Daryl Gregory

BA, Cert Comm Psych Care, Cert SW, MANZASW

Taupiri te Maunga
Tainui te Waka
Waikato te Awa
Pare Hauraki, Ngati Maru toku Matua
Pare Waikato, Ngati Whaawhaakia toku Whaea
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After leaving a career in the New Zealand army in 1984 Daryl trained as a social worker at Canterbury University, working in alcohol & drugs before moving into the field of family violence and sexual abuse. He also completed a Certificate in Community Psychiatric Care at the School Medicine in Christchurch in 1997 and continues to work towards completing the diploma. In April 2000 he completed a B.A in Māori Political History and various counselling papers. He is a full member of ANZASW and spent 2 years as a member of the ethics panel. The last 15 years he has worked in the field of family violence both in the community and local prisons. He has been a consultant and cultural supervisor to Corrections Psychological Services, and the clinical staff at Kia Marama sexual abuse programme at Rolleston Prison. Daryl has been involved in a number of projects with the Criminology Dept at Victoria University Wellington as well as providing training in a multitude of settings for the Corrections Dept and tutoring at Christchurch Polytechnic in social work, counselling and mental health. He has also been a part time tutor with the Social Work Diploma at Nelson Polytechnic and Canterbury University. He has recently completed a term of 3 years on the national DVA Panel for the Family Court.

In 1996 Daryl established He Waka Tapu an NGO in Christchurch under the maru of Mana Whenua to address the gap in the community for Māori men wanting to stop using violence against women and children. This organisation now employs over 20 staff that provide a range of services and has been accredited by Family Court DVA, Community Corrections, Child Youth & Family, Crime Prevention Unit, Ch-Ch City Council and Mana Whenua. This has brought him into contact with a wide body of community groups locally and nationally. Last year he was invited to speak at the 10th International Family Violence and Sexual Abuse Conference in San Diego by the Latino & Native American communities about his indigenous model of working with violence.

Suicide ideation has been a constant throughout his work with whānau in the Māori community. Over the last 3 years Daryl has been a cultural advisor to the Towards Wellbeing Project which provides clinical expertise to social workers around the identification, assessment and management of young people considered at higher risk of suicide.