“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.
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.
