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Whiringa Nuku / October 2016
Welcome to the September / Mahuru Social Equity & Wellbeing Network (SEWN) newsletter.
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This month seems to be one of those that we all have from
time to time - very busy but not much to show up
front! That is, apart from our great AGM, where the talk
from guest speaker Duncan Webb was a highlight. Duncan spoke on the loss of trust in the justice system. Thanks Duncan!
Otherwise, we've been doing some groundwork on possible collaborations - getting to know people, asking questions, and working out how we could (or if we should) work
together. This sort of preparatory or investigative work is
hard to quantify or demonstrate to funders, but is essential
if we want to work effectively with others.
Inside October:
· Social Housing
· Community Gar·
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Bizplaining
Value of Co-ops
Inequalities
Lots of events &
Training
Upcoming National Conferences
Now that most of our funding has been received and we
have a good idea of what we can spend, we've also been
looking at SEWN resource needs. We hope we will be
able to share the outcomes of this with you soon!
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Changes are coming to the Incorporated Societies Act
Community Networks Aotearoa have produced a template to assist with the rewriting of constitutions and is
now available here http://communitynetworksaotearoa.org.nz/resources/ This is a combined trust/society
template so take out what doesn’t apply to your organisation. The template has been produced by the
Southland Community Law Centre and updated to include the contact officer and mediation/arbitration requirements of the new Act.
The law hasn't changed yet so we at SEWN suggest that existing incorporated societies hold off changing
constitutions until we know for sure what the legal requirements will be. But if people are incorporating,
then they can use the template at the link above. It might also be good for existing groups to start looking
at their constitution and planning for changes.
The good news is that all changes will have a lengthy “Transition” period of at least two years. This will enable all incorporated societies to take time to revise their constitutions and ensure that they comply with the
requirements of the new Act and Regulations once they are passed and put into place.
We can do it!
“As you watch the show of US politics today (which is literally designed to be a media spectacle) consider
this: We now have accumulated enough scientific knowledge in the social sciences, evolutionary studies,
explorations of human thought and behaviour, and complexity research to fully understand the patterns
that govern social systems.
It is now possible to (a) diagnose pathologies at the societal level; (b) identify and characterize the "root
causes" and governing dynamics giving rise to them; (c) apply proven methods to address them across
multiple scales of social complexity; and (d) do so in a democratic, inclusive, and empowering manner.
A task for those of us working at the level of system change is to understand why it is that all this great
knowledge has not yet been applied. Then we need to actively evolve our governing structures such that
they promote life at the individual, community, regional, and planetary scales.
The clock is ticking (global warming) and much work remains to be done. Yet still we can be inspired by
how far our knowledge and capabilities have come.” (Joe Brewer, The Rules)
www.therules.org
Community groups to be defacto arms of Government?
Social service providers contracted to govt are now required to provide individual client data to govt!
By Trevor McGlinchey, EO, NZ Council of Christian Social Services
There has been a quiet revolution occurring which will have profound impacts on community-based social
services organisations. This revolution was brought to my attention recently when the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the new style budgeting programme, Building Financial Capability, was released. Buried
in the RFP supplementary information is the requirement to provide Individual Client Level Data, or as it is
colloquially known in government circles, ICLD. This individual data includes the requirement to provide
“Client Name, address, gender, date of birth, primary ethnicity, Iwi. Dependents Name, date of birth, relationship to client”.
The latest update to the Community Investment Strategy (http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-ourwork/work-programmes/community-investmentstrategy/#CommunityInvestmentStrategyUpdate2016August2) further spells out; “Starting from July 2016,
we will begin collecting individual client level data (client level data) from providers. We will do this progressively over the year, so that we are collecting client level data from all providers by July 2017.” This means
that all Community Investment funded service providers will be required to collect and provide to government Individual Client Level Data.
I am not aware of any conversations with communities or with community-based social services on introducing this change. Neither have I seen any assessment of the potential impact of these new requirements
on families and individuals who seek support. I would have thought that such a significant change would
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be thoroughly consulted on and researched prior to being implemented on an across-system level to all
services, all providers and all clients.
We are informed there will be a requirement for all clients to fill out a form providing their permission to
have the personal data they provide shared with government. Will this process stop some of the most atrisk families in our network from seeking the independent support of community organisations? At this
stage we don’t know. However, many of our members feel that those who are most in need of support may
be less willing to reveal their needs if they believe that government will have access to this information.
Full article at http://community.scoop.co.nz/2016/09/community-groups-to-be-defacto-arms-of-government/#more-86506
Social housing handover to Otautahi Community Housing Trust
From 3 October 2016, Christchurch City Council will officially transfer the tenancy management of its social housing portfolio to the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust.
The Council’s social housing service, City Housing, will cease to exist in its current form, and the Trust will
become the new landlord and point of contact for tenants and service providers. The Trust will be responsible for tenancy management, rent-setting, and the day-to-day maintenance of all social housing, while
major repairs, renewals and the development of new housing will remain the Council's domain, as owner
of the land and building assets.
The official handover to the Trust marks a major milestone for the Council, both in terms of the decisionmaking process, which began in early 2014, and in terms of the Council’s proud and long-standing involvement in social housing, which dates back to 1921. The handover to the Trust is significant, in that it
will help to financially secure the Council’s social housing for the long term, and, in doing so, ensure a stable future for those in our community who depend on it.
The Council and the Trust are currently working through the final stages of the handover process, and
have been communicating with tenants regularly to ensure they understand the changes.
Contact details, from 3 October, are:
Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust
Phone: 0800 624 456 or 260 0058
Office location: 61 Kilmore Street, Christchurch 8013
Postal address: PO Box 53, Christchurch 8140
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ocht.org.nz
Carolyn Gallagher, Head of Housing, CCC states the feedback received from partner organisations and
stakeholders has played an important role in the Council’s decision making. Similarly, it has also helped to
highlight the collaborative strength of Christchurch’s approach to social housing, and the increasingly important role it plays within our community.
If you have any questions about the handover process, please do not hesitate to contact Carolyn directly
by email [email protected] or phone 03 941 8879
From a shared email by Carolyn Gallagher, 22 September 2016
Benefits of Community gardening:
Why should people go to the local community garden?
Written by Jacqueline Newbound on behalf of the Canterbury Community Gardens Association.
Many people ask what goes on at the community garden, it’s just a bunch of people growing stuff. And yes
whilst that is very true the main reason people come to a community garden is connection - connection to
their community, to other people, to food, to the earth and to the outdoors.
People come to work together and to learn how to care for the land and how to grow real food often using
techniques passed down through generations. Many community gardens are thought of as nostalgic, echoes of a long gone past, but in reality they are futuristic hubs providing family and community support net-
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works, opportunities to work as a team with common goals and a means of avoiding the all too common
social isolation present in all levels of society today.
In fact community gardens attract a diverse set of people, personalities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, physical
abilities and intellects all of whom come together with the shared aim of growing a garden and a community
group.
One of the most exciting recent aspects of community gardens in Christchurch has been the developing
link between community gardens and school and early childhood centres. Bringing children into the garden
brings endless benefits and longer term effects, just being in the garden together provides a sense of belonging and of permanence without even mentioning the obvious learnings around where and how real food
is produced and how this can inform food choices for now and later in life, for themselves and their families.
As a City, Christchurch has been looking at community gardens as an integral part of its future food and
community resilience, however realistically this would require a community garden on every street corner but is that such a silly idea? A community garden is defined by the community of individuals who collect
around the idea and take it forward. Just think what our City would look like if we had a community garden
on each street, maintained and harvested by the residents around it. If we planned for a vacant block in
each neighbourhood to be bought and developed as a community garden, for waste and vacant land to be
used to grow food right throughout the city - then we would truly be a garden city.
So how do community gardens get started, how can we help? Firstly we need to remove some of the barriers for people and provide resources in terms of information, support and funding activities. A survey
conducted by the Community Gardens Association last year highlighted 3 areas community gardens required support: a paid coordinator, volunteers and funding and all three are very much inter linked. The
role of overseeing an active and successful community garden is diverse and skilled ranging from planning
a seasonal garden to coordinating, mentoring and attracting volunteers as well as liaising with schools and
developing workshops. There is nothing to stop several small gardens getting together to fund someone to
oversee things or even as a community for us to look at funding individuals to coordinate gardens in particular areas if we do seriously want to see grass roots food resilience in Christchurch.
So do you have a community garden in your area, have you been along lately? Would you like to start one
in that vacant land or park area near you? Maybe you could contribute through Give a little, offer technical
or building support or have garden resources which are always needed. We all need to cherish and support
the community gardens we already have and be on the lookout for opportunities to grow the network and
put Christchurch on the map as the world’s truly edible garden city.
Some great photo’s on the back page!
http://www.ccga.org.nz/
Dear business people, please stop bizsplaining things to
us non-profit folks
All right, business pals, we need to have a talk. First of all, I just moved into a new house this week, and
spent time at a hardware store trying to find these little thingies that hold up the shelves in my kitchen cabinets. They’re called “shelf pins,” and you can move them to different holes to lower or raise the shelves.
Without some business somewhere making these little pins, my liquor cabinet would not be able to fit my
really tall bottles of vodka and it would just look awful. So yes, I am deeply appreciative for all the businesses out there doing all sorts of useful, interesting, and important stuff.
But the condescension needs to stop. Recently, I’ve noticed it has been in the form of explaining to us simple nonprofit bumpkins just how much better off we’d be if we just acted more like businesses. Sometimes it
is conscious, most times it is not, but always it is irritating. One time, I was showing a potential board member our Saturday morning program, which served 150 kids. It was his first visit, and he launched into a lecture about having a business plan. “We have a three-year strategic plan,” I said, and before I could elaborate, he interrupted to explain what a business plan was. He interrupted several times to explain various
Important Business Concepts to me.
A colleague, Allison Carney, wrote a blog post and calls this phenomenon “bizsplaining.” It is business
people “talking to nonprofit staff like they have never successfully operated a blender, let alone worked
(successfully) in their underpaid, understaffed, and completely vital position for years.”
Here are other examples from my personal experience:
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“I don’t understand why your revenue sources fluctuate so much every year. At [the Fortune 500 corporation I work at], our revenues are very predictable.”
“We asked for $50K to redesign our website, and when we brought it up to senior management, they liked
our plan so much they gave us an additional $25K. So you never know!” (This was actually a workshop I
attended at a nonprofit conference a few years back).
“You should try to open a side business. Like my church, it sells sausages every weekend!”
Look just because you’re great at something, does not mean that you’re automatically great at a completely
different thing, all right? Just because you’re an awesome carpenter, it doesn’t mean you’re now by default
also an amazing beatboxer and have any legitimacy to give advice: “You know, your beatboxing would
sound better if you wear goggles. When I do carpentry, I always wear goggles.”
Nonprofits and for-profits are different, so unless you have experience working in a nonprofit, stop assuming you know stuff. Like Allison says, “Just because you worked at a wealth management firm for ten years
does not mean you know how to run my food bank.” I’ve written about these differences in many posts. But
I want to reiterate a few key points to help you really understand what we are dealing with that business
peeps may not have to deal with. Let’s use, as an example, something that many of us have, the iPhone.
Imagine if we put the same restrictions on Apple that many nonprofits face:
Overhead and Restricted Funding: “I would like to buy an iPhone. How much is that? $700? OK, fine,
here you go. But, I don’t want more than $100 to be used to pay for your employees’ wages; I want most of
my money to go to computer chips and other materials. I also don’t want you to use more than $70 on your
rent, insurance, electricity for this store, or research and development because I don’t want to buy from a
store that has more than 10% in overhead. After one year, you need to report to me exactly what my $700
paid for.”
Sustainability Myth: “Hey, I hear the iPhone 6S is totally awesome! You have some on sale? Cool!
But…how will you keep your operations going after I buy an iPhone 6S and I am no longer here? How do
you guarantee that you will be here selling iPhones to other customers? What is your plan to not be so dependent on customers? Sorry, but although I hear great things about your phone, I can only buy phones
from stores that I know will survive and be around for the long run.”
Track Record/Outcomes: “You sold 300 million units of iPhones and made a gazillion dollars? That’s
great, but that’s an output, not an outcome. What impact did you make? Did you measure how owning an
iPhone has transformed the lives of customers? Did they access more educational opportunities? Did family members feel a stronger sense of connection to each other? Did owning iPhones reduce the crime rates,
and if so, how much money did society save by having fewer people visit the emergency room? Did you do
a pre-and-post-purchase survey and have a comparison group of people who did not use an iPhone? Also,
can you disaggregate these results into race, ethnicity, gender, age, and geography?”.
Those are just some of the challenges we face. Despite these challenges, nonprofits all over the world continue to survive and do their important and complex work. We are like metal shelf pins, helping to lift up the
shelves of our community.
This does not mean that we nonprofits don’t have things to learn from you businesses. We do, but let’s
agree that have things to learn from each other. We appreciate your support and encouragement and know
you mean well, but before you start #bizsplaining things to us nonprofits, please spend some time actually
listening, learning, and understanding context.
I got into a discussion with someone regarding nonprofits’ unfairly being asked to act more like businesses
without having access to the same flexibility and resources. His solution: Nonprofits should be more
“startuppy.” That’s an idea to consider. But you do realize that 90% of start-ups fail, right? Heck, over half of
all businesses fail in general, and 46% of that can be attributed to incompetence, according to this.
Businesses are awesome, and we rely on you to do our jobs, and failure is a critical part of the process.
That’s why we nonprofits don’t come up to you and say things like, “Hey, you know what you businesses
should do? Have more group discussions about why you fail so often. Maybe do something we like to call
‘brainstorming.’ Have you heard of it? And make sure there’s hummus, because hummus has lots of protein, good for cognitive functions. We nonprofits have hummus at our brainstorms all the time.”
We don’t often nonprofitsplain, thanks for considering. Your nonprofit pals.
Full article at http://nonprofitwithballs.com/2016/03/dear-business-people-please-stop-bizsplaining-things-to-us-nonprofit-folks/
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Understanding the co-op model and its importance to NZ
By Craig Presland, Chief Executive of Cooperative Business New Zealand
The co-operative business model has stood the test of time and thrives throughout the world, while
New Zealand is an outstanding example of its enduring success. With Member ownership and sustainability at its heart, the co-operative business model goes back almost three centuries to its origins in the
UK. In New Zealand our first known co-operative was formed on John Mathieson’s dairy farm on the Otago
Peninsula in 1871 and is part of what we now know as Fonterra.
NZ currently has over 100 registered co-operative businesses and organisations. Together, they have
combined annual revenues exceeding $NZ 43 billion – that’s almost 15% of our GDP.
“The United Nations declared New Zealand’s to be the world’s most co-operative economy following a survey of 145 countries.”
Co-operative Members are usually either suppliers or customers of their organisation although some overseas-based co-operatives are owned by their staff. The business model is reasonably simple: benefits are
provided to Members either on the basis of volumes supplied and/or the amount of business transacted
with the organisation. In the case of volumes supplied, an initial (opening) price is paid for products such as
milk, meat and horticultural products by the organisation at the beginning of the financial year with a final
payout provided at the end of the year once annual returns are finalised. With consumer-owned cooperatives, prices for products (such as building products or fertilizer) or services (such as banking or insurance) are charged to customers with a year-end rebate/dividend paid back to customers once annual
returns become finalised.
The co-operative business model is based on economic, social and environmental sustainability. Cooperatives which, through their long-term endurance and successes over decades and centuries, offer stable employment for people, including over 43,000 jobs in NZ at present. These jobs are critical to social and
economic wellbeing. Of Cooperative Business NZ’s Full Members, 70% have been in business more than
25 years while three are over 100 years old, including Fonterra at 145 years. The dairy giant is NZ’s largest
organisation by far with a strong co-operative philosophy that has been able to operate successfully over
the years and decades despite fluctuating market conditions. Also we have three co-operative financial institutions which have over 350,000 Members (customers) between them i.e. Co-op Money NZ, The Cooperative Bank and Rabobank. That’s almost 8% of all Kiwis.
“Co-operatives rarely close down.”
Products and services are provided over the long term by trusted organisations and brands, there is job security and decent working conditions, fair and reasonable employment terms and conditions, gender equality and equal employment opportunities.
While our geographical remoteness is welcomed given world conflict, it presents us with challenges in
terms of overseas trade competitiveness. This, along with our small size (i.e. limited local market), has resulted in the need for Kiwis to be more innovative which is often talked about when considering NZ’s past.
“We need to be more co-operative and collaborative.”
A key strength of co-operatives is that the business model is about sustainability – economically, environmentally and socially. These organisations are dedicated towards serving their Members optimally each
year, and over the longer term, providing enduring service while also giving back to along the way. They
are not organisations that are owned and controlled by outside investors.
We have a proven and successful business model here, why would we want to move away from it?
Full article at http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1609/S00228/understanding-the-co-op-model-and-its-importance-to-nz.htm
Greater Christchurch Psychosocial Committee
- latest 6 month update
Background
The greater Christchurch Psychosocial Committee plans, coordinates, promotes, and monitors the psychosocial recovery and wellbeing of the population of greater Christchurch.
The Psychosocial Committee is an interagency group which came into existence in September 2010 with
the aim of ensuring appropriate supports are in place for the population to recover from the earthquakes.
Together, we are responsible for overseeing the delivery of the Community in Mind Strategy’s Shared Programme of Action which includes numerous initiatives, services and supports, including the 0800 CanterSEWN NEWS Otautahi
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bury Support line, the Earthquake Support Coordination Service, free counselling, and the ‘All Right?’ campaign.
The Committee meets monthly and convenes more frequently if needed. Meetings focus on surveying the
psychosocial landscape to identify emerging or ongoing wellbeing issues within greater Christchurch and
how to address these.
Achievements
 Successful transfer of responsibility for psychosocial recovery, including the Canterbury Wellbeing
Index and Canterbury Wellbeing Survey, from CERA to Ministry of Health/Canterbury DHB.
 Rapid response to Valentine’s Day 2016 earthquake – ‘All Right?’
 Facebook page provided reassuring messages. Over 60,000 people accessed the messages on the
day. Committee briefed Ministry of Health regarding need for ongoing response.
 Provided feedback on a review of the Ministry of Health document, Planning for individual and
community recovery in an emergency event – Principles for psychosocial support.
 Regular feedback provided to EQC on their communications to customers.
Continuing conversations / challenges
 Workforce wellbeing.
 Repairs and land settlements.
 Scan of the funding environment.
 Evolving services to meet emerging needs when no extra resource is available.
 Lack of high quality data on 0 – 18 year olds.
Find out more
Community in Mind strategy http://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/community-in-mind/
Canterbury Wellbeing Survey http://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/wellbeing-survey/
Canterbury Wellbeing Index http://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/canterbury-wellbeing-index/
High poverty and inequality: a not so new normal
The latest Household Incomes in New Zealand 2015 Report indicates relatively little improvement and none
if you are captured in the children in most hardship measure (40% Rel measure). No matter how the numbers are presented there are 230,000 children still living in poverty (22%).
A small downward trend in child poverty is, as Minister Anne Tolley said, “going in the right direction” but,
as CPAG points out, this is far too slow, with 230,000 children still living in poverty. At 22% the child poverty
rate remains at nearly double the 12% of the mid-1980s before the huge increase in inequality and poverty
began. If New Zealand had that rate now we would have 100,000 fewer children in poverty.
Generation Inequality
The thirty-year story of inequality means an entire generation is growing up in a lop-sided society where a
small group of wealthy people enjoy high incomes and increasing wealth at the expense of the rest of New
Zealand.
Three key measures of inequality are up on the previous year and show inequality remains at record levels
in New Zealand. Inequality measured by so-called Gini co-efficient, has gone back almost to the record
high from 2011. The alternative measure, the so-called P90:10 ratio, is also up. A newer measure that New
Zealand will have to report on as part of its international commitment to the Sustainable Development
Goals, is the inequality goal that requires countries to increase the share on income that goes to the lowest
40% of incomes. In New Zealand this share has actually fallen below 20% over the past three years,
which means inequality is rising. Taken together the message is clear – inequality is sitting around the
record levels reached in 2011 and is not showing any sign of decreasing, and indeed seems likely to further
increase.
Housing costs, low welfare benefits and low wages drive poverty
Housing costs are among the leading influences on the high poverty levels, as the Child Poverty Monitor,
UNICEF and Every Child Counts have all pointed out. For people on low incomes it is rent costs that have
the most effect on their poverty levels. Half of the 230,000 children in poverty live in private rental housing,
another fifth in Housing NZ housing – that means seven out of ten children in poverty living in rental housing.
The number of those children in most hardship (40% REL measure) is not decreasing and the main reason
for this is that benefit rates are not increasing. The benefit increases from April 2016 are not included in this
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2015 survey but even those small increases will not lift families out of the deepest poverty and no further
poverty reduction policies have been announced since then. Added to that is the problem of low wages that
mean four out of every ten children in poverty are in households with at least one person in full employment.
http://nzccss.org.nz/library/vr/Vulnerability-Report-22-June-2016.pdf
Extreme Inequality Is Not Driven by Merit,
but by Rent-Seeking and Luck
By Didier Jacobs and Sam Pizzigati, 2016 September 19
Defenders of our deeply unequal global economic order had to put in a bit of overtime last month. They had
to explain away the latest evidence - from the global charity Oxfam - on how concentrated our world’s
wealth has become. A challenging task.
Back in 2010, Oxfam’s new stats show (www.oxfam.org.uk/media-centre), the world’s 62 richest billionaires
collectively held $1.1 trillion in wealth, far less than the $2.6 trillion that then belonged to humanity’s least
affluent half.
Now the numbers have reversed. The world’s top 62 billionaires last year held $1.76 trillion in wealth, the
bottom half of the world only $1.75 trillion. “Far from trickling down,” Oxfam concludes, “income and wealth
are instead being sucked upwards at an alarming rate.”
Flacks for grand fortune have a justification for this top-heavy state of affairs. We live, they assure us, in a
meritocracy. Those with great wealth have made great contributions. They merit their “success.” If we want
to encourage talent and hard work, we simply have to accept the inequality that meritocracy will inevitably
produce.
Do our grandest fortunes really reflect merit? Oxfam economist Didier Jacobs last year set out to examine
that question, and he has just published a paper (www.oxfam.org/en/research/extreme-wealth-not-merited)
that offers a fresh new take on meritocracy and the rhetoric and reality behind it. Here are some main
points from an interview from Too Much with Jacobs:
 Many philosophers see talent as genetically or socially inherited. Even effort, stands largely - if not
completely - out of an individual’s control. Gifted people raised in supportive environments with access
to great opportunities will find working hard to nurture their talents much easier than folks who lack a
supportive environment. Proponents of meritocracy don’t consider inherited wealth to be merited. So
why should the wealth that comes from inherited talent be merited?
 But what economists mean by rent goes far beyond what the general public sees as rent. what qualifies
as “rent-seeking” behavior? Put simply, economists define rent as the difference between what people
are paid and what they would have to be paid to do the work anyway. In other words, a rent is excess
income, income that does not generate any effort. So if your farmland happens to be more fertile than
surrounding farmland, you get more production out of it for the same effort, and that extra income you
get is a rent. Rent-seeking entails getting hold of wealth produced by others. Lobbying government to
obtain a subsidy is an example.
 Apple’s business model relies heavily on two types of rents: intellectual property and “tying,” obliging
customers to buy Apple hardware and software bundled together. And Apple, like most large tech companies, also benefits from another major source of rent: network externalities. A network externality exists when consumers draw value from other consumers using the same product, such that the company
that manages to get a critical mass of consumers tends to attract many more of them. A classic example would be Facebook. Most people use Facebook simply because all their friends use Facebook. A
competing site might have a better user interface, but switching to that site would defeat the purpose of
social networking.
 Don’t get me wrong, Steve Jobs deserved to be rich. I have no doubt he made a considerable contribution to humanity through talent and hard work. But I argue that he did not deserve to be extremely rich
because his wealth derived in large part from rents.
 The IT industry essentially resembles the mining industry in one respect. Digging gold can be useful to
society, and the mining company that wins a tender to dig a specific field will usually be better than its
competitors. But that company did not create the gold, and that’s why governments usually charge royalties for the privilege to dig it out. It is these network externalities that create the extreme wealth con-
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centration. I would say that these externalities belong to society, just like underground gold, and so the
wealth they generate ought to be shared. Even mainstream economics as the Economist suggests it.
Forbes identifies the billionaires who have inherited their wealth and also notes the countries and industries where each billionaire’s wealth originated. This information lets us quantify the proportion of the
world’s billionaire wealth by different categories. So we can calculate how much billionaire wealth
comes from inheritance. We can also calculate how much may come from cronyism, which I define as
wealth generated in both a corruption-prone country and a state-dependent industry. And we can calculate how much billionaire wealth may come from market failures such as monopoly, which I define as
wealth derived from finance and IT. Altogether, my research traces 65 percent of the world’s billionaire
wealth to the rents of cronyism, inheritance, and monopoly.
Every billionaire’s wealth today depends on having access to a large population that’s linked through a
globalized economy. The more this global economy grows, the richer our billionaires get. This growth
happens independently from any one individual’s effort and talent, so we can’t say that billionaires deserve the profits that go hand in hand with economic growth. Indeed, billionaires do not deserve the
large population that makes their fortunes possible. They were just born into it — and that raises the
question of whether society should put a ceiling on wealth concentration.
If current public policy remains unchanged, we’ll almost certainly see a trillionaire one day, simply because the global population and economy is likely to continue growing.
Meritocracy is about contributing to society through talent and effort, but also through risk taking. Every
billionaire has made several big calculated bets — they knew they could lose it all. That brings us to my
last critique of meritocracy: the inequity between the talented and hard-working people who take a bet
and win and the equally talented and hard-working people who take a bet and lose. Both winners and
losers here rank as equally deserving. Yet the one can be thousands of times wealthier than the other
only because of luck. Our growing inequality reflects a society with more and more “winner-takes-all”
markets, where many talented individuals compete for ever fewer top spots. In the end, the winners often owe their place to chance.
I would like to depersonalize the inequality debate. Extreme inequality is not driven by the merit or vices
and virtues of particular individuals, but by social, economic, and political forces. At Oxfam, we have an
intimate knowledge of the “poverty traps” that keep people in poverty. My new paper is about the
“wealth traps” that concentrate wealth in ever fewer hands.
Full article here: http://evonomics.com/extreme-inequality-not-driven-merit-wealth/
HAVE YOUR SAY
SEWN alerts readers to consultation processes or lobbying initiatives that we think are of particular relevance to the
social services sector or to non-profit organisations. However you can keep an eye out for issues of importance to
you or your organisation by regularly visiting the following websites:
Christchurch City Council consultations: http://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/have-your-say/whats-happeningnow/consultations/
Central government consultations: http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/pb/sc/businesssummary/00DBHOH_BSC_SCALL_1/bills-before-select-committees
There is no justification for using the welfare system to
economically punish sole mothers and their children.
Our welfare system should ensure that sole mothers
are able to have the financial security and independence necessary to care for themselves and their children. Please sign and share the online petition. http://www.aaap.org.nz/stopthesanctions
Auckland Action Against Poverty (AAAP) has
launched a new campaign to stop Work & Income
sanctions against sole mothers who do not identify the
father of their child. It is supported by Child Poverty
Action Group. AAAP is calling for the removal of Sections 176, 177, 178 from the Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill: These sections impose a weekly
sanction of $22 or more on beneficiary sole mothers
who have not identified the father of their child. These
sanctions are putting into further hardship families already struggling to survive. In addition, women who try
and have the sanction lifted are forced to share intimate details of their lives, including histories of violence and abuse, to Work and Income Case Managers in open plan offices, and then have these stories
verified by a lawyer.
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Education (Update) Amendment Bill amends the
Education Act 1989, and sets out objectives to guide
the education system in the early childhood and schooling sectors. These objectives inform the setting of the
Government’s priorities for these sectors through the
statement of National Education and Learning Priorities,
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lows a focus on children and young people and their
educational outcomes. Details and online submission at
govt link above.
proach to disability support services. Click on the link to
read the document explaining how to provide feedback
on your own experience supporting disabled people in
your community.
Closes 11th November.
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www.enablinggoodlives.co.nz/gatheringinformation
Closes Friday, 21 October 2016
Enabling Good Lives approaches to supporting dis-
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abled people. The Ministries of Health, Education and
Social Development are asking for feedback on the innovative approaches and practices providers and
communities have developed to support disabled people to have greater choice and control over their supports and lives.
Action Station is a great NGO and website to see
what submissions are open and how to quickly submit
an email or sign a petition on a current issue.
http://www.actionstation.org.nz/campaigns or
https://www.facebook.com/ActionStationNZ
This will help inform the development of advice to Government on how to apply the Enabling Good Lives ap-
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NON-PROFIT SECTOR NEWS & NOTICES
good working order. Contact:
[email protected]
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Social worker registration and qualifications
There is considerable change ahead for social workers
and mandatory registration is very likely to proceed.
The Social Workers Registration Board is supporting
those unqualified workers in the social service sector
who consider they may have enough social work practice experience to be eligible for registration to investigate this possibility. They will require extensive social
work practical experience, particularly before 2003
when the legislation came into effect to compensate
for not having a social work qualification. Typically this
is 10 – 15 years of experience prior to 2003 and continuing experience since then in a number of fields of
practice.
Those interested to contact by email and to include a
comprehensive CV to [email protected]
Migrant Worker Research Report - Caritas New Zealand has recently launched a new
report Stand up for what’s right – supporting migrant workers. The report is based on a smallscale qualitative research project about migrant
worker experiences and is in response to ongoing
accounts of the unfair treatment of migrant workers in New Zealand.
http://nzccss.org.nz/news/2016/09/15184/
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Alzheimers Canterbury has a new 0800
number for the Canterbury area ( ie 0800 444 776
) plus a West Coast 0800 number (ie 0800 259
226 ).
At present we are also building a new Website
and will advise you when this is up and running.
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Pathways are thankful for some donations they
are now looking for the following items: Drawers,
Bed stand x 2, Table small, Vacuum cleaner in
RESOURCES FOR YOU, YOUR COMMUNITY OR YOUR CLIENTS
Body Image Movement: Embrace your body, Em-
Rehua Marae Health Day Information sharing, fun
brace global change. The culture of body loathing and
body shaming has reached epic proportions worldwide. This leads women and girls to believe they’re not
as good as they should be. Every day they feel they’re
being judged on their appearance and how far away it
is from an unachievable ideal.
At the Body Image Movement our mission is
to celebrate the importance of body diversity by encouraging people to be more accepting of who they
are, to use positive language regarding their bodies
and others, and to prioritise health before beauty.
We have a community of like-minded women (and
men) who connect, converse, inspire and share their
stories via our Facebook page, our website and Twitter. We welcome your participation in this brave new
movement.
Find out how you can get involved here:
and whanaungatanga
When: 9am to 12noon, 8th October
Venue: Rehua Marae, 79 Springfield Road
Contact: Maureen McManus 0273000955
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A guide to conversations with young people about
drugs & alcohol.
Mohawk Media has developed new print resources to
support healthy ways of having conversations about
drugs and alcohol. These communication materials for
use by youth support workers and educators are available to order from the New Zealand Drug Foundation.
The videos are being used in training community, social and health workers by sharing facts about alcohol,
cannabis, and volatile substances.
www.drugfoundation.org.nz/educationresources
www.bodyimagemovement.com
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Adults pricing from $20. Family passes available
from $40! Get in quick for early bird pricing! A
percentage of ticket sales gets donated to St
John charity.
Enter now at http://www.summerstarter.co.nz/
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Men Building Relationships
This is a group for men who want to build stronger
relationships with the important people in their lives, partners, family members, friends or others. You will
have opportunities to learn to deal with conflict better,
communicate more effectively, gain greater understanding of yourself, and bring new life to the way you
relate to others. We will use a range of action methods and group discussion in our learning.
“I like me” - Building Healthy Self-Esteem and
Confidence: This course aims to improve your selfconfidence, build healthy self-esteem and help you
gain a stronger sense of self-worth and selfacceptance. We will explore what self-esteem is, how
low self-esteem develops and how it is maintained. It
will involve some group work and discussion, experiential learning and individual exercises.
 Learn to become aware of what you are thinking and feeling and learn how to change negative thought patterns and self-talk.
 Gain an understanding of how the brain works
and how to create new brain pathways
 Learn strategies and practices to help you live
your life with more confidence and self-belief.
When: Eight Tuesday nights, 11th Oct – 6th Dec,
2016, (no session 25th Oct)
6.30 – 9.00pm (please arrive at 6.15 for a 6.30 start)
Where: Forfar Courts, 95 Forfar St, St.Albans,
Christchurch
Cost: $60 –unwaged or low income, $120 –waged
Contact: Marcel - Phone / Txt 0274774439 or email
[email protected]
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ASB Summer Starter fun run and walk event.
Great local event to do with family and friends.
Location: Starts New Brighton Pier
Date: Sunday 27th November
Event: 4km & 10km fun run and walk
Fun extras: dogs are allowed on courses! Dress
up encouraged
Pricing: Children under 5 $5 (all $5 going to
charity!) Children aged between 5 -16 $10.
When: Tuesday 18, 25 October & 1 November 10.00
am – 12.00 pm or 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm.
Contact: The Women’s Centre 03 371 7414 [email protected] www.womenscentre.co.nz
RESOURCES FOR YOUR ORGANISATION OR GROUP
rangement at Christchurch Community House,
301 Tuam St.
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Updated Network Waitangi Otautahi Resources
2016 edition of The Treaty of Waitangi: Questions
and Answers?
(www.nwo.org.nz/files/qanda.pdf)and new 2015
edition of the NWO Treaty poster which includes
the new expression in English of the text of Te
Tiriti in Te Reo - and the conclusions on the Nga
Puhi Claim (WAI 1040) from the November 2014
decision of the Waitangi Tribunal.
New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse Pānui 2016 newsletter is now available to
read online www.NZFVC.org.nz. Content includes the
Department of Correction's proposed changes to improve support for female prisoners at risk of family violence and an overview of the Adolescent Health Research Group's recent report on student's experiences
of unwanted sexual contact.
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A new publication Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti provides reflections from Third Sector Organisations engaging with the Treaty at different stages
of their Treaty voyages. While each organisation
must track its own course this resource supports
organisations by outlining preparatory steps and
things to consider. One of the journeys referred to
in the above resource is the NZ Federation of
Multicultural Councils' Commitment to a Treatybased Multicultural New Zealand on which NWO
worked with the Federation.
MSD Household Incomes Report 2016
The Ministry of Social Development has released its
updated report for 2016 on the material wellbeing of
New Zealanders as indicated by their household incomes from 1982 to 2015. Read the report and accompanying documents www.msd.govt.nz/about-msdand-our-work/publicationsresources/monitoring/household-incomes/
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In addition to being available on the NWO website www.nwo.org.nz, high resolution, hard copies
of the poster(s) are available on the basis of koha, and above updated publications for $5 each +
p&p.
Speak Up-Korerotia Overcoming addiction with cohost Mallory Quail. In a very powerful show, guests
Doug Sellman (Uni of Otago's National Centre for Addiction), Damian Holt (Mental Health and Advocacy
and Peer Support MHAPS) and Marg Browne who is
recovering from an alcohol addiction talk about what
Contact [email protected] or phone 03
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addiction is - chemicals in the brain, cycles of shame
and guilt, why people can't 'just stop’
soundcloud.com/speakupkorerotia/2016-09-07overcoming-addiction
Collective Impact 3.0 An Evolving Framework
for Community Change Report
By Mark Cabaj and Liz Weaver
As part of Tamarack’s 2016 Community Change Series, Tamarack thought leader, Mark Cabaj, and Liz
Weaver decided to review the Collective Impact
framework with a new perspective.
http://www.civiccanopy.org/summit/collective-impact-30-liz-weaver-mark-cabaj/
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Women in the workplace: Women in management and quotas, parental leave, workplace policies
around family violence, Women's Empowerment
Principles, ethnic and disabled women in work, pay
equity ... just some of the topics covered by Dr Jackie
Blue (Equal Employment Commissioner at the Human Rights Commission), Angela McLeod (UN
Women Aotearoa) and Erin Ebborn of Ebborn
Law. soundcloud.com/speakupkorerotia/2016-09-21women-in-the-workplace
hrc.co.nz/speak-korerotia for podcasts and transcripts https://www.facebook.com/hrcspeakup/
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Knowing and Showing the 'Added Value' of
Community
By Trevor McGlinchey, NZCSS and Garth NowlandForeman, LEAD Centre for NFP Leadership
Trevor and Garth share the 2015 ‘Outcomes Plus’ research. This 60-minute webinar will help you to better
identify and describe the ‘real value’ your organisation
contributes, and how to use your data for good.
http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/outcomes-plus/
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The Canterbury Men’s Centre CMC has just
completed the “Mind the Gap: What those in the field
say about male victims of family violence” report based
on the initial project funded by the Department of Internal Affairs Community Internship Programme. CMC
have seen enough men come in needing care, with
abuse/violence by family whanau being the root cause
of their issues to build some knowledge of the patterns
of victimization of men. CMC believe that it is time
those men (and their associated family/children/whanau) receive care. Hopefully this report
adds to the likelihood of this happening.
http://canmen.org.nz/wpcontent/uploads/2012/06/Mind-the-Gap-Report.pdf
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Book: “Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy,
and Practice” from National Academies.
Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage
among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have "asked
for" this type of treatment, or deserved it. Sometimes,
even the child who is bullied begins to internalize this
idea. For many years, there has been a general acceptance and collective shrug when it comes to a child
or adolescent with greater social capital or power
pushing around a child perceived as subordinate. But
bullying is not developmentally appropriate; it should
not be considered a normal part of the typical social
grouping that occurs throughout a child's life.
Free PDF download at http://tinyurl.com/zstp76q
Available to buy US$79
10 Tips to Starting Local Based on the insights
from the Start Local Seminar, Inspiring Communities
have developed 10 actions to help you start local, let
it happen, make it work. Sitting alongside the post
seminar report the tips range from changing the
mindset, to letting go the reigns, to creating safe
spaces to share what works and what what doesn't.
These tips outline practical steps to effect locally-led
change.
Book: “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next
Great Adventure” by Daniel Quinn.
In Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there's no one right way to build
a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no
one right way to make a pair of shoes, but we're convinced that there must be only one right way to live -and the one we have is it, no matter what. Beyond
Civilization makes practical sense of the vision of Daniel Quinn's best-selling novel Ishmael. Examining ancient civilizations such as the Maya and the Olmec, as
well as modern-day microcosms of alternative living
like circus societies, Quinn guides us on a quest for a
new model for society, one that is forward-thinking and
encourages diversity instead of suppressing it. Beyond
Civilization is not about a "New World Order" but a
"New Personal World Order" that would allow people
to assert control over their own destiny and grant them
the freedom to create their own way of life right now -not in some distant utopian future. Available free online
at http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/beyondcivilization/
http://inspiringcommunities.org.nz/wpcontent/uploads/2016/04/Start-Local-Report-web.pdf
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CALD Cultural Competency Courses: DHB, PHO
and Non-Governmental Organisations’ workforces
across New Zealand are eligible to access free CALD
courses. CALD refers to culturally and linguistically
diverse groups who are migrants and refugees from
Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American and African
(MELAA) backgrounds.
eCALD® Services provides a range of online and
face-to face training courses for the New Zealand
health workforce to develop CALD cultural competencies, funded by the Ministry of Health All CALD
courses are CME/CNE/MOPS accredited with a Certificate of Completion provided after course completion.
For further information about courses and resources,
eligibility, cost and registration details please visit
www.eCALD.com
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FORUMS / EVENTS / TRAINING / DEVELOPMENT
Learn NZ Sign Language Term 4. 8 week cours-
Regenerating Our City: Next Steps an early
es, Beginner Level 1a and Level 1b,
Day time and evening classes
Course costs $60 per person
Email: [email protected]
Call/text: 379 8251 or 021 148 4609
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evening Healthy Christchurch Hui with: Ivan Iafeta
Chief Executive, Regenerate Christchurch and Peter
Townsend CE), Canterbury Employers' Chamber of
Commerce.
Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be available.
Date: Tuesday 11 October 2016
Time: 4.30 pm to 6.00pm
Location: Aoraki Room, Community and Public
Health, 310 Manchester Street
Book online: www.tinyurl.com/regeneratingourcity
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Christchurch Progressive Network October
Forum – The alternative media
This forum will look at the alternative media and
how it can be used to communicate ideas and sift
the useful from the useless.
When: Monday October 3rd, 7.15pm
Where: WEA Hall, 59 Gloucester Street
All welcome.
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MoH NGO Health & Disability Sector National
Forum 2016 Forum speakers include:

Hon. Dame Tariana Turia,
former Minister for Whanau Ora, Disability Issues
and the Community & Voluntary Sector
 Marama Parore, Pou Ahorangi – CEO, Te Rau
Matatini
 Keriana Brooking, Project Lead Transformation
Projects, Ministry of Health
 Carolyn Gullery, GM Planning & Funding, Canterbury DHB
 Edward Montague, Lead – Investments, The Social Investment Unit
 Kate Frykberg, Philanthropy & Community Advisor
 Derek Sherwood, Chair of the Council of Medical
Colleges NZ
The programme will explore themes in the new NZ
Health Strategy and how non-government organisations (NGOs) can respond to these and partner with
others in the sector to maximise positive outcomes for
mutual clients.
These 5 key themes are: One team, Closer to home,
Smart system, People powered and Value and high
performance
A full detailed programme will be available in mid-late
September, once we have finalised a few more specifics around timing, order etc, but you can BOOK NOW!.
Any non-profit health or disability provider is welcome
to attend – as are PHOs, DHBs, public servants and
others who want to engage with health sector NGOs.
When: Wednesday, 12 October 2016 from 8:30 AM to
3:45 PM
Where: Westpac Stadium, 105 Waterloo Quay, Wellington
Book: http://tinyurl.com/jrj4moo
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Peter Kenyon ABCD Workshop
First of a series organised by the Kete Foundation featuring stories and exercises for community
development practitioners interested in Asset
Based Community Development.
When: Friday 7 October, 8.30am - 3.30pm,
Where: Waimakariri Boardroom, BNZ Partners
Centre, Level 1, 5 Sir William Pickering Drive,
Russley.
Cost $585 +gst, registrations close 5 pm Friday
23 September.
Info: www.ketefoundation.org.nz
Registration: [email protected]
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Online course on the Social Determinants of
Health Explore the social, environmental and economic factors that affect health and how health professionals can improve health equity. The educators on
this course include Sir Michael Marmot and Sara
Thomas. Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and
age. These factors can all have an impact on health.
But what exactly are they and how much impact do
they have?
This free three-week online course will help you to understand health inequalities and how they are socially
driven. We will look at how health is affected by wider
determinants and how you can make a difference as a
health professional to close the health inequality gap.
Through a range of case studies from high to low income countries, you will gain a better understanding
of:
 social determinants of health;
 why health inequalities exist;
 and the role of health professionals and systems in
reducing health inequality.
The next course begins on Monday 10th October
2016.
http://tinyurl.com/DofHealth
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Cultural Awareness Training & The Treaty of
Waitangi Learn how the Treaty and biculturalism is
relevant to your workplace. A short course at introductory/refresher level. Experienced tutor and positive learning environment.
When:1-5pm, Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Venue: Quaker Centre, cnr Ferry Rd and Nursery Rd
Cost: $50. Certificate provided.
Enquiries: Cathy Sweet 0272568908,
[email protected]
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Christchurch Progressive Network November Forum –Launching a housing advocacy group for Christchurch
Special Guest Speakers:

Vanessa Kururangi – Convenor of the
Tauranga Housing Group which is fighting
government plans to sell state houses in
Tauranga

Alan Johnson – Salvation Army housing
spokesperson from Auckland

Rev Sheena Dickson - convenor of the
Church and Society Group at the Christchurch Presbytery.
This meeting will discuss the housing crisis for
families on low incomes and will launch a Christchurch housing advocacy group.
When: Monday November 7th, 7.15pm,
Where: WEA Hall, 59 Gloucester Street
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Working with Young Maori Ancient WisdomModern Solutions with Marcus Akuhata-Brown
When: Thursday 13 October, 9am - 3pm,
Where: Commodore Hotel, 449 Memorial Ave,
morning tea and lunch provided.
Price $235.
For more information and to book:
https://www.compass.ac.nz/seminars-bycity/christchurch?product_id=360
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Sensory Workshop Karen Laing (OT and Special
Needs Teacher) will be running a 3 hour workshop
called "Making Sense of the Senses". This workshop
is designed for caregivers/parents, teachers, and
other professionals working with children who want to
learn more about the senses and how to utilise strategies in home, school, and community settings.
When: 13 October (10am-1pm) or 15 October (1pm4pm)
Where: Sensory Corner
Cost: $55
Contact: [email protected]
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Volunteering New Zealand Conference
“Pivot – Linking Vision to Action”. Speakers from
UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Re(connect)
with old and new colleagues, develop your professional skills by attending one of three specialist workshops, become more productive with
Graham Allcott and Moya Sayer-Jones, gain insights into innovative organisational design
and much, much more.
When: 31 October,
Where: Rydges Wellington.
Cost: Early bird cost $219 members, $249 nonmembers.
http://www.volunteeringnz.org.nz/conference/
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Sexuality, Intimacy, Dementia & Older
People Alzheimers Canterbury presents an exciting day of presentations exploring this important topic featuring a range of speakers including:
Professor Yoram Barak, Psychiatrist CDHB; Dr.
Michelle Dhanak, Gerontologist, CDHB;
Julie Watson, Auckland's Rainbow Trust; Helen
Mounsey, Sex Therapist
When: 8.45am to 4pm, 18th October
Where: Te Hapua Halswell Centre, 341 Halswell
rd
Cost: $110 including lunch. Booking essential.
Register: [email protected]
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Tonic Conference is in its 8th year. Tonic Conference is one of New Zealand's most vibrant, best value
events for the community sector. It covers all the aspects of running a non-profit organisation including
fundraising, marketing, management, governance and
volunteer issues.
Speakers at this year’s conference include:
 Campbell Hill - www.goodneighbour.co.nz
 Kat Jenkins - www.multitude.co.nz
 Amanda Hema - The Stakeholder Agent
 Jim Datson - professional fundraiser
Where: Historic Village, 17th Avenue, Tauranga
When: Thursday 10th - Friday 11th November 2016
Early Bird: $360 per person (prior to 1 August)
Full Registration: $415 per person (after 1 August)
Optional Conference Dinner (Thursday Night): $55pp
To Register: Email [email protected] for a registration
form or click here to register online
http://www.exult.co.nz/index.php/register-for-tonicconference/
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Tinnitus Hearing Workshop includes specialist speakers.
When: 10am -3pm, Wednesday 19th October
Where: Hearing Support Christchurch, 275 Riccarton Road
RSVP: [email protected]
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TEDxChristchurch: 3600 will be a feast for the
mind, body and soul. We bring together curious,
open, passionate people to be intrigued, inspired,
provoked and uplifted.
When: All day, Saturday, 29th October
Where: Isaac Theatre Royal
www.tedxchristchurch.com/2016/
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round of development workshops. Time has been
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date, and started to form some key concepts, priorities, focus areas, and actions that would form the
core of a resilience strategy for the next 10 years.
We would like to test and verify these with you
now, to check we are correctly representing your
points of view, to refine them where necessary,
and – with your help – to dig deeper into some
key aspects of resilience to make sure what we’re
aiming for is both ambitious, but realistic.
ership aspirations and maximise opportunities for
personal growth and advancement.”
When: 12 – 15 December
Where: Wharewaka, Wellington.
Standard cost for full conference approx $4,000
– group discounts and single day attendances
available. Programme and register:
http://liquidlearninggroup.com/documents/WML12
16Z/WML1216Z_E.pdf
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When: 16 Nov – Christchurch (10am-1.30pm, incl
lunch; venue TBA)
Register: at [email protected] giving
your details, the workshop(s) you want to attend, and
any dietary requirements. Please feel free to distribute
to any of your stakeholders, the workshops should be
relevant for anyone and everyone who has a concern
for or interest in resilience.
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International Community Development
Conference 2017 - In 2015 member states of
the UN adopted Agenda 2030 including the 17
Goals for Sustainable Development bringing together goals for social environmental and economic aspiration within a sustainability model.
Delivery is to be effected by collaborations between state, private sector and civil society. The
conference will address the challenge of Agenda
2030 to Community Development practitioners,
agencies and academics.
White Ribbon Dinner Live entertainment, keynote
speakers and Award Presentations.
When: 6pm till 10pm, Saturday 19th November
Where: Alexandra Park Function Centre, Tasman
Room – Level 1
Cost: Tickets are $50 Per Person or $500 A Table
Contact: Raewyn Bhana – 0800 367 942 [email protected]
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Call for papers are open: Do you or someone
you know want to contribute to the conference?
There are a number of ways to do this including
Oral presentations, Practice workshops, Poster
presentations and in the Conference Film Festival.
When: 15-17 February 2017. 9am-4.30pm
Where: Auckland
Registrations are open! Early Bird Discount $410 - Full Price $455
Member of a Charity or NGO: Early Bird Discount $340 - Full price $380
Student: Early Bird Discount $170 full price $190
Early bird discount for registrations before 30th
November
http://www.aotearoacommunitydevelopmentassoc
iation.com/2017-cd-conference
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Neuroscience Extenstion Training – NExT
Professional Development Workshop. The Brainwave
Trust are pleased to offer a two-day interactive workshop for those who wish to understand more fully the
importance of the early years for children’s health and
wellbeing throughout life.
This workshop will provide delegates with a deeper
knowledge of child brain development from multiple
academic disciplines.
Dates
28th and 29th November
Times
9.00 – 5pm each day
Venue
Wellington St John’s in the City | Cnr Willis & Dixon Streets | Wellington, NZ
Cost
$595 per person (incl GST)
Register: http://www.brainwave.org.nz/events/next/
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Show Your Ability 2017 is aiming to get more
disabled people and whanau to attend, so that
people can be fully informed of the support options that are available in New Zealand. Exhibition travelling ton NZ main centres.
When: 9am – 2pm, 20th February
Where: Pioneer Stadium, Christchurch
www.showyourability.co.nz
Third Maori Women’s Leadership Summit
“Key strategies to motivate and inspire Maori
women across all sectors to embrace their lead-
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FUNDING
The Community-Led Development Programme is
open and will help build strong and resilient communities
over the long term. Up to five years of intensive support,
underpinned by community-led development principles,
and access to holistic flexible funding will be available to
the communities selected to partner with the Department
of Internal Affairs (DIA).
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DIA is inviting communities of place, interest or attribute,
and hapū and iwi, to indicate interest in participating. Six
to ten communities will be identified through a contestable process which is now open, and closes in midFebruary 2017.
Funding for the CLDP starts at $1 million in 2016-17, rising to $3.56 million in 2019-20.
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More information, including details on how to apply, is
available on www.communitymatters.govt.nz, or from any
of DIA’s regional offices.
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The William Toomey Charitable Trust Charities
that assist worthy causes. Applications Open: 10
November Close16 December 2016. Advisory
Trustees Meet: January/February 2017
All information, guidelines and application forms at
www.trustees.co.nz
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Rata Foundation If you have any questions about the
changes to our grant application process please check
out the Funding section of our website and in particular
the Frequently Asked Questions section
http://www.ratafoundation.org.nz/funding to learn How
We Fund and What We Fund or call one of our team on
0508 266 878.
Upcoming Funding Dates
Lotteries:
Lottery Community (Regional and National)
Open 26 October closes 7 December 2016 and
decision between 6 and 17 March 2017
Lottery Community Sector Research: Open 2 November closes 14 December 2016 and decision between 20
and 31 March 2017
http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/Funding-andgrants---Lottery-grants
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Rotary were asked by CERA to help strengthen communities. Applicants to the fund can apply for up to $500
for small neighbourhood events and up to $4,000 for
larger community events.
www.rotaryneighbourhood.org.nz
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Working Together More Fund Closes 21 Octo-
Trustees Executors is proud to administer six funds
including the following:
ber 2016 www.workingtogether.org.nz
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Sargood Bequest closes 31 December up to
The Kingston Sedgfield (NZ) Charitable
Trust Education and rehabilitation of young people.
Prefers Otago area but will consider other. Applications are open year round and are considered at
the end of each month
New Brighton Community Gardens
$5000. www.sargoodbequest.org.nz
Creative NZ:
Quick Response Closes 4th Nov 2016.
Creative Communities always open.
http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/find-funding/funds
Social Equity and Wellbeing Network Inc - Tuia te Oranga
Charities Commission Registration No: CC26511
Ph: 03 366 2050
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: SEWNchch
This newsletter is stitched together by Social Equity and Wellbeing Network / Tuia te Oranga with the generous support of the Rata Foundation, the Lottery Grants Board, COGS and the Christchurch City Council.
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