News

April 2025

Papakura Support and Counselling: Four Decades of Whānau-Centred Services

Wed, 2025-04-02 13:09

For the past 40 years Papakura Support and Counselling Services has been providing a range of valuable support assistance to their community. While the agency started out as a Women’s Refuge, staff soon identified that community concerns were not just focussed on women, but on families and their desire to meet a wider range of needs within their South Auckland community.

Defining and Measuring Social Capital

Wed, 2025-04-09 17:22

The ACE Aotearoa network is a significant contributor to the achievement of social capital – the ‘glue’ that holds societies together. Social capital and social wellbeing are inextricably linked to keeping our societies strong and well-functioning. Each day the sector delivers that glue, making a difference to the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of New Zealanders as well as to our wider communities.

Circle of Knowledge: Engaging Strategies for Teaching and Learning

Wed, 2025-04-30 12:19

ACE Aotearoa has been awarded an Ako Aotearoa Research and Innovation grant to enable study into the efficacy of Teaching and Learning Circles (TLC) within the adult learning environment.

Dame Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi: A Life of Service, Strength and Whānau

Wed, 2025-04-23 18:37

Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi
He maimai aroha tēnei ki a Kahurangi Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi.
E te māreikura e tangi tōnu ana ngā roimata aroha. E moe.

On Saturday 1 February 2025, Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi, a founder of the Kōhanga Reo movement, passed away aged 95. Her funeral service was held on Friday 7 February before she was laid to rest at the Porourangi Tawhiwhirangi Urupa alongside her late husband Porourangi Tawhiwhirangi and her two children Tangopahika (Boy) and Heni Whakamaungarangi.