Te Huringa ō te Ao Whānau Voices Project is a shift in how we listen, how we design, and how we honour whānau voices. The research is led by Point and guided by a Kaitiaki Steering Group. It uses a kaupapa Māori-informed, trauma-aware approach to uplift tāne, whānau, and community voice - exploring aspirations, service needs, and opportunities for culturally grounded, whānau-centred change on Waiheke Island

The ECVP Programme supported ethnic communities across Aotearoa to prevent family and sexual violence. Researchers spoke with over 200 people from 17 communities in 20+ languages, using interviews, focus groups, surveys, and site visits to evaluate impact.

This collaborative research with WaiRangahau and GravitasOPG explored how elder abuse is understood across diverse ethnic communities in Aotearoa, highlighting cultural perspectives, systemic barriers, and opportunities to shape more responsive, culturally grounded prevention strategies.

Point and partner Awa Associates describe in this evaluation how SafeMan SafeFamily helps men who have used violence become safe and understand how much of a difference SafeMan SafeFamily has made for the men, their families and whanau. A copy of the draft report is available.

The Caring for children and tamariki with family and whānau care packs programme was informed by and followed on from the Storytime Foundation Lockdown care packs projects. These evaluations explain the underpinning evidence and the strategies used with the care pack projects, and provide a window into the perspectives of whānau, children, probation officers and police.

Restorative justice is an opportunity for people who have been harmed, and those responsible for the harm, to come together talk about what happened and why, how they have been harmed. Point is working with Project Restore to evaluate their restorative justice model.

There are enormous personal, whānau, community and societal benefits in supporting tamariki to stay in the care of their families. This evaluation found that, if implemented with fidelity to the principles, approach and key components, Mana Whānau provides a safe and successful alternative to foster care.