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

Community Sector Model and Framework for Sustainable Funding and Accountability within Communities

In 2007, the Community Sector Taskforce applied its base position set out in ‘A New Way of Working’ to the issue of Sector funding and accountability. This paper, with the…continue reading

Posted on 1 May 2013 |

Community Waitakere, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION RESEARCH.A community development assessment of strengths, aspirations, needs and opportunities of the community sector of Waitakere

this is Stage 3 of Community Waitakere’s, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION RESEARCH.A community development assessment of strengths, aspirations, needs and opportunities of the community sector of WaitakereThis final stage of the…continue reading

Posted on 1 May 2013 |

Community Waitakere, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION RESEARCH. Retrospective impact analysis: 7 Case Studies

This is stage 2 of a 4 stage COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION RESEARCH PROJECT. We know it’s important to reflect on our past so we are able to chart a course…continue reading

Posted on 1 May 2013 |

Building Community Resilience: Learning from the Canterbury Earthquakes

This report studied six communities affected by the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. Our project found that connected communities with good community infrastructure (e.g. local networks, marae, organisations, and leaders)…continue reading

Posted on 17 April 2013 |

Fears, constraints, and contracts: The democratic reality for New Zealand’s community and voluntary sector

The important role of community and voluntary sector organisations to democratic debate and policy development is widely acknowledged by governments, academics, and the sector itself. However, our survey of 153…continue reading

Posted on 11 April 2013 |

Community-Based Participatory Research: A Guide to Ethical Principles & Practice

All research raises questions about ethics: about the rigour, responsibility and respect of the practices of researchers. As a result, there are strict systems in place to encourage and enforce…continue reading

Posted on 2 April 2013 |

Ethics in Community-Based Participatory Research: Case Studies, Case Examples & Commentaries

This compilation of case studies, examples and commentaries forms the third part of a set of materials relating to ethics in community-based participatory research (CBPR). Part I comprises a set…continue reading

Posted on 2 April 2013 |

New Model for Supporting Disabled People

The report summaries and synthesises findings from evaluations of components of a New Model for disability support that were introduced by the Ministry of Health in 2011-12.

Posted on 13 March 2013 |

Institutional Racism and the Dynamics of Privilege in Public Health

Institutional racism, a pattern of differential access to material resources and power determined by race, advantages one sector of the population while disadvantaging another. Such racism is not only about…continue reading

Posted on 8 March 2013 |

Community participation in road works

This paper based on evaluation of road construction and rehabilitation programs in Asian countries outlines the main areas for community participation and strategies to secure the participation

Posted on 15 February 2013 |

How do New Zealanders give? 2008 Update

Change in volunteering and donation rates from 2007 to 2008

Posted on 12 February 2013 |