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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
2016 State of the Sector Survey – Snapshot
The second Snapshot Survey conducted by ComVoices shows that the stresses on our community organisations are increasing. A survey of over 280 community organisations shows that they are experiencing greater…continue reading
Posted on 6 December 2016 |
Success Factors for Community Organisations in Tai Tokerau (Northland) New Zealand
This PhD research explored the issues confronting non-profit community organisations delivering services to the community in the areas of health and social services in Northland. Its aim was to identify…continue reading
Posted on 25 September 2013 |
The empty nest is refilled: the joys and tribulations of grandparents raising their grandchildren
This is the ‘first cut’ report of a large quantitative and qualitative study of over 1000 grandparents or other kin in Aotearoa who have their grandchildren living with them. The…continue reading
Posted on 2 November 2016 |
The Anger Change Programme Research Report
The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of the Anger Change Programme for Mothers. The Anger Change programme is a New Zealand-based child abuse prevention programme, developed…continue reading
Posted on 25 September 2013 |
Scoping the costs of homelessness in New Zealand
The cost of homelessness to society and to the individual is difficult to measure, which in turn makes it difficult to formulate and evaluate meaningful policy change to address rising…continue reading
Posted on 1 November 2016 |
What’s Broken is the We — some thoughts on creativity for the common good
Based on his keynote speech given to the New Zealand Creativity Challenge held in New Plymouth 27-28 April 2013, this paper explores role of creativity, community and citizenship. The paper…continue reading
Posted on 24 September 2013 |
Good Practice Responding to Sexual Violence. Guidelines for ‘mainstream’ sexual violence crisis support services. Round 2.
The purpose of this project was to update existing ‘Good Practice Guidelines’, building upon the findings of the initial project conducted in 2009. The development of ‘Good Practice Guidelines’ aims…continue reading
Posted on 25 October 2016 |
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 |