A year in review – Healthy Families South Auckland (Auckland Council)
In 2024, Healthy Families South Auckland continued its journey of fostering community-led health and wellbeing initiatives, but now as part of Auckland Council’s Community Impact Unit. A new chapter In late 2023, as part of a restructure within Auckland Council, HFSA relocated from The Southern Initiative to the Community Impact Unit. The Community Impact Unit […]
Collective Impact for Healthy Families South Auckland
Healthy Families South Auckland recently opened their doors at The Cause Collective to stakeholders for an Open Home showcase. The event brought together key stakeholders, each playing a vital role in the systems that shape the health and wellbeing of our communities, to talanoa shared approaches to address Systems Change. “At Healthy Families South Auckland, […]
“Grow Your Own Garden” Project
Over the course of three months, HFSA Food Systems team delivered a hands-on learning experience to connect Pasifika residents with whenua (land) and integrate Māori and Pasifika indigenous knowledge systems into their gardening practices through the Kainga Ora, “Grow Your Own Garden” program. HFSA met with four community gardeners to share their experiences of being […]
Community and Council connect in Māngere
Healthy Families South Auckland has hosted Auckland Council’s Community Impact Unit at the Cook Island Development Agency New Zealand (CIDANZ) in Māngere this month. The Community Impact Unit is made up of eight teams, including Healthy Families South Auckland, that work with communities across Tāmaki Makaurau to support systems change, innovation, investments, Pasifika, library access, […]
Village Games – A Mash Up of Culture and Physical Activity
The Village Games wrapped up its final event of 2024 at Otahuhu Intermediate and the Annual CM (Counties Manukau) Games at Bruce Pulman Park to teach rangatahi traditional Pacific games to encourage cultural connection and healthy active learning. Systems Innovator for Movement and Sport in the HFSA programme, Narita Vaivai says it was an awesome […]
Healthy Families South Auckland Set to Host Stakeholders Open Home!
Healthy Families South Auckland is excited to announce our upcoming Stakeholders Open Home, scheduled for the 8th of November. This event will bring together key stakeholders, each playing a vital role in the systems that shape the health and wellbeing of our communities. Through this gathering, we aim to engage in meaningful korero, share insights, […]
Partnering up to improve local kai systems
Last month, Healthy Families South Auckland attended the Health Coalition Aotearoa forum in Wellington, beginning the start of a new collaboration focused on making policy shifts to improve access to healthy kai (food) in South Auckland. Health Coalition Aotearoa brings together over 45 organisations and stakeholders dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of New […]
Enriching Urban Vaa Spaces: Thriving relational Food Systems a partnership between Kāinga Ora & The Cause Collective (HFSA)
In May 2024, Kainga Ora (Mangere) and TCC Healthy Families South Auckland formed a transformative partnership aimed at fostering food sovereignty among whanau (families) living in Kāinga Ora apartments. This initiative, based in Mangere, focused on equipping residents with the tools, resources, and training necessary to cultivate their own gardens in an apartment setting.
Food Hub kaupapa continues in Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
The kaupapa of the Papatoetoe Food Hub, an initiative originally started by Healthy Families South Auckland, is set to continue in a new collaboration between the Food Hub Collective and I Am Māngere with the aim of creating a community food hub within the Māngere-Ōtāhuhu area.
The partnership was agreed to in September 2024 with a commitment to creating transformative change in the health and wellbeing of South Auckland communities. This also includes a shared vision to address social conditions, provide community education, and raise awareness of available services, all while upholding the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Koroneihana
The enduring bond between Tangata Whenua and Tangata O Le Moana is a relationship steeped in shared history, cultural values, and mutual respect. This relationship is exemplified by the concept of Mana Motuhake, which represents the inherent authority and self-determination of Māori, and is a principle that has long resonated with Pacific communities who share similar values of sovereignty and collective identity.
