Clear Horizon offers the below learning opportunities Evaluating Community Engagement Melbourne, 13-14 March 2013 While the logic of evaluating engagement is entirely consistent with that of program evaluation, there…continue reading
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Applications open for Tohu Hiranga Excellence and Innovation Awards
Tohu Hiranga (Excellence and Innovation Awards) Closes 5pm Friday 1 February The overall aim of these Awards is to support Māori Leadership in the Mental Health and Addictions sectors by…continue reading
Two News Items from Te Atawhai o te Ao
Researcher Sought Te Atawhai o te Ao are seeking to employ a Researcher. This is a great opportunity to work with Kaupapa Māori Researchers on a national research project. The…continue reading
Māori 3.0
Whānau Ora has shifted the way we should view government programmes and services for Māori. Before Whānau Ora the government was largely resourcing responses to perceived Māori needs, with these…continue reading
What are the issues about food with whānau?
According to the United Nations, food is a basic human right. Article 25(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that ‘Everyone has the right to a standard of…continue reading
Turia to leave, Whānau Ora to stay on
The Minister for Whānau Ora, Hon Tariana Turia, has announced that she won’t be standing in the next election. Her decision to retire, made with her own whānau, is based on her belief that both…continue reading
Whānau Ora potential to lift children and their whānau out of poverty
This week the Children’s Commissioner published ‘Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand: Evidence for action‘, a report from the Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty. I…continue reading
Expressions of Interest Called For Trial Programme
Keeping Well and Regional Public Health (Lower Hutt, Wellington) would like to trial a low cost evaluation skills development programme and want to gauge interest in this. Many providers need…continue reading
Undertaking Whānau Ora Research with whānau collectives
He mini mahana ki a kōutou i te wiki nei. My post last week gave a brief introduction to the Community-Up Approach to Defining Research Conduct. This approach was recently…continue reading
'Unholy Matrimony: Forced Marriage in New Zealand' thesis – New to the Kete
One of the winners of the 2011 New and Emerging Community Researcher Awards, Priyanca Radhadkrishnan, studied the issue of forced and underage marriage in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her paper is now…continue reading
What is good community- and whānau-based research?
The afternoon panel session at the Te Anga Mua Seminar showcased responses to the question of what is good community- and whānau-based research. Trisha Young, Tracey Wright-Tawha, Invercargill Te Poha…continue reading
Whānau Stories a highlight of Te Anga Mua Seminar
One of the highlights of the recent Te Anga Mua seminar was the presentations by whānau. Here is a quick selection of their feedback. Kim Whaanga-Kipa & Kipa Whānau A Whānau…continue reading