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Each year Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu holds a symposium to celebrate, learn and share the collective stories of Whānau Ora across Te Waipounamu

Whānau Ora Symposium 2023

After a break in 2022, we are back in 2023 with Tēnei te Pō! Tēnei te Ao!, to be held in Ōtautahi Christchurch on Thursday, September 21 and Friday, September 22, 2023.

This year we focus on the need to continually realign back to our central purpose: whānau. Believing in whānau; investing in whānau; and being inspired by whānau.

Nau mai, haere mai e te whānau. E ngā mana puipuiaki, e ngā reo tongarerewa, whakarauika mai rā ki te huinga taumata o Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu.

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Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Symposium

Ōtepoti 2021

The theme for the 2021 symposium was – paiheretia ngā wawata, paiheretia te tangata, paiheretia ki te rangimarie! Bind the aspirations, bind the people, bind with peace!

A big mihi to Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou, who hosted and planned the 2021 symposium in Ōtepoti. See below for videos of the awesome speakers and their inspiring kōrero.