RISE staff are running in The Spectacle, to raise money for men who reach out to RISE to break the cycle of family violence.

RISE was selected as one of two national providers to deliver trauma-informed training to NZ's justice workforce under Te Aorerekura.

Hikitia! Te Tauihu and the Anglican Diocese of Nelson welcomed educator and sex therapist Jo Robertson to Whakatū Nelson for two events drawing 300+ attendees reflecting the community appetite for practical conversations about raising young people in an increasingly complex world.

Collusion in family violence practice is rarely deliberate — but it costs victim/survivors and tamariki the most most. Learn to recognise and resist it. (Opinion)

Call for storytellers and artists to join Ordinary Wonders. Memories will inspire artworks exhibited as part of Ordinary Wonders Project at the new Nelson Arts Hub in August 2026.

Listen: Hear the recorded panel discussion from Beyond Belief – Understanding Cult Dynamics, hosted by Hikitia! Te Tauihu, RISE’s ACC founded primary prevention mahi.

The appointment of Maud Molloy as RISE's first Chief Executive reflects the scale and complexity of the work RISE is now leading across the top of the south.

Join Hikitia! (RISE’s prevention mahi) for Beyond Belief, a one‑day event exploring cult and high‑control group dynamics, coercive control, and the hidden harms affecting children and whānau.

RISE has appointed Maud Molloy as its Chief Executive.

Hikitia! invites storytellers and artists to join the next phase of Ordinary Wonders in 2026. Amateur and established artists, will be paired with “ordinary wonders” stories written by community members. Artworks will be exhibited at Refinery ArtSpace and gifted back to storytellers.

Jared* started sharing he was “going through a bit of s#$t”, and suddenly his mates also began opening up.

RISE is offering new peer support programmes for those who have experienced sexual harm.

Evaluations from RISE participants in 2024 -2025 show after working with RISE, people feel and are safer, acquire practical self-regulation tools, strengthen relationships, and develop the insight needed to disrupt intergenerational violence.

RISE is developing and deepening its cultural confidence as a Tangata Tiriti organisation. We are working with Thirdspace Aotearoa for a second year to uphold the mana of te ao Māori in our mahi and apply Te Tiriti-led practice.

RISE has officially partnered with leading Australian workplace trainer Be There Group.

Working with RISE has helped a mother control her anger and transformed her relationship with her toddler.

The mahi (work) is underway at Hikitia! with the five new roles created at RISE through a new ACC contract now filled.

For RISE clinician Marissa working in the Family Violence sphere and working at RISE is professionally where she wants to be.

Serving the Motueka community feels like a homecoming for RISE Clinician Michelle Thurlow who first came to Motueka as a 16-year-old disengaged with school.

Gemma was a young mum of three who struggled with her anger. Getting help at RISE for her anger was life-changing, she says. She shares her courageous journey.