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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
He Mokopuna He Tupuna: Investigating Traditional Maori Views of Childrearing Amongst Iwi Within Taranaki
The phrase ‘He Mokopuna He Tupuna ’ is one that provides a cultural framework for understanding the positioning of tamariki within Te Ao Māori . It is drawn from the…continue reading
Posted on 15 December 2013 |
Anticipating subnational depopulation: Policy responses and strategic interventions to regional decline
Population growth has already ended in a number of countries around the world. Significant demographic trends are transforming the global population, with record low fertility across the globe, increasing longevity…continue reading
Posted on 11 January 2018 |
Tumanawa: Transformation through travel – Developing country experiences for young offenders project report
This report explores how creating overseas travel opportunities for young offenders, or those at risk of offending, are likely to have a positive impact on their lives and personal development.…continue reading
Posted on 12 December 2013 |
Advocacy in the New Zealand Not for Profit Sector” Nothing Stands By Itself
This research focuses on the nature of Government/Not for Profit (NFP) sector relationships with particular reference to advocacy in New Zealand. It follows up on a study of advocacy in…continue reading
Posted on 15 December 2017 |
Waimarino Youth Photovoice Project
This report outlines the process and findings of research undertaken by young people living in Waimarino, with support from the Raetihi Community Trust and the SHORE and Whariki Research Centre…continue reading
Posted on 11 December 2013 |
Counting on Capacity: A Review of Community Waikato
How do we measure or report on the impact of capacity building? This review reports on the effectiveness and ‘value for money’ of a community capacity building hub (Community Waikato),…continue reading
Posted on 13 December 2017 |
Peter McKenzie Project options paper: Narrowing the focus
The Jayar Charitable Trust (JCT) was established to invest funds for future distribution into the community through the JR McKenzie Trust (JRMT). Inspired by the late Peter McKenzie, who had…continue reading
Posted on 28 November 2013 |
Investing in Capacity: A Review of Arts Waikato and Social Services Waikato
This review found that support for capacity building is useful, and enables the funder (in this case Trust Waikato) to increase its impact in the community, enhance non-profit sustainability, and…continue reading
Posted on 13 December 2017 |
Seekers and Magic: the search for spirituality in the Rainbow Temple. NSW, Australia
The Rainbow Temple in NSW, Australia is a spectacular site in a sense that a complex array of cultural and religious behaviours occur. Based on ethnography and fieldwork in the…continue reading
Posted on 28 November 2013 |
A Review of Third Sector Research in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: 1990-2016
This monograph reviews the state of the third sector in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, and is the first comprehensive overview of the research that has studied and documented…continue reading
Posted on 13 December 2017 |
Spirituality, Culture and Place: The Rainbow Temple in NSW, Australia
This Research is about the Rainbow Temple in Byron Shire, NSW, Australia. The diverse belief systems and the symbolic behaviours practiced and described by people who live at the Rainbow…continue reading
Posted on 27 November 2013 |
Te Karanga a Maaui; Calls of influence that spark entrepreneurship in Rangatahi Maaori
If there was ever a single strategy that could combat the ongoing effects of colonisation on indigenous peoples, it would be the breeding of entrepreneurial thinkers and the practical application…continue reading
Posted on 28 November 2017 |