Kia Haumaru - Personal Safety Education

Age: 7 years and over.

Region: All of Aotearoa. Teachers may travel to other areas, dependent on availability.

Description: Courses are flexible and tailored to the following groups' needs:-

• Education providers, Community groups, Workplaces
• Women and Girls - Girls, Teenagers, Mothers and Daughters, Adults, Disability and Tertiary
• Rainbow groups.

See here for information on these groups.

Personal Safety Education in Schools - Fully funded courses for girls in Years 3-4, 7-8 and 10-13.

See here for information for schools.

Girls and Womens Safety programmes:

• A range of courses are available for women, including transgender/takatāpui, which can be tailor made to each group’s needs. These programmes are designed to empower women with the knowledge, attitudes, skills and strategies to effectively prevent and resist violence (including sexual and family violence), and to positively change disempowering societal attitudes which lead to violence.

• The Girls Self Defence programme covers basic physical techniques; reinforce assertiveness, boundary-setting skills and verbal techniques; and offer age-appropriate information about issues of abuse.
• Personal Safety Education in Schools - Fully funded courses for girls in Years 3-4, 7-8 and 10-13.