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I Love Avondale: Kai Avondale
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It takes a neighbourhood to find a cat
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Rhetoric versus Reality
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Tatau Pounamu Collective
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Field Catalyst Thinking
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How Communities Awaken
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Fostering Active Citizenship — Learning from Taranaki
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From small places come big things – The story of the Rakiura Museum
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Storytelling helps us to identify common values, it gives people a voice, it helps us learn, it engages us, it connects us. Storytelling builds community and can be a force for change.

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Thank you for inspiring us, and others, through your important mahi.

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COMMUNITIES FEEDING COMMUNITIES

The Communities Feeding Communities vision is more than just providing food for families, it’s about feeding them spiritually and ensuring relationships are valued and supported, putting into practice the Te Whare Tapu Wha model.

Resource

HE MANAWA MĀORI

Key observations from CLD kōrero with Māori. "Every narrative was majestic in its breath and depth and on every occasion, I found myself a privileged witness to the amazing quite miraculous efforts of so many for so long"

Training

MICRO-CREDENTIAL

Inspiring Communities is thrilled to bring you a recognised micro-credential that enables you to bring together, reflect on and share all you have learnt about applying Community-led Development in your mahi.

Powerdigm

POWERED BY INSPIRING COMMUNITIES

Child rich communities

KO AU

In a landscape of intergenerational and present-day trauma – the Ko Au programme is a game changer developed from identifying mental health, whānau breakdowns and poverty as causes of mamae for local youth and themselves. Read their story

Resources

TE REO

Explore our Te reo resources to support you in the use of karakia, waiata and whakatauki.

Kia tau
karakia whakamutunga

Kia tau kia tā tou katoa
Te ā io, te aroha me te marutau
Tihei Mauri Ora

May peace, love, and safety
Be upon us all
Tihei Mauri Ora