymakers integrate the voices of children and carers into policymaking. After interviewing more than 30 leading-edge practitioners and academics and learning alongside nine teams across two cohorts, we invite you to join us as we share what we have learnt and discover what you can do to better tackle this challenge.

In this session, we will discuss what you can do when:

• What counts as evidence is too narrow to accommodate diverse perspectives, which are often communicated through storytelling and practitioner experience.
• Diverse voices are easy to overlook when traditional research approaches—such as surveys, impact assessments, or other externally defined metrics—fail to represent them.
• Systems, cultures, and structures undermine good policy by prioritising efficiency over effectiveness and transactional relationships over trust-building.
• Trust, relationships, and networks are critical: no policymaker can keep up with all the latest research, but a broad understanding of diverse research is vital to developing evidence-informed policy.

For more information and to register, see Safeguarding Children's training calendar page.

This free 2-hour workshop for parents, caregivers, family members and ECE workers across Canterbury provides practical strategies to help protect children aged 6 and under from sexual abuse, including building open communication, teaching body boundaries and recognising possible signs of harm.

These workshops provide opportunities to learn how to create safer environments where children feel confident to speak up and adults know how to respond calmly and supportively.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser: office@safeguardingchildren.org.nz

For more information and to register, see Safeguarding Children's training calendar page.

This free 2-hour workshop for parents, caregivers, family members and ECE workers across Canterbury provides practical strategies to help protect children aged 6 and under from sexual abuse, including building open communication, teaching body boundaries and recognising possible signs of harm.

These workshops provide opportunities to learn how to create safer environments where children feel confident to speak up and adults know how to respond calmly and supportively.

Please direct all enquiries to the organiser: office@safeguardingchildren.org.nz

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

From the conference page:

Join us as we look beyond the horizon toward a future that supports wellbeing, self‑determination, and flourishing Indigenous communities, while offering knowledge, leadership and hope for generations to come.

The conference theme is Kei tua o te pae | Beyond the Horizon.

This theme challenges researchers to ensure their work goes beyond insight and contributes to enduring, Indigenous-led impact. Conference presentations and activities will support wellbeing, self-determination, and flourishing futures.

The four sub-theme are:

• Pae Ahurei - Living Uniquely
• Pae Ora - Living Well
• Pae Tawhiti - Living Lightly
• Pae Auaha - Living Smartly

For all queries, contact the organiser: iirc@auckland.ac.nz

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

From the conference page:

Join us as we look beyond the horizon toward a future that supports wellbeing, self‑determination, and flourishing Indigenous communities, while offering knowledge, leadership and hope for generations to come.

The conference theme is Kei tua o te pae | Beyond the Horizon.

This theme challenges researchers to ensure their work goes beyond insight and contributes to enduring, Indigenous-led impact. Conference presentations and activities will support wellbeing, self-determination, and flourishing futures.

The four sub-theme are:

• Pae Ahurei - Living Uniquely
• Pae Ora - Living Well
• Pae Tawhiti - Living Lightly
• Pae Auaha - Living Smartly

For all queries, contact the organiser: iirc@auckland.ac.nz

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

This specialist training day is designed to grow your skills in working with men who use family violence. It will provide practical tools and strategies you can apply directly in your work. The day is interactive and practice-focused, tailored to meet the needs of practitioners engaging with users of violence.  

 Learning Objectives:

• Learn practical tools to add to your practice responding to common tactics of people using violence, including minimising victim resistance and inviting collusion
• Understand ways to advocate for change with people who use violence while upholding their dignity
• Explore community support and post group accountability for users of violence

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

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

This specialist training day is designed to grow your skills in working with men who use family violence. It will provide practical tools and strategies you can apply directly in your work. The day is interactive and practice-focused, tailored to meet the needs of practitioners engaging with users of violence.  

 Learning Objectives:

• Learn practical tools to add to your practice responding to common tactics of people using violence, including minimising victim resistance and inviting collusion
• Understand ways to advocate for change with people who use violence while upholding their dignity
• Explore community support and post group accountability for users of violence

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

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 register, see the event page.

Reflecting on Canada’s evolving GBV landscape, this Special Event will explore how activists are using creative, accessible, collaborative, and multimedia approaches to challenge dominant narratives, amplify survivor voices, and mobilise audiences for social change.

This webinar will be collaboratively led by gender-based violence and critical media studies researcher Nicolette Little, author of From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (2026), and artist-activist Jaime Black-Morsette, of the REDress Project.

By participating in this Special Event, participants will enhance their knowledge about:

• New movements in gender-based violence, particularly in relation to emerging technologies and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
• The creative, accessible, collaborative efforts of leading Canadian activists
• Activists’ experiences and current challenges in Canada, from both researcher and activist perspectives

For all queries, please contact the organiser at: gbvln@uwo.ca.

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

Reflecting on Canada’s evolving GBV landscape, this Special Event will explore how activists are using creative, accessible, collaborative, and multimedia approaches to challenge dominant narratives, amplify survivor voices, and mobilise audiences for social change.

This webinar will be collaboratively led by gender-based violence and critical media studies researcher Nicolette Little, author of From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (2026), and artist-activist Jaime Black-Morsette, of the REDress Project.

By participating in this Special Event, participants will enhance their knowledge about:

• New movements in gender-based violence, particularly in relation to emerging technologies and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
• The creative, accessible, collaborative efforts of leading Canadian activists
• Activists’ experiences and current challenges in Canada, from both researcher and activist perspectives

For all queries, please contact the organiser at: gbvln@uwo.ca.

For more information and to register, see 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 ‘an introduction to family violence’ with a focus on intimate partner violence.  The session will cover various definitions, prevalence, signs and symptoms and demonstrate some tools to help understand the dynamics associated with intimate partner violence within the context of family violence.

The workshop will provide an opportunity to:

• Review ‘training materials’ with a view that attendees will have increased confidence to present relevant information to their intended audience
• Provide an opportunity for interactive feedback and group discussions about improving training outcomes, such as providing a safe training environment, responding to common questions and dealing with disclosures.

Please direct all question to the organiser at: robveale@xtra.co.nz.

For more information and to register, see 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 ‘an introduction to family violence’ with a focus on intimate partner violence.  The session will cover various definitions, prevalence, signs and symptoms and demonstrate some tools to help understand the dynamics associated with intimate partner violence within the context of family violence.

The workshop will provide an opportunity to:

• Review ‘training materials’ with a view that attendees will have increased confidence to present relevant information to their intended audience
• Provide an opportunity for interactive feedback and group discussions about improving training outcomes, such as providing a safe training environment, responding to common questions and dealing with disclosures.

Please direct all question to the organiser at: robveale@xtra.co.nz.

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, see the event page.

Connection, identity and belonging are powerful drivers for young people online, but they can also increase vulnerability.

This 1-hour webinar explores:

• the role of offline experiences in shaping vulnerability online
• why some young people are more at risk online
• strategies to support safer online engagement

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

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

Connection, identity and belonging are powerful drivers for young people online, but they can also increase vulnerability.

This 1-hour webinar explores:

• the role of offline experiences in shaping vulnerability online
• why some young people are more at risk online
• strategies to support safer online engagement

Please direct all queries to the organiser.

To learn more and to register, visit the event page.

This two-hour webinar is designed to provide attendees with knowledge and understanding of their role as Designated Person for Child Protection.

This webinar will cover:

• Understanding the Designated Person role
• Key responsibilities and best practices
• Real-world examples and case studies
• Interactive Q&A session

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

To learn more and to register, visit the event page.

This two-hour webinar is designed to provide attendees with knowledge and understanding of their role as Designated Person for Child Protection.

This webinar will cover:

• Understanding the Designated Person role
• Key responsibilities and best practices
• Real-world examples and case studies
• Interactive Q&A session

For all queries, please contact the organiser.

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

This Shine DVFREE training aims to prepare the ‘First Responders’ in any organisation to provide safe and effective support for employees experiencing domestic and family violence, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This Training will prepare ‘First Responders’ to:

• Understand the role of a First Responder and its boundaries.
• Practise responding to people experiencing family violence using the Six Step Response Tool
• Broadly understand accountability and support for change for employees who use domestic violence.

For more information, please contact the organisers: phone 09 815 4601 (option 4) or email dvfree@2shine.org.nz.

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

This Shine DVFREE training aims to prepare the ‘First Responders’ in any organisation to provide safe and effective support for employees experiencing domestic and family violence, while maintaining professional boundaries.

This Training will prepare ‘First Responders’ to:

• Understand the role of a First Responder and its boundaries.
• Practise responding to people experiencing family violence using the Six Step Response Tool
• Broadly understand accountability and support for change for employees who use domestic violence.

For more information, please contact the organisers: phone 09 815 4601 (option 4) or email dvfree@2shine.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.