Compassionate Communities Aotearoa Hui 2026
The 2026 hui is hosted by Cranford Hospice and Compassionate Communities Collective Hawke’s Bay to continue the kōrero on cultivating compassionate communities in Aotearoa.
The theme of the third national hui: Tai Timu, Tai Pari—the ebb and flow of tides – speaks to the rhythms of living, dying, caring and grieving and how, when the winds of change blow, we can care for one another with a Compassionate Communities approach.
Date: 18–20 June 2026
- Thursday: 9:00am–5:30pm (registration from 8:15am)
- Friday: 9:00am–5:30 pm
- Saturday: 9:00am–12:30pm
Venue: Toitoi: Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre, Hastings, Hawke’s Bay
Registration fee:
$240 Earlybird (closes 19 May 2026)
$270 Standard registration
Registration includes morning and afternoon tea (Thursday and Friday) and lunch on Thursday.
We want to acknowledge the mahi that has been done in this space already.
In August 2024 Te Atawhai Aroha hosted the first hui and began the seeding of connections around the motu. Discussions began about how to connect at a national level.
In May 2025, Go with Grace hosted us in Whāngarei with their theme of “Building a village of support’. There the group came up with a name for a national Compassionate Communities network: Te Whare Aroha.
