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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
How Community Trusts Can Assist Social Enterprise Development
Community economic development is recognised as an integral part of economic development in many countries and by the OECD. Such recognition has not yet been achieved in New Zealand and…continue reading
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Tax and volunteering: empirical evidence to support recommendations to solve the current problems surrounding the tax treatment of volunteers’ reimbursements and honoraria in New Zealand
On 1 November 2007 the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Revenue asked for submissions on ways to simplify the law on the taxation of reimbursement and honoraria paid…continue reading
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
A research note: Direct financial costs in volunteering
This paper reports on one aspect of a survey of New Zealand volunteers undertaken in 2007 to develop a broad understanding of active volunteers’ expenses and organisational reimbursement patterns. In…continue reading
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Social Capital – Better Together
The importance of volunteers manning social organisations and their contribution to the Common Good
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
How news items represent Maori: A checklist for news media consumers to assess news stories.
This four-page resource lists media frames, use of sources and te reo Maori, and absences to indicate whether a news item may be postive, neutral, negative or unbalanced in its…continue reading
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Media and te Tiriti o Waitangi 2007
This study analysed newspaper and television news items about Maori issues and te Tiriti o Waitangi. It found mass media used persistent negative themes about Maori, Pakeha news frames and…continue reading
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Neo-liberalism, Ideas for a Community Based Workshop
Neo-liberalism, Ideas for a Community Based Workshop
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Spotlight on the Australian not-for-profit sector
This is an update on financial reporting in the not-for-profit sector in Australia. This article was prepared in June 2009.
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Financial reporting in Australia
This powerpoint file contains slides presented at the ANZTSR workshop held on 25th November 2008.
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Global Learning for Sustainability – With Peoples’ Wisdom
Based on observed giving, BERL estimated that New Zealanders gave between .24 billion and .46 billion during the 2005/2006 year. Our best estimate in this range suggests total philanthropic funding…continue reading
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
The relevance of the Treaty today
The Treaty is not widely seen as a framework for considering the future – more often it is regarded as the cause of grievances!
Posted on 15 October 2012 |
Goodwork – A New Way of Addressing the Employment Issue
Employment, employees, employers, self-employed, unemployed, voluntary work
Posted on 15 October 2012 |