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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Matua Whangai: Can we invigorate an important concept of social work?
The rationale for this thesis “Matua Whangai – Can we invigorate an important concept of social work?” is quite simply that: – – The deaths of our babies have shattered…continue reading
Posted on 15 September 2013 |
Creative Ecology: A New Model For Resilience in Creative Communities
Increasing complexities brought about by global crises are calling for us to actively disrupt and challenge the conceptual frameworks currently dominating cultural policy and theory. Creative ecology offers a new…continue reading
Posted on 19 October 2016 |
Bris Kanda Incorporated and New Zealand Foreign Aid : Where to from here?
This paper presents the role of New Zealand Foreign Aid in supporting an NGO in Papua New Guinea during the past 7 years and the performance of the NGO. It…continue reading
Posted on 21 August 2013 |
The need for Autism Support Services in Northland, New Zealand
Many Northland communities are relatively geographically isolated from urban centres. Because of this, services can be limited and travel, housing and the general cost of living are expensive for many.…continue reading
Posted on 3 October 2016 |
Developing Community Support Services to Empower the Waikato Endometriosis Community
The experience of living with endometriosis is, for many women, very challenging. A fortunate few find sympathetic doctors, relatively quick diagnosis and treatment, and uncomplicated recovery. They are able to…continue reading
Posted on 8 August 2013 |
Project Whitestreaming: A report on the generalising of Māori specialist staff positions in the tertiary education sector
This report presents the findings of a Tertiary Education Union Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa (TEU) research project that sought to investigate “whitestreaming” in universities, and institutes of technology and…continue reading
Posted on 27 September 2016 |
Developing Community Circus in Aotearoa New Zealand
What is community circus, who is it for, what comes out of it and how can it be developed? These questions were the focus of a research project conducted from…continue reading
Posted on 5 August 2013 |
supporting vulnerable older people in the community: positioning wesley community action (WCA) to meet emerging challenges through setting and acheiving best practice
this review sketches a picture of changing demand and supply for elder care home care support services and evolving best practice. The future of care of older people is imagined…continue reading
Posted on 20 September 2016 |
Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti: Community organisations engaging with the Treaty of Waitangi
Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti responds to the aspiration of groups and organisations within the community sector to be more engaged with the Treaty of Waitangi. It brings together many…continue reading
Posted on 29 August 2016 |
Positive and Proud: Building a Better Future for Merivale
This report is a piece of action research. It provides a snapshot of how the residents of Merivale, Tauranga feel about their suburb and reveals what they would like to…continue reading
Posted on 30 July 2013 |
TPA (CHCH) Rental Survey 2013
The TPA rental survey is a response to the concerns expressed by many tenants across Canterbury with increased rents and the poor quality of their rental housing post-earthquakes. This report…continue reading
Posted on 9 July 2013 |
Our best generation yet! Engaging Pasifika whanau hearts & and minds in their children’s learning and education.
In 2013, the Rise UP Trust gained Lotteries funding to explore culturally relevant and responsive ways to engage Pasifika whānau in their children’s learning, and to support the development of…continue reading
Posted on 24 August 2016 |