Manawa sits down with Rt Hon Winston Peters during his 2020 Election Campaign, to hear from him his experience around leadership and longevity.  Of course, there's some politics in there, but this kōrero was all about gleaning wisdom from a well-seasoned leader in Aotearoa politics, someone who has run the highs and lows of life, and continues to do what he believes in.

We hope you enjoy this kōrero.

4 best mates, Manawa, Mel, Clint and Mel Masina (yeah another Mel) open up about the raw and emotional traumas and experiences in their lives that have caused emotional pain and mental distress, and what that looks and feels like on the daily.  But also the power of quality friendships and relationships and how together we are equipped to find power over this mental illness epidemic we have in Aotearoa

You'll probably need the tissues again...

Brought to you by www.konei.nz for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020

Manawa sits down with the young adult crew from Ngahere - Fia, Taylor and Juanita - to discuss the challenges they have faced growing up, and the biggest mental health battle of their generation - Social Media and Comparison!

There are also some great tips on what to look out for in yourself and your loved ones, and how to manage the pressures.

Brought to you by www.konei.nz for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020

4 best mates, Manawa, Mel, Beks and Mel (yeah another Mel) share their mental illness battles as wahine, whanau members, mums and entrepreneurs.  Then discuss how they identified their struggles, and then worked to find a balance in their lives when these struggles exist.

Get the tissues coz it's not an easy conversation.

Brought to you by www.konei.nz for Mental Health Awareness Week 2020

Stronger Than You Think!  In this final episode Manawa and Mel talk about creating environments for our people to thrive.  Every living thing in this world has unique and ideal environments in which they will thrive (or not) and we believe that this is an important aspect to any programme, event or space aimed at Māori and Pacific peoples.

Stronger Than You Think!  In episode four we unpack how we choose to prioritise people over 'programmes' and the reality that entrepreneurship is a fantastic pathway for self and community development.  Because our people and our community need time and support to develop themselves as entrepreneurs, we realised we needed additional structure to support this development focussed mahi.

Stronger Than You Think!  In this episode, we talk through the early stages of growing our community and what it's like to just get started with a full, clear picture of what's ahead.  This courageous approach is important for enabling innovation, and building an idea with lean resources.

This episode also features Joel from TSI, Keu from ASK Q, Kathie from ATEED and Ray the founder of GameTan.

Stronger Than You Think!  In this episode, we go back to the beginning and share the story of setting up Ngahere Communities, Te Haa o Manukau and Tukua, and the 4-way partnership that exists.  This journey of setting up a social impact initiative with multiple Local Government agencies and a small community based social enterprise definitely wasn't a walk in the park.  Lots of courageous korero take place!

STRONGER THAN YOU THINK

This Mini-Series was recorded during level 3 of COVID Lockdown and tells the story of Tukua, a whanau of creators, innovators and entrepreneurs in Manukau, South Auckland.

Tukua is also a 'programme' designed to build the capabilities of, and access to resources for our creators, innovators and entrepreneurs.

In episode one - Resilience, Relationships and Response - we chat about how this COVID season has pushed us to be resilient, and how we have experienced that resilience in the Tukua whanau through the strong relationships that have and are being formed.  While also investigating how the response needed for COVID was shown in the amazing crew.

Stronger Than You Think is sponsored by Akina Foundation for the Impact Initiative.

Stronger Than You Think is a South Auckland story about the come-up of creators, innovators and entrepreneurs, building the whanau and the movement known as Tukua.