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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

Supporting the homeless: Let’s keep the ball rolling.

A project detailing the findings from interviewing 26 homeless men and women in Nelson and Blenheim. They were interviewed to surface what they felt were the areas they needed support…continue reading

Life Unlimited Enabling Good Lives (EGL) Evaluation

Life Unlimited secured funding from the Lotteries Commission to complete an evaluation of some of their services. The purpose of the evaluation was to use the EGL vision and principles…continue reading

A Scan of the Local Issues Social Service Providers are observing in Communities & their Organisations during Lockdown 2.0

SociaLink asked social service providers via our newsletter and in discussion at the Managers forum to share what issues they are observing in the community and any issues their organisations…continue reading

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Journey – Part Three: Settlement

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Research follows a group of Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal through to settlement in New Zealand. The research involves three phases of data collection. The…continue reading

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Journey – Part Two: On Arrival

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Research Programme is following a group of Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal through to settlement in New Zealand. The research involves three phases of data…continue reading

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Journey – Part One: Pre-departure

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Research is following a group of Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal through to settlement in New Zealand. The research involves three phases of data collection.…continue reading

The economic integration of women refugee entrepreneurs in NZ

‘The economic integration of women refugee entrepreneurs in NZ’ is Chapter 5 in the book ‘Women and Global Entrepreneurship: Contextualising Everyday Experiences’ available online at the link below. This chapter…continue reading

Education of resettled refugees in Christchurch NZ

In Chapter 2 of the book ‘Educational Policies and Practices of English-Speaking Refugee Resettlement Countries‘, authors Zhiyan Basharati and Lucia Dore discuss the education of resettled refugees in Christchurch. The…continue reading

Measuring the Impact of Northcote’s Urban Regeneration on Community Wellbeing

This community-led, co-designed research project explores the impact of Northcote’s Urban Regeneration on community wellbeing. The research undertaken involved meaningful engagement with a diverse cross-section of the Northcote population and…continue reading

Shaping the Future

The COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary challenge that has required extraordinary solutions. Harvesting and documenting the extraordinary, to distill what we now know possible, lies at the heart of this…continue reading

Whāia te Kitā: Ko te Reo o te Tātarakihi

He kaupapa rangahau tēnei hei tutuki i ngā tikanga o Te Tohu Paerua. I whai tēnei rangahau i ngā tukanga o te rangahau kaupapa Māori kia rongo ai i te…continue reading

Understanding welfare sanctions in Aotearoa New Zealand

This research project sought to understand the circumstances behind MSD-applied sanctions and the impact of sanctions on beneficiaries in New Zealand. We found that research participants lacked an adequate understanding…continue reading

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