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Whānau Ora on the road

By Alison Mackay | 10 May, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development |

Community groups working with families will have a chance to ask questions about the planning underway for Whānau Ora at a series of hui being held around the country between …

Re-cycling: Green Bikes!

By Alison Mackay | 2 May, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Environment |

The New Zealand Green Bike Trust was formed in 2002 to trial various cycling initiatives for residents, community organisations and visitors in Porirua.

In 2003 the Trust completed its trials, and …

Get involved in Urban Agriculture

By Alison Mackay | 7 April, 2010 | 2 Comments | Posted in Climate Change, Community Development, Environment, Food |

In this age of pending peak oil and climate change impacts, many people are waking up to the wisdom of growing food within and around cities as an alternative to …

More Gardens as Labour Day Approaches.

By Jolyon | 13 October, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Food |

There are community gardens springing up in churches all across the country. I am really excited about this. Nothing looks better than a good, well cared for vegetable plot. As …

Just Booklets

By Jolyon | 31 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Church, Community Development |

The response to the first ‘Just’ booklet series has been fantastic. Thanks you to everyone who has sent in feedback. There have also been a number of churches around the …

NZAid review

By Jolyon | 5 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Millennium Development Goals, Politics |

As highlighted in a NZ Herald article on Tuesday, ‘Murray McCully appears to have no qualms about New Zealand’s half-billion-dollar foreign aid programme being used as a tool of its …

Can One Solution fix Two Problems?

By Jolyon | 2 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development, Environment |

I have just come across a book review on Van Jones’ The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems (HarperOne, 2008) by Van …

Job Summit and Those Who Wern’t There

By Jolyon | 2 March, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Community Development |

Over recent days you would have seen media coverage regarding the token Community and Voluntary Sector representation at today’s Job Summit in Auckland.

This morning Prime Minister John Key claimed in …