Sarah Brown

Founder, She Is Not Your Rehab

A New Zealand Māori (Ngāpuhi/Te Rarawa) wāhine, Sarah is a writer and producer who is passionate about the mandate of ‘creating violence free communities’ and has worked alongside Matt to tell re-define the way we communicate about family violence with creativity and innovation. 

Since 2018, Matt and Sarah have partnered with the Ministry of Social Development as ambassadors for their ‘It's not OK Campaign’ and are currently funded to develop an app to promote healing for indigenous men. The couple are proud ambassadors for the work of Aviva Families, afamily violence service centre in Christchurch and for a domestic violence research department in Griffith University in Australia. Together they co-founded She Is Not Your Rehab and launched the concept in Matt’s 2019 TEDx talk. He says the movement is an invitation for men to acknowledge their own childhood trauma and to take responsibility for their healing so that they can transform their pain instead of transmitting it on those around them.

They released their first book; a NZ #1 Bestseller She Is Not Your Rehab, with the goal to encourage intergenerational healing in 2021, also raised funds and donated 10k+ copies of the book to refuges and all NZ prisons, simultaneously launching a successful book club program inside prison. In 2022 they opened the She Is Not Your Rehab art gallery which hosts the exhibition; ‘Who is She?’ in collaboration with Mr G; a renowned NZ artist. 

Facebook: @sheisnotyourrehab

Instagram: @sheisnotyourrehab

LinkedIn: @sarahbrown