The theme we’ve chosen this year is “Getting into focus” and we’re planning a workshop-based programme around the issues of collaboration and our proposed name change. Please diary this important date now!
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News & Views
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Wednesday 22 September is our AGM
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Making room for more than one vision of social housing
Friday, August 27th, 2010Posted in Government Relationships, Housing | No Comments »David McCartney, Executive Officer, Community Housing Aotearoa
The pros and
cons of the recently released Ministerial advisory group report on social housing—Home and Housed: A Vision for Social Housing in New Zealand—deserve a more constructive public debate than the carefully managed period set aside to 17 September for stakeholder engagement is likely to provide. (more…) -
What is ‘Community infrastructure’?
Friday, July 30th, 2010Posted in Local Government | Comments OffLast week we made an oral submission to the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Local Government Amendment Bill. (more…)
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Join the conversation!
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Posted in Government Relationships | Comments OffMany have read our news item and blog post from our 16 July 2010 New & Views issue expressing reservations about the draft Relationship Agreement with Government. We’re delighted that a number have now joined our conversation! Comments received corroborate what we said, and raise other questions. We encourage our readers to check these out, and please add your own comments to connect to the online conversation we’ve now started! (more…)
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Draft Relationship Agreement with Government feels hollow
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Posted in Government Relationships | 10 Comments »The Steering Group Kia Tutahi Standing Together, appointed by Minister Turia to develop a relationship agreement between Government and the sector, is running a series of hui around the country in July and August. This week we attended one for national organisations and it was very lively discussion! We want to share the issues we raised at this meeting for our members to consider, and hopefully you can use as a basis for you to participate in other hui around the country and send us your comments. (more…)
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A very strong demand that the words must be matched by deeds this time
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Posted in Government Relationships | Comments Off
I attended a consultation meeting in Waitakere. It was well attended but not full, which may be a comment in itself.There was a predominant feeling that the work on this must continue, however that was matched by a good degree of scepticism, and a very strong demand that the words must be matched by the deeds this time. A number of people expressed the ‘been there done that, got it on vinyl, cassette tape and CD!’ the lament of a world-weary, recycled sector. (more…)
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Maybe a different interpretation is required?
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Posted in Charities | Comments OffThe National Council of Women of New Zealand is currently feeling the cold hand of, not charity, but the Charities Commission. (more…)
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News from ICSW
Friday, July 9th, 2010Posted in International | Comments Off
The June 2010 ICSW Global Cooperation newsletter reports on the recent, highly successful 2010 Joint World Conference in Hong Kong.For the first time this century the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) and the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) combined their conferences.
This was registered as a stunning success.
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Decision to deregister charities seen as short-sighted
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010Posted in Charities | Comments OffNZFVWO supported in principle the establishment of the Charities Commission and has since worked hard to engage with it in its roles of registration and education. (more…)
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Private Prisons, Whare Oranga Ake and changes within Corrections — a dollar ‘3 ways’ for the Government?
Monday, June 28th, 2010Posted in Punishment | Comments Off
New Zealand once again has the ability to contract out the management of its prisons. Alongside this has been the recent raising of some $140 million of a public infrastructure bond, some of which will be used for a new prison for men at Wiri in South Auckland due by 2014. A Request for Proposal to operate the Auckland Central Remand Prison and Mt Eden has been tendered to four private prison contractors in the last few weeks to commence the management of this joint site in 2011. (more…)