Nurturing Collaboration: Healthy Families South Auckland, Healthy Families Waitākere and Auckland Regional Public Health Service
Collaboration can be a powerful catalyst for change, especially when it involves organisations coming together for a common purpose. The partnership between Healthy Families South Auckland (HFSA), Healthy Families Waitakere (HFW) and the Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS) is a testament to the potential of collective efforts in building a healthier, more sustainable future. […]
Netball Manurewa to integrate Te Ao Māori
Netball Manurewa has initiated efforts to explore how the integration of Te Ao Māori knowledge and worldview could be integrated into the sporting and community organisation. In late November, members of Netball Manurewa participated in a ‘design-challenge’ facilitated by the Oranga Whakapapa team from Healthy Families South Auckland (The Cause Collective), including Tracey-Lee Walker (Indigenous […]
Matt Appleyard joins Healthy Families South Auckland
Healthy Families South Auckland’s new manager hasn’t had to travel far to join his new team.Matt Appleyard was welcomed at a mihi whakanui this month as the manager of the team basedat Auckland Council. Matt’s previous role was in Auckland Council’s Community Impact Unit – the same unit thatHealthy Families South Auckland has now joined […]
Mila Masiasomua talks physiotherapy and occupational wellbeing
Mila Masiasomua is a proud Samoan, raised in Ōtara and works at Foodstuffs North Island in Occupational Wellbeing to help staff operate at the optimum level at work. He talks to Tulou about his background in Physiotherapy, and how he uses his cultural knowledge to inform his mahi in occupational wellbeing. Can you tell us […]
Games of the past, better health for the future
For the last three months our Movement and Sports team, in collaboration with Community Leisure Management (CLM), has been taking the Village Games prototype to four primary schools in Ōtara – Bairds Mainfreight, Rongomai, Wymondley, and Flat Bush. The Village Games highlights the importance of Pacific and Māori games and sports and how these traditional […]
Mātauranga Māori and indigenous perspectives with Rereahu
He uri whakatipu nō Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Porou, nō Rereahu. He rangatahi whakarangatira nā ngā whenua ō Manurewa, Takaanini, Papakura anō hoki. Rereahu Collier (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tamaterā) is known for bringing the vibes, the jokes, and his bright smile wherever he goes. Despite only recently joining the Connected Communities team, Collier has swiftly established […]
Nurturing Systems Thinkers: AUT and Healthy Families South Auckland
The partnership between Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and Healthy Families South Auckland (HFSA) has yielded remarkable results yet again. Since its inception in 2016, in collaboration with The Southern Initiative, HFSA has been dedicated to facilitating students to apply their learnings based on real-life projects in South Auckland. This year’s programme was a deep […]
Manurewa locals share their views on alcohol harm
Healthy Families South Auckland (The Cause Collective) have recently held talanoa sessions with Manurewa whānau to hear about their lived experiences with alcohol harm. Parents at Roscommon School and Mangopare (youth programme) in Clendon Park were invited to a talanoa (discussion) session with the HFSA team to talk about the negative effects of alcohol on […]
Feedback walkthrough session brings rangatahi voices to the forefront
Recently, Malaefono (seminar room) was transformed into a cosy safe space, intentionally arranged for a walkthrough session with rangatahi and our Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing (YMHW) team. As rangatahi sauntered in, each with a smile and a hug to give, the soft hum of the air condition gave way to a chilled ambience. As […]
Tracey Walker talks Early Years and Oranga Whakapapa
Tracey (second from left), with Jerome Mika, Mary Roberts of Moana Connect, and fellow Systems Innovator, Ashlynn Ale (far right). Tracey Walker, a cornerstone of our HFSA team, may be petite in stature, but her impact is both commanding and courageous. She exudes confidence, charisma, and beneath her strong exterior lies a heart-warming personality that […]
