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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
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 |
Understanding and accelerating community-led development in Aotearoa New Zealand.
This document is the final accountability report for a Lottery Community Sector Research Fund grant for Inspiring Communities to contribute to “understanding and accelerating community-led development in Aotearoa/New Zealand”. This…continue reading
Posted on 18 November 2013 |
Valuing Lives, Living Well: The distinctive role of faith-based organisations in aged care in New Zealand
This research looked at some interrelated questions. What are the attributes of an organisation that builds social value? And what is it about faith-based aged care providers that makes them…continue reading
Posted on 10 November 2017 |
Grassroots Community Preparedness Plans Resource
This resource is not a summary of research but has been created as a result of academic research into grassroots responses to disasters. In this resource I pull together several…continue reading
Posted on 11 November 2013 |
Governing for Good: The Governance Capability of Social Service NGOs
The boards that govern Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) who deliver social services face a range of complex challenges. They must secure sustainable funding, comply with changes in the law and…continue reading
Posted on 20 October 2017 |
Ongoing resilience from the ground up research report
This report summarises the Masters thesis of the same title (also found in this directory). I briefly discuss methodology and background to the case study of Project Lyttelton before explaining…continue reading
Posted on 11 November 2013 |
Overview Paper in the State of Volunteering in New Zealand
Volunteering is central to the social development, economy, and environment of New Zealanders. Between 2004 and 2013, Statistics NZ data shows there was a 21% increase in the number of…continue reading
Posted on 25 September 2017 |
Ongoing resilience from the ground up: A relational place based approach to grassroots community resilience
When the devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, at 12.51pm on 22nd February 2011, the psychological and physical landscape was irrevocably changed. In the days and weeks…continue reading
Posted on 11 November 2013 |
Monitoring and Evaluating of Learning Networks (INTRAC, March 2010)
Learning networks operate under a variety of names: communities of practice; e-learning networks; web-discussion fora, learning communities, thematic groups… Whatever name they go by, they tend to be groups of…continue reading
Posted on 31 July 2017 |