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

Responsible Humans: Identifying Community Leaders and Building Sustainable Organisations

This article was written to support a presentation to the World Conference in Disaster Management 2009 (Toronto, Canada). In it there is presented a method to rediscover the forgotten tool…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Advocacy and Policy Change Evaluation: A Brief Overview

This short literature review about evaluating advocacy and policy change work is designed to be of use to advocacy organisations and funders.

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Vulnerability report issue 9

This report catalogues how the most vulnerable members of our population are doing. It contains a mixture of official data, and data and anecdotes from NZCCSS agencies regarding prices, wages,…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

‘Standing in the Fire’: Experiences of HIV positive Black African migrants and refugees living in New Zealand.

A qualitative project explored the lived experiences and social service needs of affected or at-risk Black African migrants, refugees and their family members in New Zealand. One of the main…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Glimpses of a better world: The role of tangata whenua, community & voluntary sector in the Canterbury earthquake recovery

Address to “Our Future Community and Voluntary Sector Forum”, Hosted by Council of Social Services Christchurch and Te Runaka ki Otautahi Kai Tahu, Christchurch, 28 July 2011. Drawing on lessons…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

The PATH Planning Tool and its Potential for Whanau Research

This paper outlines use of the PATH in Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand by Kataraina Pipi over the past eight years, including an examination of: • The foundations and…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Community-led Development in Wairoa

A community developer’s personal account of efforts by a rural community to confront local issues by developing a long-term social development strategy. The author describes attempts by a group of…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

A Comparative Study of Two Small & Remote Urban Communities: Implications for Social Policy and Practice, (A Tale of Two Towns).

Raetihi & Ohakune are two small & remote towns on the North Island’s Central Plateau. They have similar sized populations yet present as totally different communities. This research details the…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Our Aranui – Creating new dialogue for development, and increasing participation to effect change.

A presentation of the method of work currently being undertaken at the Aranui Community Trust a community development organisation in Eastern Christchurch. This was the presentation that was given at…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Our Aranui – Results of the Aranui Door-to-door survey 2010

In late 2009 a survey was carried out to every house in Aranui. Questions were asked about the 5 result areas that the trust is working towards. These 5 areas…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Financial Reporting Stocktake: An Assessment of Accountability through Charities’ Filings on New Zealand’s Charities Register.

This research was undertaken to assess the veracity of financial filings at the Charities Commission by charities which are “small” (expenditure less than ,000 pa) or “medium”-sized (expenditure between ,000…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |