Waikato Refugee Forum

🌟 Empower to Lead – Second Intake Now Open! 🌟

Due to the positive response to our first intake, we are excited to invite women from refugee and migrant backgrounds to join our second intake of the MRP Women’s Workshop Series.

This empowering 4-session workshop focuses on:
✨ Self-awareness
✨ Self-confidence
✨ Self-care
✨ Networking

📅 Dates:
• 5 July 2026
• 12 July 2026
• 19 July 2026
• 26 July 2026

🕓 Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 Venue: Settlement Centre, 46G Boundary Road

Come connect with other women, build confidence, develop leadership skills, and grow your support network in a welcoming environment.

We’re Hiring – I‑Endorsed Driving Instructor (30 hrs/week)

Hamilton Multicultural Services (HMS) Trust is proud to support diverse communities across Aotearoa for over 25 years. Through our community driving school Passport2Drive, we remove barriers to driver licencing and create safer, more independent futures.

We’re now looking for an experienced I‑Endorsed Driving Instructor to join Passport2Drive as part of our new youth‑focused initiative Driving Change in the Community.

About the role
You’ll work with school students and young people aged 16–24, supporting them to progress to Restricted and Full licences. This is a permanent role (30 hours per week) within a supportive, values‑driven team making a real difference in road safety and employment outcomes.
You’ll bring:
✅ NZTA / Waka Kotahi I‑Endorsement
✅ Full NZ Driver Licence
✅ Experience working with youth and/or culturally diverse communities
✅ A calm, patient, learner‑centred teaching style
✅ Confidence using dual‑control vehicles

We offer:
🔹 Competitive remuneration
🔹 6 additional paid leave days (including cultural & birthday leave)
🔹 Free onsite parking
🔹 An inclusive workplace that celebrates diversity
🔹 Meaningful work with strong community impact

📅 Applications close: 5:00pm, Friday 5 June 2026

If this sounds like you, use the link below to submit your application.
https://nz.seek.com/jobs?advertiserid=63670852

We're proud to support our colleagues at Health NZ - Waikato who are leading an amazing new initiative to support refugee oral health in Hamilton.

Each year, we welcome around 130 people from Syria, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Myanmar, many of whom come from situations where dental care was inaccessible and upon arrival often face substantial financial hardship.

Alongside Tui Dental, with funding from our generous partners, we support several families - but we'd like to do more. So, we're seeking compassionate local dentists who may be willing to support a newly-arrived client on a low-cost or pro-bono basis. This contribution will profoundly impact their quality of life and ease their journey toward rebuilding a safe and health future in Aotearoa.

As always, we're very grateful for the support of Clare Foundation and HMS TRUST in this mahi. If you're interested in supporting this work too, let us know in our DMs 🦷 🪥