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Keeping you informed about community-led research - for a more inclusive and equitable Aotearoa.
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Nau mai haere mai
Whakatairangatia i te mana o te rangahau ā-hāpori me te mahi tahi
Upholding the mana of community knowledge - together |
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Kia ora e te whanau
From the conversations I’ve been having across the sector, one feeling that keeps surfacing is exhaustion. After a tough winter and all that this year has brought, that’s hardly surprising.
As spring begins to make its presence felt, I’m reminded that difficult seasons do shift. Alongside the tiredness, I’m also hearing hope—from people imagining more equitable futures, those taking time to strengthen connections and continuing to share knowledge.
It's also quite thrilling to see the variety of activations out there to get people enrolled to vote (links below). Let's make this our best voter turnout ever!
Last month we announced our Te Auaha Pito Mata Awards webinar series, providing you the opportunity to hear directly from the recipients as they share their research, insights, and aspirations for change.
We've held two of these webinars already and we will make the recordings available as soon as we can after each session.
Our first webinar featured Corrina Thompson, recipient of the Community Researcher Award. Corrina was recognised for research that centres lived experience as expert knowledge and is already making a tangible difference in the community.
Our second webinar featured Paula Ormsby, recipient of the Billie Award, and researcher Paora Moyle. Paula was recognised for her outstanding contribution as a community researcher to Tīhei Wāhine Ora: Wāhine from Gang Whānau Healing Intergenerational Trauma, a Health Research Council-funded project led by Paora Moyle.
We’ll share the remaining webinar dates, speakers, and registration details soon.
This edition of Ngā Kete brings together community research, resources, events and opportunities to connect. I hope you find something here that supports your mahi and reminds you that, even when the work feels heavy, none of us is carrying it alone.
Nā Lorna. |
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Become a member of Community Research
We are welcoming memberships applications and renewals.
Our members are an important part of our Community Research whānau. They are advocates of our kaupapa and the positive change for Aotearoa that we seek to achieve through amplifying community-led research, diverse voices and and ways of knowing.
Sign up to become a member here. |
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Voting Resources
- Do you know someone who is not enrolled? Check out these fun ways to support them get registered:
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- On a Roll Youth vote 2026: Young people across the motu helping other rangatahi enrol and vote in the 2026 General Election.Check out these ways to help them get registered:
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Conversation Guide – Talking about Te Tiriti and the election
Te Tiriti and Māori rights are critical issues this election. Having conversations with people you know is a vital way you can support Te Tiriti in the lead up to the election.
Talking with people about voting and Te Tiriti may feel challenging, so Groundwork: Facilitating Change have created this special Vote for Te Tiriti edition of their popular Te Tiriti conversation guide to support you in these conversations.
This concise resource includes a step-by-step guide to navigate tricky conversations, and specific scripts you can use and adapt to encourage understanding of, and support, for Te Tiriti in the lead up to the election.
Read the guide here.
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Let’s work together to lift voter enrolment and turnout for Election 2026.
This national calendar is for you to connect with others enrolling voters and to see what’s happening near you.
Use it to share your independent kaupapa or events so others can find them, OR find out what enrolment activities are happening in your local area.
Access the calendar here.
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A month of rich kōrero, whakaaro, and connections
The past month has been a busy one of conversation, insights and learning for Bev. She: - had the privilege and rewarding experience of joining awesome wahine at the start of the Intercultural women's leadership collective journey facilitated by Kaye-Maree Dunn organised by Belong Aotearoa (with coordinators/organisers Saajida and Malu) and funded by the Clare Foundation. |
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Te Tahawai Marae, as we begin our Intercultural women's leadership Collective journey |
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- attended (alongside Community Research Global Studies intern Florence Cook) the "Digital hate real harm: Mapping the landscape of online misogyny" symposium hosted by Massey University. The deep and thoughtful kōrero reinforced the intensity and breadth of the issues and neglected focus on misogyny as a pervasive feature on and offline for all genders and the need for societal and community response and action. We look forward to the future reporting that Massey University are putting together of these conversations. |
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3 September Digital Harm Real Harm symposium, hosted by Massey University in Pōneke. |
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- attended the CAHRE (Centre for Asian and ethnic minority Health Research and Evaluation) conference - in Tāmaki Makaurau - Re-imagining healthy futures through ethnic minority lenses. A great opportunity for reconnection and new connections. Wonderful to see the launch of the next iteration of the guidelines for practice and hear community stories.
Congratulations Diversity Counselling New Zealand and hear about the breadth of research and community knowledge-making mahi going on in Aotearoa. A highlight for Bev was the key note by Prof. Srivider Iyer (McGill University, Canada) skillfully taking us on a journey from the essential importance of gathering the voice of lived experience through to options for System's change. |
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Diversity Counselling NZ launch of the revised guidelines for counselling practice at the 8-9 September CAHRE conference |
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Community Research hosted a webinar on Tīhei Wāhine Ora through Pū-Rā-Ka-Ū, co-presented by Paula Ormsby and Paora Moyle and facilitated by Kaye-Maree Dunn.
The presentation was based upon the recently published landmark research Tīhei Wāhine Ora; Wāhine from Gang Whānau Healing Intergenerational Trauma, an HRC-funded research project by Paora Moyle.
Paula Ormsby is the Rangatira of Wāhine Toa. Her longstanding relationships of trust helped connect participants with the researcher, and her leadership provided strength, guidance, and community oversight throughout the project. Paula was recently recognised at the 2026 Te Auaha Pito Mata Awards for her outstanding contribution as a community researcher.
Paora Moyle is a Principal Research Fellow and Director of Research at Te Whāriki Manawāhine o Hauraki, with more than 30 years of experience in research and advocacy spanning family violence, housing poverty, agency harm, disaster response, and abusive child-protection processes.
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Upcoming Tautoko Session for the LGBTTQIA+ research community
Tuesday 22 September 12-1pm
We warmly invite queer researchers, allies, and those working in areas which support queer communities to join us for our next tautoko session, Tuesday next week. Sep 22, 12-1pm.
This is a space for a collective kōrero - for all attending to discuss upcoming or recently shared research, and / or activities your organisation is up to in Rainbow and Takatāpui communities.
In this session, we'll also use some of the time for discussing the name of the recently opened, (work in progress,) Queerness in Aotearoa research and resources collection. The current title is a placeholder and we want it to be shaped by the community. If we have time, we'll also begin to discuss a set of shared values for future activities in this space.
Meet us online, bring a cuppa, and let's have some connecting time together. Sign up to attend here. |
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The next EfRM Tautoko session
Thursday 1 October, 12 - 1.00pm.
Register here.
We've been working to consolidate the tautoko approach based on past activities and feedback and re-emerge more formally as a tautoko network for ethnic community researchers and allies.
We invite ethnic community researchers and allies to come along on 1 October to confirm the new network title and logo and our new operating approach including co-convenors group. We will also have time for networking and connection breakouts, and informal feedback on recent conferences and fora.
Tautoko sessions are held two-monthly with attendance open to both Network and non-Network researchers and allies. They provide a dynamic informal unrecorded space that fosters a collective sense of shared purpose. We celebrate all forms of community-led knowledge-making, whether it’s community-based mahi and mātauranga, or based within organisations, the public service, or academia.
Ngā mihi nui
Bev and Eve |
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Good With/In Games Special Collection - new talks added!
The Good With/In Games Special Collection has now been updated to include videos from the 2025 NZ Game Developers Conference.
As a reminder, Community Research is partnering with NZGDC to make talks which relate to having a positive social impact available for free via our special collection page. The new videos include topics such as Shaun Garea talking about 'Creativity, Psychology, and Game Design'. In the talk, Shaun does an overview of much of the research into the psychology of play, and discusses how games can provide safe spaces to fail and try things, to explore our identity, be social, and how the structure of games enables players to do things like overcome social anxiety to express creative ideas together.
Check out the talk here: Creativity, Psychology, and Game Design | Shaun Garea | NZGDC 2025 |
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Navigating the digital landscape Special Collection
Community Research is working with Tāhono Trust, Amnesty International NZ, and the Online Safety Coalition to develop a special collection that focuses on understanding, preventing, and addressing online harm in Aotearoa New Zealand (the Collection).
This mahi connects with the Coalition for Better Digital Policy formed by Tāhono Trust whose vision is to: see the robust, inclusive, and effective use and regulation of online platforms in Aotearoa, with a focus on upholding human rights and preserving the benefits technology can provide us. |
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The Status of ANZ Fundraising 2026 Report
The 5th annual Status of ANZ Fundraising report is here – bringing together insights from 240+ sector professionals across Australia and New Zealand.
It offers a data-driven view of how organisations are navigating 2026, highlighting key trends, challenges, and opportunities.
Key takeaways:
- 77% of organisations report stable or growing income.
- Exceptional gifts and innovation fuel gains despite economic pressure.
- 92% use AI, though advanced applications remain limited.
- More organisations are prioritising AI and digital capability.
Download the report here.
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| | The Global Seat Podcast - You Don't Build an Inclusive Society by Staying Comfortable.
In Episode 3 of The Global Seat, Izza Atif sits down with Anjum Rahman, community leader, advocate, founder of the Islamic Women's Council of New Zealand and Tahono Trust, to have an honest conversation about belonging, identity, racism, allyship, inclusion, and the difficult conversations we often avoid. Anjum has spent decades working to build stronger, more inclusive communities in Aotearoa. Drawing from her experiences growing up as one of the first Muslim families in Hamilton, navigating racism and isolation, becoming visibly Muslim after 9/11, and advocating for her community following the Christchurch mosque attacks, she shares what she has learned about creating meaningful change.
Watch the full podcast on Youtube with Izza Atif and Anjum Rahman. |
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| | Transforming climate anxiety: How to stay engaged without burning out with Leslie Davenport
16 October 2026
12:00 - 1:15pm NZT | 4pm PT
Online - Zoom
How can we respond to the climate crisis without becoming overwhelmed? How do we navigate the emotional toll while building the resilience and capacity to keep taking meaningful action?
With special guest, internationally-recognised speaker, writer, climate psychology educator, therapist and consultant, Leslie Davenport.
Co-hosted by Freda Wells from Goodlife Collective and Gareth Hughes Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa
Register for the webinar here. |
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| | Critical Tiriti Analysis Community of Practice Hui
When: 30th September 2026 12pm-1pm
Where: Online hui
Reflections on Critical Tiriti Analysis: where we have been, where we are now and what it means for the future.
Email criticaltiritianalysis@gmail.com for the zoom link. |
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| | When: 17-20 November, 2026 Where: Waipapa Taumata Rau, Tāmaki Makaurau.
Conference Theme: Kei tua o te pae | Beyond the Horizon
For over 20 years, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, working alongside Indigenous communities, has supported Indigenous‑led research and challenged dominant ways of creating and sharing knowledge. This work has expanded ngā pae o te māramatanga — horizons of insight and created meaningful change grounded in Indigenous worldviews, practice, and lived experience.
At IIRC 2026, we ask: what comes next?
Join us as we look beyond the horizon toward a future that supports wellbeing, self‑determination, and flourishing Indigenous communities, while offering knowledge, leadership and hope for generations to come.
Find out more about the conference and register here. |
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| | XV ANZSEE Biennial Conference
Regenerative Futures, Imagining Alternatives, Transforming Systems
When: 30 September - 3rd October 2026
Where: Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington
The ANZSEE 2026 conference will bring together people from government, education and research, practitioners, consultancies, and NGO and community sectors, helping solve problems at local-regional-global scales drawing from ecological economics and its trans-disciplinary perspectives. With a natural focus on Oceania as a region but also on local issues and those that permeate the globe, the conference will help synthesise global “post-growth” and “planetary boundary” discourses with a specific focus on the unique social-ecological and political vulnerabilities including those of the Pacific. The gathering will center on the integration of Indigenous stewardship and decolonised economic frameworks to address climate adaptation, while prioritising island and maritime resilience over traditional growth-centric metrics.
Find out more about the conference and register here. |
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| | Volunteering New Zealand Conference 2026
When: 16 October 2026
Where: Rotorua
Step into International Volunteer Year with the conference built for leaders who are changemakers. Powered by fresh research, bold ideas, and the real stories shaping volunteering in Aotearoa, this is where insight becomes action.
Discover what’s next. Strengthen your practice. Champion the future of volunteering.
Join us — and lead the change.
Find out more about the conference and register here.
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2026 is International Volunteer Year (IVY26) – as declared by the UN General Assembly. Many community organisations are backing the year as an opportunity to promote and support volunteering.
IVY 2026 is an opportunity to emphasise the power of volunteering, encourage greater investment in volunteering, and secure commitments from governments and others to support volunteering.
Volunteering New Zealand has been asking people in the community sector what would improve the future of volunteering towards an IVY26 Call to Action.
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Our vision is a more equitable, engaged and inclusive Aotearoa informed by community knowledge.
Ko ta mātou whakakitenga he Aotearoa e tōkeke ana, e whai kiko ana, e whakamohio mai ana e te matauranga hapori.
Our Commitment:
We provide our services free of charge to support tangata whenua, and the voluntary and community sectors. Community Research is a registered charity, sustained by donations and grants.
Your Support Matters:
If you value our work, please consider making a donation. Your contribution helps us continue to foster a more connected and informed Aotearoa. |
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