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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Phillipa Meihana: The struggle is real – my hopes to change it
Healthy Families South Auckland Systems Innovator Phillipa Meihana is helping to drive systems change as part of her mahi for Food Systems, Oranga Whakapapa (Maori Systems Return) and Movement and Sport initiatives. We caught up with her to tell us about why she ‘loves’ her role and her hopes to create change in the places […]
Fa’anānā Efeso Collins – community champion
When we consider community leadership in South Auckland, several names come to mind, representing mana, influence, and pride in where they live, learn, work and play. One name that undoubtedly stands out is the late Fa’anānā Efeso Collins. Known for his passionate advocacy, deep love for local people and relentless efforts to enhance the wellbeing […]
