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New Māori Research – Seeding Excellence And Future Change

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga – New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (NPM) is currently seeding a suite of new projects that will deliver positive change through vital Māori…

Free webinars, resources and research to prepare you for evidence-based contracting

Our May 2016 newsletter has just been released, and includes the first announcement of our next 4 webinars! In case you’ve missed it, here’s the link.

Next Generation Evaluation Conference 2016

ANZEA’s 10th Anniversary Conference 2016 is future focused and inclusive, with the theme Next generation evaluation: Shaping better futures in Aotearoa New Zealand. Join us as they consider the use of…

Research Opportunity

A consortium of Wellington funders need an experienced researcher to carry out some benchmarking research into philanthropic funding in the Wellington Region, between now and November. The deadline for the RFP…

Creative Commons Licences Translated into Te Reo Māori

Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand have released the draft translation of the Creative Commons 4.0 licences into te re Māori for consultation. The Creative Commons licences are free legal tools…

How do we make a difference?

In January 2015, Community Research undertook an online user survey.  We asked: what has been the most significant impact of Community Research/Whānau Ora Research on you or your organisation?  Our…

Free Research Vouchers for Non-profits

Do you have a well-defined research problem, and could you use some expertise?  From May 8th, any New Zealand not-for-profit can apply to The Metro ITP Voucher Scheme and receive subsidies of…

Sweeping changes for social services? – Comment from Trevor McGlinchey

Trevor McGlinchey of the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) gives some stark warnings about recent trends in social service organisations, and gives the Heads-Up on forthcoming research on…

Participatory Leadership Facilitation and Evaluation Workshop Series

Join Rita S Fierro, Ph.D and Kataraina Pipi for a day of experiential learning. Learn how engagement processes can be combined with evaluation knowledge for original data collection, increased community contributions, and productive…

Humans are an endangered species – Margaret Wheatley interview

Expect some stark warnings when Margaret Wheatley addresses the Australia New Zealand Third Sector Research conference in Otautahi this coming November. Ahead of her arrival, Stephen Blyth spoke with the…

Speaking for Ourselves research report released

The Auckland City Mission has listened to the stories of 100 families who are long-term food bank users in order to better understand the factors that trap some families in…

Ministerial announcement: Counting the contribution of the not-for-profit sector

NZ Government press release, 16 July 2014 Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew and Statistics Minister Nicky Wagner are welcoming Statistics New Zealand’s decision to update its official measure…

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