Ngā Kete: Whiringa-ā-nuku |
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Nau mai haere mai
Whakatairangatia i te mana o te rangahau ā-hāpori me te mahi tahi
Community and whānau aspirations for research. |
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In September, we recognised Māori Language Month, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and Mental Health Awareness Week. All are significant events to celebrate, especially considering the stigma and barriers that have existed around both the use of te reo Māori and discussions about mental health. For some, the impact of not being able to speak their own language has had a profound effect on their wellbeing. The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week, 'Community is… what we create together,' highlights the power of community in uplifting our collective wellbeing – something that aligns well with our vision at Community Research. |
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| | This year, I was thrilled to contribute in a small way by supporting student wellbeing with my giant dog, Shelby, as a volunteer with Canine Friends Pet Therapy. University life can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with its share of pressures – from deadlines to exams. A calming interaction with a therapy dog can make all the difference. Watching students smile, relax, and connect with Shelby was a powerful reminder of how small, meaningful moments can have a lasting impact. |
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I hope you’ve had the chance to focus on your own wellbeing and connect with your communities during these challenging times.
Our team has been busy behind the scenes, continuing to engage with community researchers across the motu and refining our strategies to ensure we’re engaging with and delivering resources that truly resonate with Aotearoa’s diverse communities. Looking ahead to October, we’re excited about what’s in store. We have new projects on the horizon and will be rolling out some fantastic resources for our community researchers. We’re also preparing for a series of workshops and webinars where we’ll share knowledge and open up space for important conversations. As spring blooms, we’re feeling energised and ready to nurture the work we’ve been cultivating – ensuring it grows into something meaningful and impactful for everyone involved.
Lorna |
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| Celebrate the Awesomeness of Our Podcasts! 🎧✨
We’re overwhelmed by the amazing response to our latest podcast series Te Tiriti 2024 and Beyond. It’s clear our listeners are passionate about the important conversations surrounding Te Tiriti and its contemporary relevance. The level of engagement tells us a lot about you, and the change you want to see in the world.
Our most listened-to podcast episode, "White Fragility" is also a powerful webinar. Did you know we have 17 podcasts available? Each podcast episode is crafted to uplift community knowledge. Thank you for being a part of this journey and if you haven't listened yet, now's the perfect time to dive in and share these discussions to help spread awareness.
#PodcastLove #TeTiriti #Education #ListenNow |
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| | Webinar : Critical Tiriti Analysis
This webinar is a recording of the Community of Practice hui for Critical Tiriti Analysis and provides examples and discussions of the speakers' experience of using CTA with special focus on ensuring Māori Final Word in the process.
Watch here |
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| | The What Works website is hosted by Community Research and we are currently updating it with the pro-bono support of Allen + Clarke.
At the upcoming ANZEA Conference, Community Research's Bev Tso Hong will be facilitating an interactive session for all evaluation practitioners, particularly those with a focus on community-led knowledge-making and evaluation to:
- talk about recent evaluation tools and links from the update of the What Works website so far
- discuss and together guide further refresh of the collated resources
- influence the on-going work underpinning the website.
A central focus will be reinforcing and making visible resources about diverse ways of knowing, being and doing. The session will be an opportunity to share and hear about experiences of ‘what works’ in carrying out evaluation with the diverse communities of Aotearoa, including those that reach into the Pacific and wider Oceania.
Bev 's session runs from 9.30 - 11am , 5 November 2024.
More details about the ANZEA Conference below
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| | Research into Suicide Prevention in Construction Industry Added to CR Archive The following passage refers to suicide prevention and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out for help. In an emergency call 111. In a non-emergency, contact one of the following free, confidential services available 24/7:
Lifeline Aotearoa 0800 543 354 or text 4357
Suicide Crisis Helpline – Tautoko 0508 828 865
1737 Need to Talk? (Text or call) – 1737 |
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| | Workplace psychosocial stressors in the construction industry: Perspectives of construction industry stakeholders
MATES in Construction (a suicide prevention charity focussed on the construction industry in NZ) released three pieces of research – including the one mentioned and a wellbeing survey
Discover the key stressors impacting mental health in the construction industry. This research, based on input from 115 workers, identifies major challenges like financial instability, poor communication, and low pay, alongside potential solutions such as government intervention and mental health programs. Cultural shifts bring hope for improved wellbeing across the sector.
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| | Ethnic, former refugee and migrant researcher online Tautoko session Thursday 14 Nov 11am – 12.00noon Our November gathering will be a “top of mind” informal session about research gaps and ideas, and potential opportunities for new research. Come along and connect with other researchers, former refugees, and migrant peers who are passionate about research by and for ethnic communities and how it can be used to support collective action and positive change. 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.
Register here Thanks to those of you who attended the September session and provided feedback to guide our Tautoko sessions and community as it evolves. We will include some time in each of our sessions to jointly evolve this as a safe community researcher space which is of value to you. Our focus at the November session is refining draft guidelines for how we connect, network and operate together as a community. Tautoko sessions provide a dynamic informal space that fosters a collective sense of shared purpose with opportunities to learn from each other, share stories, experiences, research activities, methodologies, challenges, gaps and explore ideas and opportunities.
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| | Research Reflections with Moana M
Kaitūhono – Research Sector Engagement and Projects Lead
Rainbow Community 2023 Census Data Released
A big milestone in the statistics of rainbow communities in Aotearoa has occurred this month, with the release of the data from the first ever census in NZ which included 'demographic questions about sexual identity, gender and innate variations of sex characteristics'. The census indicated that "1 in 20 adults belong to Aotearoa New Zealand’s LGBTIQ+ population" (Stats NZ). As always with data gathering, there's a lot of nuance behind the numbers, such as whether people feel comfortable answering certain questions, or whether the questions are the 'right questions' for their sense of identity. Moira Clunie writes a great post 'Three things to know about rainbow Census data' regarding some of the considerations around this particular data, and Te Ngākau Kahukura has a page on Rainbow population statistics which brings together links to different sources of data in this space. The questions in the census had feed in from the community and we celebrate – even in amongst the complexity – the increase in data representing our diverse communities.
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Created and published by Community Networks Aotearoa (CNA). This report is part of a long-term project that examines trends and challenges in Aotearoa's not-for-profit, iwi, and community sector. CNA has been conducting this research for over a decade, gathering insights from organisations across the country. The report is developed through surveys and data collection, providing valuable information about the sector's capacity, funding issues, and the resilience of the communities they serve. Community Networks Aotearoa has released its 2024 State of the Sector report, marking a decade of research into the not-for-profit sector. The report highlights persistent challenges, including increased demand for services, shrinking funding, and staffing shortages, with only 39% of organisations able to expand their workforce. However, the sector shows resilience, with growing volunteer engagement and continued professional development opportunities. Leaders stress the need for systemic change to support the sector’s vital work, while also acknowledging the innovation and adaptability of these organisations in the face of adversity(Scoop)(RNZ)
Find the full report and executive summary here |
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| | Core skills toolkit
Centre For Social Impact has created a useful Core Skills Toolkit - a free resource for the community sector.
If you’re looking to strengthen your organisational capabilities to deliver social impact, you will find publications, websites, courses and organisations available. Their new Capability Wheel has links to a curated selection of resources; generic resources available online, targeted support such as professional development training, and tailored support, such as coaching, mentoring or consultancy services designed to meet the specific needs of individuals or organisations. Te Tiriti o Waitangi and climate action considerations are incorporated across each topic.
Explore the Capability Wheel here. |
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| | Guide: He Ara Waiora handbook
The Treasury has published new digital guidance to help policymakers implement He Ara Waiora into their work. The handbook contains tools for each stage of the policy cycle including step-by-step guides and templates. It also provides a comprehensive introduction into the concepts of He Ara Waiora to build foundational understanding of the framework. He Ara Waiora was developed by Ngā Pūkenga, a group of Māori thought leaders, to reflect a te ao Māori view of wellbeing and has been used to provide insights from different cultural perspectives and knowledge systems.
Find out more here: HE ARA WAIORA |
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| | Kete AI - A Kete of AI Knowledge for Māori Communities
Created by Lee Timutimu + Dr. Karaitiana Taiuru JP, Kete AI is a fresh resource offering trusted, accessible information about artificial intelligence (AI) for Māori communities. Designed for those with little to no knowledge of AI, it aims to educate and raise awareness of the technology's potential impacts, especially on Indigenous communities. Completely independent and freely available, Kete AI provides credible insights to help bridge the AI knowledge gap. This was a voluntray project created for our Māori Communities - headed By Lee Timitimu. Explore Kete AI here: https://linktr.ee/kete.ai |
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| | WERO International Conference 2025
The WERO Research Team is now accepting abstract submission to present at our conference. We invite submissions to deliver an individual presentation or panel session that contributes to an anti-racist, decolonising agenda both politically and intellectually.
Date: 9th to 12th February 2025
Location: The Pā, University of Waikato, Hamilton
Conference website: Click here |
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| | International Repair Day is a global, annual event celebrated on the Third Saturday in October.
To celebrate International Repair Day, The Repair Cafe will be offering the 2024 Aotearoa Repair Summit on Thursday 17 October- A FREE Online event 11 AM - 12PM- this year hosted by our partner WasteMINZ.
With representatives from across the industry, hear what is happening in the repair space from a political, business, community and educational perspective. Featuring Dr Paul Smith – Right to Repair Coalition Aotearoa, Jessica Saul – University of Canterbury, Meghan Cooper – Rotorua Lakes Council, Ben Kepes – Cactus Outdoor with the session facilitated by Brigitte Sistig – Repair Network Aotearoa.
Register here: https://lnkd.in/g2KEC5SW |
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| | Webinar: Incorporated Societies changes and what they mean for you
Join Hui E! Community Aotearoa and Volunteering New Zealand for a free webinar on essential changes impacting Incorporated Societies. By April 2026, societies must re-register and meet new financial reporting standards. Gain expert advice from Steven Moe (Parry Field Lawyers), XRB, and IRD representatives.
Join us on 18 October, 12–1.15pm.
Register here |
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| | The antidote to hate: countering divisive and harmful messaging. A conversation with Australian social justice advocate Adam Knobel
Join For Purpose for an insightful event exploring how the Treaty Principles Bill and anti-Māori policies fuel racism and division in Aotearoa. Adam Knobel, a respected Australian campaign strategist, will share lessons from high-profile campaigns, including marriage equality and the YES23 campaign, on countering fear-based, divisive messaging.
When: 18 October 2024, 12 - 1pm
Register for this webinar here |
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| | ANZEA Conference 2024
THE MANA ENHANCING ROLE OF EVALUATION- Celebrating the wisdom from evaluative practice across Oceania
4-7th November, Novotel Auckland
We are privileged to live in a country and region where diverse ways of knowing, being, and doing are acknowledged and increasingly celebrated. By extension our evaluations and practices have an important role to play in nurturing and strengthening this diversity and mana; a role that involves honouring different worldviews and practices for use and impact. ANZEA welcomes you to join us for:
- a full program over three days
- pre and post conference workshops (you don't need to be register for the three day conference to attend a workshop)
- Pacific Banquet with lively band at the conference dinner
Group discount (4 or more people) and day tickets available.
Find out more and register here |
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Ko ta mātou whakakitenga he Aotearoa e tōkeke ana, e whai kiko ana, e whakamohio mai ana e te matauranga hapori.
Our vision is a more equitable, engaged and inclusive Aotearoa informed by community knowledge.
Community Research is a registered charity funded through donations and grants. Our services are provided free of charge for the benefit of the tangata whenua, voluntary and community sector.
If you appreciate our work please consider supporting us by making a donation today.
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