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Kete Kupu and the Vulnerability Report Available

The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Service’s publication Kete Kupu is available now.  It profiles the new book, Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis and its launch, for which Professor Robert Wade from…continue reading

Conceptualisation and Measurement of Iwi Wellbeing : A Thesis

In her thesis towards a Master of Public Health, Jodi Porter asks the questions:  What constitutes wellbeing from an iwi perspective? What are the characterisiscs of robust wellbeing indicators from…continue reading

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Research Symposium – Fostering Te Pā Harakeke – 25-26 Nov

Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga in partnership with Tauranga Moana Iwi announces the 2013 Annual Research Symposium; Fostering Te Pā Harakeke; Healthy and Prosperous Families of Mana 25th – 26th…continue reading

Webinars for Non Profits to Utilise Social Media

Looking to figure out how to blog, launch a social media strategy or utilise Twitter and its apps? Heather Mansfield, a social media guru, is offering ten webinars on a…continue reading

The Effectiveness of Online and Mobile Technologies for Changing Health Behaviour

The Knowledge Translation Project aims to help translate health promotion evidence into action. It is a project of The Agencies for Nutrition Action. The report begins with an outline of…continue reading

Super City? State of Auckland. Report into the Auckland Experiment

This paper analyses whether the consolidation of Auckland’s Cities into a “super city” three years ago has been a success, a disappointment or something in between. It examines various areas…continue reading

Mind The Gap

This is Bryan Bruce’s latest documentary on what is driving the gap between rich and poor in New Zealand.  Bruce investigates why the current state of child health in New…continue reading

Juggling community circus research

A research project looking into community circus had some surprising results. The two primary aims of the research were to begin to quantify the impact of circus programmes, and to…continue reading

Maximising the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists

“There are few academics who are interested in doing research that simply has no influence on anyone else in academia or outside.” Social science research can be used to inform…continue reading

Progressing Collective Impact in New Zealand

This discussion piece by Megan Thomas provides an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective on Collective Impact. See also our Collective Impact resource page The complexity of the problems we need to…continue reading

Like Minds Newsletter, August 2013

The latest Like Minds Newsletter (issue 53) is now available. The focus is on stigma and discrimination associated with mental health. This edition profiles the following research: 1.5 Generation Chinese…continue reading

The Wholeness of Life –Towards a New Practice of Change Workshop

From 2 pm Thursday 6 February to 4 pm Sunday 9 February 2014 Vaughan Park Retreat Centre, Long Bay, Auckland Cost: $1350 plus GST (includes all meals & accommodation) This workshop…continue reading

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