"It's like having a guardian to help guide us"
This report aims to provide emerging evidence of effective engagement with the Tūturu initiative through its second year of operation (2024). The report also offers feedback to assist the New Zealand Drug Foundation (NZDF) to continue to build Tūturu.
The report includes six case stories and findings from a cross-case analysis of short-term outcomes, factors that assist schools to engage with Tūturu, challenges and tensions, and possible next steps.
The six cases were selected to demonstrate what effective engagement looks like across a range of contexts that Tūturu leads and NZDF staff are working within. Included are:
- four case stories from secondary schools with higher-than-average equity needs. These stories highlight a range of ways Tūturu leads are supporting school staff to strengthen pastoral processes and better meet a range of student health and wellbeing needs
- two system cases that highlight how the Tūturu team is working to build alignments and a shared view of good practice with agency partners from education, health, and justice.
The stories and cross-case themes were developed from interviews with 12 school staff, nine students, five agency partners, and six Tūturu leads and NZDF staff during September–December 2024.