We’re hosting a second People’s Voice forum at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on August 21.
We know that the ‘system’ designed to support our community doesn’t always work. The forum is an opportunity for those who make decisions to hear directly from whānau about how they’ve found solutions for themselves and their communities.
They are the forum’s keynote speakers and they are setting the agenda.
People’s Voice 2026 will create space to reflect and think differently about how we support lasting change in our communities.
We're bringing together people from across government, local government, funding, research, community organisations and the wider social sector. They can hear from those with lived experience, learn alongside one another, and explore what happens when whānau and communities are trusted to lead.
Over many years, we have learnt that change isn't something we do to people. It happens through relationships. It grows when people have the space to exercise their own rangatiratanga and when systems are willing to listen, adapt and work differently.
This forum isn't about finding easy answers. It's about sitting with the complexity of this work, sharing honest conversations, and exploring how we can better support whānau and communities to shape their own futures.
People's Voice 2026 will continue the conversations from our first forum held in March 2020.
It invites us all to consider what changes when the people most affected by the issues are part of leading the response.
Register for People’s Voice 2026