WĀNANGA | Intersex Aotearoa

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Nau mai, haere mai

Intersex Aotearoa warmly invites anyone interested in the positive outcomes for

intersex /ira tangata/ ivsc people in Aotearoa New Zealand,

-including: those with lived experience of an intersex variation/ IVSC/ ira tangata

whānau, community leaders, academics, advocates, health practitioners, researchers, and allies

to attend our Wānanga.

The first ever of its kind in Aotearoa New Zealand this Wānanga brings us all together under the theme - Social Cohesion-

“E koekoe te kōkō, e ketekete te kākā, e kūkū te kererū

The tui/kōkō/parson bird chatters, the kākā/parrot gabbles, the kererū/ wood pigeon coos).

What to expect

- Intersex/ Ira Tangata/ Those with IVSC leading conversations about intersex issues in Aotearoa New Zealand

- Opportunities for community connection

- Intersex history in a worldwide and Aotearoa specific context

- Allied groups and speakers presenting

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Social Cohesion

Our Logo for this event capture the three birds in our whakatauki: "E koekoe te kōkō, E ketekete te kākā, E kūkū te kererū." Taken titerally in english this means, The tui/kōkō/parson bird chatters, the kākā/parrot gabbles, the kererū/ wood pigeon coos.

Social cohesion means everyone having a place in the social fabric of our society- within the intersex/ivsc/ira tangata landscape there are many distinct voices and many variations, each of these bring a part of our experience and song.

Just as we would not expect a tui to sound like a kererū, nor should we expect the experience of someone with a variation to be the same as anothers- but this does not make that experience any less valid or less significant.

Intersex Aotearoa has always been committed to bringing as many of the voices to the table as possible, so that as a intersex community we support each other in those experiences.

It is our hope that this event will bring these many voices together, including those of allies, and whānau so that together we can make our own forest song- our own understanding of how we can move forward together.