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Upcoming Events & Programmes
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Flourishing Relationships
FREE WORKSHOP for couples Saturday 9 May
Discover tools to better understand each other, reduce conflict and restore connection so your relationship can flourish.
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MADE to Lead 2026
FREE Community Leadership Programme
This programme backs you with training, connection and support, helping you build the skills, confidence and networks you need to turn your story into hope and action for your whānau and community.
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Flourishing People
Register your interest for our next workshop
A FREE emotional healing workshop for anyone ready to heal, get unstuck, and move forward. Please register your interest and we will contact you when the next one is planned.
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Welcome to our beautiful new intake - MADE to Lead "Phase 1" 2026
MADE to Lead sign
MADE to Lead Phase 2 session
MADE to Lead "Phase 2" group - March 2026 (with our guest speaker Aaron Ironside)
Flourishing People - February 2026
We had over 60 people attend each week
Len and Pris (and one of our new Whakamana Ora flags)
Every session started with kai (as always)
Info Night January 27th
Info Night - people came to find out about our programmes for 2026
Pris did not hold back from going to root of the issues and sharing her story
Elyse was our MC
Kasalina shared her story on the second night, Melissa on Night 3 and Rob on Night 4 - incredible powerful and moving #storiesofhope
Len's story on Week 3 blew us all away
We had an amazing team of volunteers who helped make this happen for our community
Meet our new team member Lucy - she's looking after admin and the Manaaki Collective
Pris and Wiri
Ngaire and one of our wahine
Saturday Worksheet aka The Tree card
Saturday's workshop was done in smaller support groups, working through the card
Small groups
The Burn Station - when the process is completed, the final step is to symbolically burn the card
Selfie time at Inspiring Leaders Night - Moana, Alisha, Pris, Simone and Margaret
Ali and Rob at Inspiring Leaders Night In November
Chris Clarke sharing his wisdom with our community leaders - Inspiring Leaders Night
Standing room only at Inspiring Leaders Night on November 12
Hanging out at Inspiring Leaders Night - it's all about whānau
Chris Clarke with some of our whānau at Inspring Leaders Night in November
Our team and community partners at NZMA Manukau where we were privileged to hold our workshop on October 11
Lunch time hangs at our training workshop in October
Lunch time hangs at our training workshop in October
Lunch time hangs at our training workshop in October
Lunch time hangs at our training workshop in October
Lunch time hangs at our training workshop in October
Lunch time hangs at our training workshop in October
Training workshop for community partners -= with Sistahood and Kingsmen on October 11
Pris teaching at our training workshop for community partners - with Sistahood and Kingsmen on October 11
The room was packed at our training workshop for community partners -= with Sistahood and Kingsmen on October 11
We are helping Ali start a carving group for rangatahi! (This is a long-held dream for Ali - using his carving skills with youth)
Rangatahi getting to grips with the chisels at Ali's carving group recently
Rob and Tane's community group quickly grew from six to over 30 people!
Len speaking at Rob and Tane's whanau group recently held at Papakura Marae - too many people are coming to keep meeting in people's homes!
Rob and Tane's group has whanau of all ages - from grandparents to mokopuna and everything in between. They share kai, stories and encouragement together
Our blanket drive for people sleeping rough
Bit by bit the donations came in
Kaye blows us away with her donation for the Winter Warmth drive
Kaye is a legend - two giant bags of brand new, hand-knitted beanies for our winter warmth drive
Melissa donated a bunch of toothbrushes and toothpaste for the packs - we added in soap, wipes and a towel with the $$$ we raised
Selfie mode with our volunteers after putting together 25 packs for our Winter Warmth drive
People from our community came and dropped off more than 25 good quality sleeping bags - and we bought 25 tents with the $$$ we raised
Ali counting the packs... yep, 25
Alisha baked cookies to go with the packs - and gift wrapped each one
Margaret and Alisha - that girl knows how to bake!
Our volunteers with the packs all ready to go on distribution day
Rob bringing the packs from the truck
Melissa with Tammie from Shining Light Community Trust - they are out there every Thursday with hot meals and food packs
Whanau were stoked with the packs
A hug and a karakia with an old friend
It was a privilege to collaborate with Shining Light - we hope it will be the first of many times we work together!
Rob and Nganu - one of our community leadership graduates who volunteers regularly with Shining Light
Our volunteers debriefing at KFC - and brainstorming our next outreach
Our Board at their first official Board meeting! Te Hurihanga, Elyse, Devs & Jenny
Kasalina getting ready to to film her story
James filming Kasalina (the sunset was amazing and the light was perfect)
Our little office at Clendon Community House
Len and Elyse making a presentation to the Manurewa Local Board about Whakamana Ora
Our team and volunteers at the start of the year
Community Leadership Group 1 (new intake) at the start of the year
Community leadership participants (group two) at the start of the year - bursting out of Len and Pris' house. We combined two groups together that had started with us under Te Whakaora and who wanted to keep going after it closed
Double rainbow over Manurewa
An anonymous donor gave Ali a laptop!
Our anonymous donor also gave us a laptop for Kasalina!
Every session of the leadership programme starts with sharing kai together
Elyse and Rob
Kai time
Our amazing chef Angel and her shepherds pie
That shepherds pie though!
Info night for the new 2025 intake of the leadership programme
Paul joined us when he was only 16 - his story is coming soon!
Info night...
Wiremu and Len at BVOY - public speaking workshop
Back in the day - Pris and Pania, one of our first community leadership graduates
Pania is now one of the managers for the Manurewa Marlins rugby league Premier 1st team and is on the committee. She recently MC'd their prizegiving and did an amazing job according to Ali who snapped a pic with her and his moko (most improved)!
Our first community project - planting day with the Beautification Trust
After the planting - KFC
Pris makes the best butter chicken
And the best biryani
Graduation 2024 at Len and Pris' house - 50+ people!
Christmas Party / Graduation vibes (2024)
Zara and Char - Christmas 2024
The kai is always good
Elyse sharing a korero - Christmas 2024
Enjoying waiata with actions (Christmas 2024; Rose and Kasalina)
Alisi and Jason leading waiata - beautiful! (Christmas 2024 - one year ago!)
Guests and whanau at our Christmas & Graduation celebration on December 2nd at Whitford Park Golf Club
Ngaire, Len, Margaret & Alisi
Alisi singing "O Holy Night" - beautiful
Is this a duet???
Teariki, Margaret and Tane
Some of our lovely guests
Group 2 graduating class
Melissa and Nevaeh with Len and Pris - MADE to Lead Year One is complete!
Year One supporting Melissa, our speaker
Melissa giving an inspiring korero on behalf of Group One
Mark, Moana, Pris and Len
Our Christmas Menu
Pris "spoke from the heart"
Our graduates and team
Good kai
Group One have finished the first year
Guests and whanau at Grad - December 2nd @ Whitford Park Golf Club
Inspiring Leaders Night - January 2026 - a great way to start the year "with a full cup"
Inspiring Leaders Night - Caring for the Carers aka our whanau
Exciting new pilot - training an amazing group of community leaders to become facilitators for "Flourishing People"!
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