In February this year the Ministry of Health released its report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives, as at September 2012. The results in the report…
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Resources available, The Case Foundation
The Case Foundation “invests in ideas that can change the world”. They are a family foundation that specialises in learning in four key areas: Social Media, Active Citizenship, Good Giving…
The Health of Māori Adults and Children
This paper presents key findings about the health and wellbeing of Māori adults and children in 2011/12, which come from the New Zealand Health Survey. In summary In 2011/12, almost…
Making Health Services Adolescent-Friendly, World Health Organisation
World Health Organization. (2013). Geneva: World Health Organization. This guidebook sets out the public health rationale for making it easier for adolescents to obtain the health services they need to…
Whānau, Disability, and Whānau Ora Research
Whānau, Disability, and Whānau Ora Research #1 Disability is not something individuals have. What individuals have are impairments… Disability is the process which happens when one group of people create…
Resources on International Philanthropy and Grantmaking
The Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) Knowledge Center is a clearinghouse for publications produced by them, Some of the resources available include: WINGS Forum 2010: Innovation and Impact –…
Stark Findings About Poverty in the UK Revealed in Open University Collaborative Report
Findings of a new report into poverty and social exclusion make grim reading of the extent of deprivation and financial difficulties faced by people in the UK. The Poverty and…
Building Child Aware Communities
“Speaking at the Child Aware Approaches Conference in Melbourne (11-12 April 2013), Julie Collins, Minister for Community Services, said the Australian Government would be providing $810,000 to assist communities to…
Samoan Ways of Knowing
Epistemology is about the relationship between someone who seeks to know and what can be known. It is about how we come to have knowledge. According to Wilson (2008, p.…
Free Funding Seminar with Funding Information Services May-June
FREE FUNDING SEMINAR FundView – Community Funding Do you need funding for your community, voluntary organisation, or club? Find the best funding matches from over 1100 grants to pay for…
Introducing New Measures of Underemployment in New Zealand
This report “introduces a new underemployment measure to be added to the suite of labour market statistics available from the Household Labour Force Survey: March 2013 quarter onwards.” It looks at the…
Whānau-centred health and social service delivery in New Zealand: The challenges to, and opportunities for, innovation
From MAI Journal Volume Two, Issue One: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship Boulton, A., Tamehana, J., & Brannelly, T. (2013, March 28). This paper traces the emergence of Māori…