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In July 2011, a series of stories appeared in the Kapi-Mana News, Porirua's local newspaper, created with help from Good Cents Porirua and Porirua city Council. The stories profiled real people in Porirua and their courageous stories about changing the cycles of debt in their own lives for the better.
We think these stories and the fact they are being shared publicly is a fantastic development, so we are pleased to share them here, with permission.
Good Cents PORIRUA
Together Growing Financial Stability for Porirua to Flourish
Porirua, like any city in New Zealand, has people who truggle to manage personal and household debt. In Porirua, a range of opportunities and partnerships have been developed that tackle debt and increase people’s ability to manage. Good Cents Porirua is one of these partnerships formed in 2010 out of an innovative forum hosted by Porirua City Council and Wesley Community Action.
The forum called together people from all parts of the community – banks and lenders, government and local government, health and social services, mothers and fathers, church ministers and business people. Forty people from the Porirua community came together that
day to answer two questions:
• What would it be like if there wasn’t a high level of crippling debt in our community?
• What is it that we could create together for our future that we can’t create alone?
The day was about having a range of people, sharing and listening and contributing their part to the solution. There were many differing perspectives and these developed into a common purpose through our sharing – a vision of a resilient, well resourced community.
The images on this page were created on the day by graphic artist Ken Hope. It shows the journey we want to take as a community from cycles of debt to cycles of wellbeing and wealth. Over the next few weeks Kapi Mana News will be publishing profiles of real people in Porirua and their courageous stories about changing the cycles of debt in their own lives for the better. These stories show that we have a lot of expertise and knowledge within our community about managing debt. And they also show that the vision of a resilient, well-resourced community is achievable, one step at a time.
Good Cents is also working on a range of practical initiatives to bring the vision a step closer. If you would like to find out more about Good Cents or receive regular update emails, contact us at
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