Healing & Strengthening
Healing & Strengthening is both a kaupapa and a learning stream across all SASWB mahi. It draws on Te Tokotoru Model and emphasises prevention, upstream investment, and whaanau-defined wellbeing.
Insights From Whaanau:
Healing means:
Movement to stillness
Connecting with te taiao and tupuna
Whaanau are best placed to heal whaanau
Strengthening includes:
Leading, contributing, and being heard
Strengthening parents strengthens tamariki
Early years and intergenerational focus
Learning Purpose
Understand what healing and strengthening looks like outside crisis response.
Map tamariki and rangatahi insights across the ecology.
Apply learning to shift SASWB energy 80% to healing/prevention, 20% to response.
System Change Opportunities
Rebalance current resources toward prevention.
Empower agency leaders to create enabling conditions.
Activate through existing prototypes and Board systems.
