Cultivating Connections: HFSA Food Systems’ Wānanga Kickoff in Māngere
HFSA Food Systems recently hit a significant milestone with the launch of our first Wānanga, kicking off a three-month activation initiative in partnership with Kāinga Ora and the residents of Mascot Road, Māngere. This project is all about empowering Pacific communities in Aotearoa to grow their own kai (food), using a holistic and indigenous approach to food systems.
Connecting for better community hauora
Healthy Families South Auckland and Community Action on Youth and Drugs (CAYAD) recently held a hui to bolster their joint efforts in improving health and wellbeing initiatives across Auckland Council and its communities.
The hui aimed to build whanaungatanga between the two teams, now part of Auckland Council’s Community Impact Unit.
Karakia ready for Matariki
Healthy Families South Auckland is ready to unearth new whaikorero as part of its upcoming Te Tau Hou Māori (Matariki) celebrations. Over the past month, staff at The Cause Collective (a Healthy Families South Auckland site) have been undertaking ‘whaikorero lessons’ as part of the sharing of Matauranga Māori (an important enable of Māori health […]
South Auckland teachers learn about Village Games
50 South Auckland teachers recently had the opportunity to learn about traditional Pasifika games to incorporate into their respective school curricular. The Village Games movement, established by Healthy Families South Auckland (HFSA), was part of the agenda at the Healthy Active Learning Opportunity (HALO) Day event run by CLM Community Sport in May. This event […]
Kāhui Māori focused on collective impact
The Healthy Families Kāhui Māori (collective) recently convened in Tāmaki Makaurau at Healthy Families South Auckland (The Cause Collective) in Wiri. The two-day hui was aimed at enhancing collaborative efforts between Healthy Families NZ sites across Aotearoa particularly on Māori focused initiatives to strengthen health prevention across their respective communities. For example, the resurgence of […]
Fruit & vege pop-up strengthens food accessibility in Māngere
A community-driven fruit and vegetable pop-up in Māngere has had a positive start to bringing affordable and accessible fresh fruit and vegetables to local people. The I AM Māngere and Foodtogether pop-up station at the Envirohub in Māngere has received glowing feedback with many praising the quality and affordability of fruit and vegetables. Crates of […]
Kia Ora Te Whānau Hubs: Case Study
The team involved in the Kia Ora Te Whānau Hubs initiative have released a case study called “Waters of Te Maahia Mural”. The initiative was a co-design process co-led by Healthy Families South Auckland, Te Matariki Clendon Library/Te Paataka Koorero o Waimaahia, and Te Waka Kerewai (Māori Outcomes Unit), and supported by Hamish Lindop from […]
Healthy Families mahi highlighted in new report
Healthy Families South Auckland’s work has been highlighted in the Public Health Advisory Committee’s (PHAC) recent report, Rebalancing our Food System. This report, the first released by PHAC, underscores the necessity for the government to adopt a more proactive stance in ensuring that New Zealand’s food system benefits all citizens, asserting the right to access […]
Village Games Festival: children love playing our traditional pacific games
The atmosphere at The Village Games Festival in Ōtara on 25 March was electric with cheers, excitement, joy, and laughter. 100 pupils from Rongomai School, Flat Bush School and Wymondley Road School clashed on the sports field playing traditional pacific games. The Village Games Festival marked six weeks of learning and playing village games during […]
We need change! The voices of young people amplified
Our Youth Mental Health initiative carried out “empathy interviews” to develop case narratives to understand the lived experience of Pacific and Māori youth living in South Auckland. Empathy interviews are typically one-on-one conversations that use open-ended questions to elicit stories about specific experiences that help uncover unacknowledged needs. “The interviews confirmed to us that the […]
