Practice Foundations is a monthly public sector community of practice hosted online by The Auckland Co-Design Lab and Healthy Families Far North.

Practice Foundations shares practical tools, insights and examples of how whānau-centred and mātauranga-led ways of working are making a real difference for whānau and hapori across Aotearoa.

4 March 9:30 - 11:00am

Te Whakariterite: Preparing Ourselves and Each Other for the Journey

1 April 9:30 - 11:00am

Kay-Maree Dunn (MEA)

6 May 9:30 - 11:00am

3 June 9:30 - 11:00am

1 July 9:30 - 11:00am

5 August 9:30 - 11:00am

2 September 9:30 - 11:00am

7 October 9:30 - 11:00am

4 November 9:30 - 11:00am


Most of our sessions are recorded. You can find the recordings, and any accompanying slide decks, resources and shared links, below.

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Whakapiki Mauri

Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora, Mauri Noho, Mauri Mate

This sessions builds on the May 2022 Practice Foundations “What’s the mauri of the system” led by Dickie Humphries.

We have found that deepening our understanding of mauri supports us to work in complex systems like the public sector. Mauri also helps demonstrate the power and importance of how we, as individual kaimahi, show up within systems change work.

This was an experiential session led by Marisa Pene (Te Tau Ihu, Tokelau) and Eruini Hawke (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Maniapoto).

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