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Jan 2010: Hokianga Harbour project video |
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After returning home to his ancestral land in the Hokianga, Will Stensness witnessed the wide spread pollution of the Whirinaki River and the Hokianga harbour. For many years Will has, and still is, battling to clean up both the river and the harbour.
Brett Collett has produced a video on Will's efforts - watch the video on You Tube or visit the Kaitiakitanga Network website to read more about the Hokianga Harboucare initiative. |
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Community Economic Development Conference to be held in Waitakere |
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22 January 2010
As Auckland's councils prepare to merge into a single body the hundreds of community and social organisations they fund face uncertainty - but is it a threat or an opportunity?
This is one of the questions the Community Economic Development Conference will aim to address in February, as it investigates social enterprise and alternative finance models and explores how community groups and not-for-profits can journey from grant dependence towards financial independence.
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29 Jan 2010 The Southland Times: Mataura community gets together for growth |
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A once-empty section in Mataura has been transformed into a bountiful vegetable garden that was feeding the community... Read the full story from The Southland Times |
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Dominion Post, 19 Jan 2010: Shannon: Small town, big plans |
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Once notorious for its gangs and crime, the small Horowhenua town of Shannon has been transformed into a thriving boutique shopping centre, with a new cycleway expected to boost tourism...
Read the full story at the Dominion Post website, stuff.co.nz |
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17 Jan 2010 NZ Herald: Tuatapere: The little town with a big backbone |
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When 29 of Tuatapere's 30 sawmills closed in 1987 the Southland town was handed its death sentence. Forestry was its lifeblood, and Labour's decision to end native logging was a hammer blow. But southerners are a resilient breed...
Read the full story at the New Zealand Herald website |
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14 Jan 2010 NZ Herald: Adam Awad; Refugees want to participate full in NZ life |
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New Zealand accepts about 1000 refugees a year. These people come from increasingly diverse ethnicities. Many struggle to establish new lives in New Zealand. Their keenness to contribute to New Zealand life is hampered by unemployment and lack of acceptance.
When I arrived in New Zealand eight years ago...
Read the full story at the New Zealand Herald website |
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13 Jan 2010 NZ Herald: Teacher wanted, must like island life |
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uring someone to teach at the "ends of the earth" is never a simple task, but parents on remote Stewart Island say the bureaucrats are not making their quest any easier.
The island at the bottom of New Zealand lost its last early childhood teacher in November, and is trying to find a replacement for its 12 "Rakiura Rugrats" aged under 5 (and another seven on the way)...
Read the full story at the New Zealand Herald website |
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Engage! Tamarack newsletter January 2010 |
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'Beautiful thinking for January 2010' from our allied organisation, Tamarack - an institute for community development.
Articles in this issue:
- The 2010 Communities Collaborating Institute: Leading Together in Chaotic Times - By Sylvia Cheuy
- Frameworks for Measuring Community Change - By Liz Weaver
Senate Recommends A National Poverty Strategy - By Tom
- Cooper, Director Hamilton Roundtable on Poverty Reduction
- David Pecaut: Canada Loses A Great Collaborator - By Paul Born
- Poverty Reduction Momentum Builds in Atlantic Canada - By Eric Leviten-Reid
- Tamarack Board Member Receives National Honour - By Paul Born
Read the full newsletter via the Tamarack website |
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Strengthening Auckland from the Streets Up: |
December 2009 Community-Led Development Forum
Auckland is buzzing with locally-led, neighbourhood initiatives and people happy to tell their stories and learn from others. Street and neighbourhood development offers some new, exciting ways of enabling amazing community change... and it often starts with one person who has the belief and hope that things can be different.
And on a scorching hot Auckland day just before Christmas who would have thought that close to 80 people would want to meet and share stories and handy hints about local communities...
They came for a forum, Strengthening Auckland from the Streets Up, organised by Inspiring Communities, Waitakere Hot House Group and Lifewise. The focus was on street and neighbourhood level action in the Auckland region, particularly:
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