Te Puaha o te Ako

Reconnecting Northland’s Eamon Nathan on lockdowns and our connection with the natural world.

A toolkit on the sprint process behind the National Strategy for Community Governance.

This exciting collaboration between the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) and community organisations is swinging into action.  The first of six workshops to design the strategy was held in Wellington on 11 and 12 March. 

The COVID-19 crisis will have a major impact on the wellbeing of New Zealand’s communities over the next few years.  It will also affect how we think about our organisations and our services.   We asked some of the key influencers in our sector to give us a brief insight into what they have seen and learnt since the crisis started, the challenges they’re seeing ahead, and what the potential solutions to those challenges might be.

This event, co-convened with JR McKenzie Trust and Philanthropy NZ, explored advocacy to drive change.

'Kōtuitui - interweaving conversations' is the idea of Foundation North and its social business, the Centre for Social Impact. The short, after-work events, focused around a theme, will provide a platform for attendees to meet and learn from thought-leaders in the sector, such as the speaker at the inaugural Kōtuitui on social enterprise (21 Sept), Mary Jo 'MJ' Kaplan.

Changing expectations and outcomes for rangatahi was the focus of our annual learning event this year.  For insight and inspiration, the presentations from Dr Terryann Clark, Dr Hana O’Regan, Lani Evans, and Maria Ramsay are now online. 

The 2016 learning event presentations from Antony Welton, Chair of the Vodafone NZ Foundation, and Jennifer Gill, CEO of Foundation North.