Community Research Newsletter | February 2022
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Nau mai haere mai
Whakatairangatia i te mana o te rangahau ā-hāpori me te mahi tahi
Raising the mana of community knowledge – together
Webinar: Te Tiriti - Take action.
Take you and your organisation forward in actioning Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Hear from our He Kōrero podcast movers and shakers, including Dr Kathie Irwin, Dr Chelsea Grootveld and Ali Hamlin-Paenga and bring your own courageous pātai-questions.
Mon 28 February 2022 10:45am NZ Time. Book here.
He Kōrero podcast launch and Te Tiriti resources
Check out our brand new podcast channel He Kōrero with a new podcast series, Te Tiriti Kōrero, launched on Waitangi Day. This focuses on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the way different practitioners apply its intent and principles in their respective mahi.
To accompany the series, we have gathered Te Tiriti resources to help you put Te Tiriti into action and become dynamic Tiriti partners.
Listen to the podcasts and read the resources here.
New Research: Te Ora Tinana Project
Sport Waitaki completed a study to identify the physical activity needs and aspirations of Māori, Pasifika, and disabled communities in their area. They used wānanga, talanoa and individual interviews to gather this information which is being used to inform the development of new initiatives to help these groups get more active and have a voice around the table.
Read the report here.
Telling the stories of our researcher whānau: Nadeera Ranabahu
Dr Nadeera Ranabahu believes research needs to have a bigger impact. Nadeera is a researcher and teacher at University of Canterbury. She’d like to see research shared more widely, and used more often by practitioners, and policy makers in public sectors.
Kia ora Nadeera - thank you for sharing your story with us.
Read the full story here.
Te Tiriti-based Futures and Anti-Racism 2022
Community Research is proud to be partnering with Te Tiriti-based futures + Anti-racism 2022, an innovative (inter)national, online and offline, Te Tiriti-based, anti-racism and decolonisation event in Aotearoa.
There is an incredible line up of speakers and leaders who will discuss institutional racism and anti-racism, decolonisation, building Te Tiriti-based futures and transforming our constitution.
19 - 28 March 2022. Check it out here.
What does retirement look like for Māori?
To explore this question, Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission are inviting Māori to complete their online survey about retirement and growing older.
Please note, the survey is only for people who identify as Māori and aged 18 or over. It closes on 30 April 2022.
More details and the survey link here.
Niho Taniwha - Embedding evaluation in your mahi
Are you interested in embedding evaluative thinking and practice into your work, and in growing a values-based, tikanga-led and evidence-informed approach to evaluating your mahi? The Centre for Social Impact invite you to watch the recording of their 2021 webinar which shares The Southern Initiative’s learning from developing its Niho Taniwha framework and toolset, and the essence of the Niho Taniwha approach.
