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Where Will We Live in The Future? “Ta tatou kainga e noho ana ki hea a te wa heke mai”
Our research project was conducted throughout 2020 with the support of Alan Johnson from the Child Poverty Action Group. The report gives a voice to disabled people’s concerns about the…continue reading
Continence NZ Service Users – Research and Service Review
This research was commissioned to deliver a review of the services provided by Continence NZ and make recommendations as to how the organisation can most effectively serve those living with…continue reading
State of Volunteering in Aotearoa 2022
The State of Volunteering is Volunteering New Zealand’s flagship report on the state of the community and voluntary sector. Over the years, this report has evolved, reflecting the demands of…continue reading
“We Want to Contribute”: Former Refugees’ Perspectives and Aspirations on Economic Integration
The economic and subsequent societal benefits that former refugees offer a host country is poorly understood in New Zealand. These former refugees are noted to be a most vulnerable minority…continue reading
Building a freshwater monitoring toolkit to give effect to Ngaa Rauru values
As Māori around the motu continue to assert the mana motuhake in freshwater management, many are developing bespoke freshwater monitoring approaches that represent their own values for freshwater. Here, we…continue reading
Strengths-based resilience intervention for informal carers of stroke survivors
Stroke is considered the most common cause of long-term and complex disability, often resulting in a combination of sensory, motor, and cognitive deficits. Stroke survivors return to live in the…continue reading
Lots of Little Fires
Video Story-Telling for The Waikato Wellbeing Project The concept of ‘lots of little fires’ captures the idea that there are many small ‘fires’ of passionate people ‘burning bright’ across the…continue reading
Perceived Discrimination as Experienced by Muslims in New Zealand Universities
Since the March 15 attacks in Christchurch, there has been raised awareness and new and strong enthusiasm to understand the experiences of the Muslim minority community. This exploratory paper investigates…continue reading
Islands of Indigenous innovation: Reclaiming and reconceptualising innovation within, against and beyond colonial-capitalism
From Vision Mātauranga and Callaghan, to Silicon Valley and billionaire space races, ‘innovation’ is becoming a placeholder for particular conceptions of progress. The concept is almost exclusively, however, associated with…continue reading
Theorising Māori Health and Wellbeing in a Whakapapa Paradigm: Voices from the Margins
This thesis explores communication infrastructures at the margins of Indigeneity to understand Māori health and wellbeing meanings, challenges, strategies and solutions, articulated by whānau whose voices have been ignored, or…continue reading
Scouts Aotearoa Healthy Norms Project Evaluation
In 2021, Scouts Aotearoa, with support from Point, initiated an innovative project to address harmful gender norms within the movement. The impetus for this project was the results of an…continue reading
Kindness: a dynamic, two-way exchange that is critical to the community services sector
A qualitative snapshot of kindness through the lens of community service organisations in Aotearoa. This study began with a question: What is the role of kindness from the perspective of…continue reading