Acknowledgements

Mihi nui to everyone involved in this project

Name

Organisation

Ane Fa’aui

Moana Connect Research, Learning and Community

Antonina Lee Vegar

Power to Protect Integration Project Manager

Brendon Smith

Community Representative, Papa Aroha Dads Connect

Dave Owens

Community Children's Advocate, Mana Matua Great Fathers

Emma Takataka

Pacific Community Representative

Lora Waqabitu

Safekids Aotearoa| Starship Child Health, Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland

Marcus Tamaira

Whānau Māori Community Representative

Mareta Hunt

Safekids Aotearoa | Starship Child Health, Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland

Mark Simiona

Pacific Community Representative, Te Ora Puāwai and Level Up Aotearoa

Nari Faiers

Whānau Māori Community Representative, formerly from Hāpai Te Hauora

Patrick Salmon

Whānau Māori Community Representative, formerly from Whānau Āwhina Plunket

Dr Hohepa Tamehana (BMM, MIS, PhD)

Dr. Tamehana is of the Ngai Tūhoe tribe with hapū affiliations to Ngāti Koura, Ngāti Haka and Patuheuheu. His research background is in Cultural Anthropology, more specifically, the transformation of traditional Māori culture in contemporary times. He has also worked extensively among First Nations communities in Canada. For the past ten years he has been leading the He Waka Hiringa teaching team to help develop the programme to meet the needs of cultural practitioners.

Dr Patrick Kelly

Te Puaruruhau| Starship Child Health, Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland, Paediatric Society of New Zealand

Community Support and Resources

The Power to Protect Programme worked closely with national, regional, and local organisations that have generously contributed towards this new webpage. Their collective experiences, expertise, and networks ensured that our whānau and communities voices were embedded in the new messaging. Key members from the following groups were pivotal in their support and development of the pieces of work in this exciting Power to Protect programme:

Organisation name

Website

Hāpai Te Hauora

https://www.hapai.co.nz/

Safekids Aotearoa

https://starship.org.nz/safekids/

KaiRua

https://kairua.co.nz/

Moana Connect Research, Learning and Community

https://moanaconnect.co.nz/

Te Ora Puāwai

https://www.teorapuawai.nz/

Whānau Āwhina Plunket

https://www.plunket.org.nz/

Paediatric Society of New Zealand

https://www.paediatrics.org.nz/