Hear from us, not about us: The power of refugee-background research    

A last chance to join us this morning at 11am for a webinar to help protect our refugee-background and migrant communities by validating their voices. Join Community Research and ChangeMakers to celebrate and launch our new collection of research by or for these communities in Aotearoa.

Today, Thursday 30th Sept 11am NZ Time.  Join the webinar here.

Calling all migrant and refugee-background researchers

Following today's webinar, we invite all researchers and evaluators from refugee-background and migrant communities to join us for a half-hour informal online networking hui. Please join us and tell us how you are and what you need right now.

Today, Thursday 30th Sept 12pm NZ Time.  Join the kōrero here.

Kaupapa Māori approaches to mental well-being

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we dug into our archives to showcase a very popular webinar from 2020 on Mahi a Atua - a Māori approach to well-being which draws on the stories, narratives and healing practices of te ao Māori.

Watch the recording here.

In addition, check out this report from 2018 on Kimihia te Hauora Hinengaro: Pathways to Mental Health.  This report used a kaupapa Māori approach to understand how the unique and diverse cultural experiences of urban Māori might inform the design of more responsive mental health treatment and care services in West Auckland.  

Read the report here.

Because every week is te wiki o te reo

Community Research promotes te reo Māori, an official language of New Zealand, in everything we do.  We have made a commitment to actively honour Te Tiriti (The Treaty of Waitangi) and to promote equity and inclusion for all.

For those who need tautoko - support on their te reo journey, here are some awesome resources gathered by The Spinoff to help you.

Kia kaha te reo Māori!

Read the list of resources here.

Wāhi Kōrero - Sharing personal stories to improve health care

Wāhi Kōrero is exploring what gets left unsaid between parents and their children’s Well Child Nurse. Hearing these stories will help them understand health experiences, and design solutions to address the difficulties people face when accessing health services.

If you’re a parent of young children, they’d love you to share your story here.

Tumu Ora - The Foundations of Wellbeing

HuiE! and Volunteering New Zealand are hosting a series of online workshops next month for non-profit leaders called 'Tumu Ora: The Foundations of Wellbeing'.

Reflect on your own mental health and wellbeing and on ways to improve relationships with others.⠀

Register here.