Freire Series

Brazilian educator Paulo Freire made a short visit to Aotearoa in 1974. The effects of that single visit on people at the flaxroots of social change in this country were deep and long lasting. In this series Indigenous and non-indigenous grassroots activists talk about how they have been influenced by Freire and how they have adapted his ideas in the contexts in which they live and work.

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Free Courses

We run a number of courses, with free options if hosted by an organisation and made open to the public.

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Thoughts on social justice

This series of interviews features Mitzi Nairn, a leading figure in the anti-racism and Treaty justice movements since the 1970s. Mitzi  shares her thoughts on social justice and liberation topics, including racism, colonisation, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, xenophobia and acceptance of the term Pākehā.

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AWEA

Auckland Workers Educational Association is a not-for-profit organisation that supports groups and runs community education related projects. Our major projects are the Treaty Resource Centre, Culture Matters, and developing community organisation capability. All our work aligns with our purpose — to promote a just and equitable society in accordance with Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Treaty Resource Centre

The Treaty Resource Centre provides Te Tiriti o Waitangi learning resources and workshops, consultation on policy development and support for conducting Treaty audits. We also maintain a reference collection of Treaty-related material.

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Culture Matters

Culture Matters aims to promote understanding of how to work more effectively in a culturally diverse environment. We offer workshops and assist organisations to develop and apply policies which promote equity for cultural groups.  

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Auckland Star, 22 October, 1914   The wonderful progress which that exceedingly practical organisation, the Workers’ Educational Association, has made in Britain and Australia, is well, known to all who have taken interest in the university extension movement. When Professor J. J. Findlay, the eminent  educationist passed through Auckland, a few weeks ago on his way home from the meeting of the British Association in Sydney, he made reference to the wonderful work which Mr. Albert Mansbridge was doing in this connection. Last year Mr.