Tertiary institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand have been placed under the spotlight for claims of systemic racism. Following the claims made in relation to the University of Waikato in 2020,…continue reading
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Critical Tiriti Analysis Community of Practice Hui – Unmasking Racism
By: Logan Hamley and Kyle Tan
Published: 2024-04-22
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Integrating Māori Ecological Wisdom and Civil Defence: A Contrasting Analysis of Vulnerabilities and Resilience in Hauraki Māori Communities
By: Paora Moyle
Published: 2025-01-31
This article explores the response of Hauraki Māori communities to the housing crisis in Hauraki, which was intensified by Cyclone Gabrielle. It contrasts Indigenous disaster response strategies with existing civil…continue reading
Community Development Emergency & Disaster Māori
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“I know – that’s the system. The system is wrong”: Allyship and social justice in community interpreting from a service-user perspective
By: Agustina Marianacci
Published: 2024-12-30
Defined as the practice of gaining awareness and acting upon the oppression of marginalized groups, allyship can account for the power interpreters hold in systems of oppression and can contribute…continue reading
Advocacy Allyship Social justice
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More than monitoring: Developing impact measures for transformative social enterprise
By: Stephen Healy, Kelly Dombroski, Gradon Diprose, David Conradson, Joanne McNeill and Alison Watkins
Published: 2019-01-01
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 involves transformational change in the business of business, and social enterprises can lead the way in such change. We studied Cultivate, one such…continue reading
Community Development Economics & Finances Evaluation
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When Cultivate Thrives: Developing Criteria for Community Economy Return on Investment
By: Kelly Dombroski, Gradon Diprose, David Conradson, Stephen Healy and Alison Watkins
Published: 2018-12-01
Project overview: Urban communities around the world are using farming and gardening to promote food security, social inclusion and wellbeing. For Christchurch-based Cultivate, urban farms are not only physical places…continue reading
Community Development Economics & Finances Environment
Economics
Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise: Final Report
By: Kelly Dombroski, Gradon Diprose, David Conradson, Stephen Healy and Alison Watkins
Published: 2019-06-30
Urban communities around the world are using farming and gardening to promote food security, social inclusion and wellbeing (Turner, Henryks and Pearson, 2011). In the New Zealand city of Christchurch,…continue reading
Community Development Economics & Finances Environment
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Enabling life in vacant spaces: A partnership approach to evaluating holistic wellbeing in disaster recovery contexts
By: Kelly Dombroski, Gradon Diprose, Matthew Scobie and Amanda Yates
Published: 2023-06-01
This report outlines two approaches to assessing the intentions and outcomes of the non-governmental organisation, Life in Vacant Spaces (LiVS), in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Ōtautahi Christchurch presents a useful case study…continue reading
Community Development Health & Wellbeing
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Huritanga 10 Years of Transformative Place-making
By: Dombroski, Kelly; Nicholson, Hugh Anthony; Shiels, Rachael; Watkinson, Hannah; Yates, Amanda M.
Published: 2022-09-14
This book celebrates a decade of Life in Vacant Spaces, affectionately known as LiVS, and the collection of over 700 projects supported during this time.
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Refugees and mental wellbeing. A call for community approaches in Aotearoa New Zealand
By: Tula Brannelly, Anjali Bhatia, Arezoo Zarintaj Malihi, Lucie Vanderpyl, Buster Brennan, Leo Gonzalez Perez, Fahima Saeid, Eleanor Holroyd and Nadia Charania
Published: 2024-04-04
This paper was co-produced by a mental health special interest group as part of the Migrant and Refugee Health Research Centre at Auckland University of Technology. The paper started as…continue reading