Events and
Training Programmes
Increasing capability in your community
Community Waitākere coordinates community leadership programmes to build capability within the West. From time-to-time we convene forums and symposiums on topical issues. We host and deliver workshops and training opportunities both here in our Te Au o Te Koopua offices and throughout the West.
He Kete Rauemi - Creating a Culture of Care
Explore Pasifika principles and values to foster a culture of care in your organisation.
I welcome you with an open heart, mind and presence as we explore knowledge of the Pacific together.
"Oceania is vast, Oceania is expanding, Oceania is hospitable and generous, Oceania is humanity ..." - Epeli Hau'ofa.
He Kete Rauemi - A Migrant Approach to Community Development
This workshop will help you understand a human rights approach to ensure better resettlement and integration outcomes for migrants.
Abann will be sharing the displacement experience, and ways of engaging with service providers and NZ migration pathways.
He Kete Rauemi - Creating a Culturally Safe Practice
Understand the importance of 'cultural safety' when engaging our community
This session is to support diverse ways of thinking and doing, learning and growing as we serve and deliver our mahi.
He Kete Rauemi - A Neurodiverse Approach, ‘Getting Yourself’
Learning how our brain works is the best mental well-being programme we can embark on.
Learn how our brains are wired and the impact this has on how we process and experience the world around us
Understand our brain profile
Learn how your profile changes under pressure and the triggers which may cause it
He Hononga Hapori - Open Doors
This event will be hosted by Moana Cook and Rachel Mclean Dewes at the Te Atatū Peninsula Community Hub.
An open invitation to encourage community organisations, promote spaces of community empowerment, showcase innovative projects, build capability and more. Intended to facilitate and promote discussion of what really matters to all of us, these events are an opportunity for you to connect with others in your community, to discuss your passions and ideas and to encourage further development of those ideas into actions.
Plus, there are snacks! Please RSVP below for catering purposes.
He Kete Rauemi - A Mātauranga Māori Approach
Understand the interrelationships that build and develop community through fostering principles of guardianship, kaitīakitanga, and to weave a foundation of unity, kotahitanga.
In this wānanga you will learn te ao Māori based principles that encourages leadership, participation, and koha - the gifts that we all contribute to building a community.
He Hononga Hapori - Open Doors
This event will be hosted by Donna Cheyne at Glen Eden Community House.
An open invitation to encourage community organisations, promote spaces of community empowerment, showcase innovative projects, build capability and more. Intended to facilitate and promote discussion of what really matters to all of us, these events are an opportunity for you to connect with others in your community, to discuss your passions and ideas and to encourage further development of those ideas into actions.
Plus, there are snacks! Please RSVP below for catering purposes.
He Hononga Hapori - Open Doors
This event will be hosted by Anna Fleet and Michelle Clayton at Family Action in Henderson.
An open invitation to encourage community organisations, promote spaces of community empowerment, showcase innovative projects, build capability and more. Intended to facilitate and promote discussion of what really matters to all of us, these events are an opportunity for you to connect with others in your community, to discuss your passions and ideas and to encourage further development of those ideas into actions.
Plus, there are snacks! Please RSVP below for catering purposes.
He Kete Rauemi - A Mātauranga Māori Approach
This workshop will assist you in understanding the interrelationships that build and develop community, through fostering principles of guardianship, kaitiakitanga, and to weave a foundation of unity, kotahitanga.
He Kete Rauemi - Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Join Treaty People for an interactive session on our founding agreement, Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
We will discuss:
Who is part of the treaty agreement today?
What was the historical context in which Te Tiriti emerged?
What did the signatories agree to?
Is co-governance a new idea?
What can we do to show support for Te Tiriti today?
He Hononga Hapori - Open Doors
This event will be hosted by Louise Fruean at VisionWest in Glen Eden.
An open invitation to encourage community organisations, promote spaces of community empowerment, showcase innovative projects, build capability and more. Intended to facilitate and promote discussion of what really matters to all of us, these events are an opportunity for you to connect with others in your community, to discuss your passions and ideas and to encourage further development of those ideas into actions.
Plus, there are snacks! Please RSVP below for catering purposes.
He Kete Rauemi - Walk Together
Join us for an interactive workshop focused on exploring how Walk Together supports leaders, change-makers, and decision-makers in navigating systemic change, with the valuable role of intercultural facilitation and the guiding principles of Mutual Ways. Arama Mataira, an experienced intercultural facilitator and system navigator, will share practical stories, experiences, and the ways of Walk Together.
He Kete Rauemi - Pasifika Methodologies: Interweaving the Power of Growth
Presented by Janet Tuitama from an indigenous lens, this workshop will use Pasifika methodologies to inform and provide tools to support and strengthen the growth of your organisation. You will learn to navigate ways to enhance productivity and engagement with your community, whilst also celebrating what you have already accomplished!
He Hononga Hapori - Open Doors
This event will be hosted by Trish Fleming at Hospice House in Te Atatu Peninsula.
An open invitation to encourage community organisations, promote spaces of community empowerment, showcase innovative projects, build capability and more. Intended to facilitate and promote discussion of what really matters to all of us, these events are an opportunity for you to connect with others in your community, to discuss your passions and ideas and to encourage further development of those ideas into actions.
Plus, there are snacks! Please RSVP below for catering purposes.
He Kete Rauemi - An Indigenous Approach
The first of four training sessions, this course is co-designed with our community with the intent of adding another resource to your existing basket of community development knowledge.
Community Waitākere 40th Celebration
Community Waitākere 40th Celebration
Join us as past and present Community Waitākere whānau come together to reminisce, share stories and celebrate our bright future!