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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Looking Ahead: Future Trends in Social Service Delivery Report
This report looks at the trends that are likely to affect the social service sector over the next 15 years, when it will be 2040, the 200-year anniversary of the…continue reading
Posted on 2 September 2025 |
Indigenous rights and managed public land: a critical treaty analysis of parks and reserves in New Zealand
This research critically examines the extent to which the Reserves Act 1977, the primary legislative framework governing many parks and reserves, especially those associated with territorial local authorities, aligns with…continue reading
Posted on 2 September 2025 |
“Eventually it Just Hit Like a Tonne of Bricks:” Life After Homelessness Amongst Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ People in Aotearoa New Zealand
Although Takatāpui/lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, plus (LGBTIQ+) people are over-represented in homelessness statistics, there is limited qualitative research that explores the enduring effects of homelessness once they have…continue reading
Posted on 17 July 2025 |
“There’s no room for falling apart:” Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences of homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand
Takatāpui/LGBTIQ + people’s experiences of homelessness remain poorly understood in Aotearoa New Zealand. Using data from semi-structured interviews with eight people who identified as Takatāpui/LGBTIQ + and had experienced homelessness, this paper explores their…continue reading
Posted on 17 July 2025 |
The impacts of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse in Aotearoa New Zealand
This executive summary is the first data on Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) in Aotearoa—an issue that many of us have seen but struggled to define, name, and…continue reading
Posted on 25 June 2025 |
Integrating Māori Ecological Wisdom and Civil Defence: A Contrasting Analysis of Vulnerabilities and Resilience in Hauraki Māori Communities
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
Posted on 31 January 2025 |
More than monitoring: Developing impact measures for transformative social enterprise
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
Posted on 4 December 2024 |
When Cultivate Thrives: Developing Criteria for Community Economy Return on Investment
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
Posted on 4 December 2024 |
Delivering Urban Wellbeing through Transformative Community Enterprise: Final Report
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
Posted on 4 December 2024 |
Enabling life in vacant spaces: A partnership approach to evaluating holistic wellbeing in disaster recovery contexts
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
Posted on 4 December 2024 |
Huritanga 10 Years of Transformative Place-making
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.
Posted on 4 December 2024 |
Refugees and mental wellbeing. A call for community approaches in Aotearoa New Zealand
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
Posted on 3 December 2024 |