Closing the Gap have done further work on a series of videos about inequality in Aotearoa. You can view these videos on their website: www.closingthegap.org.nz You can also access them through Facebook and Twitter from the website or view them on Youtube here:
Dr Anna Casey Cox and Dr Rose Black, the result of discussions with 16 Hamilton community and social service organisations found that people with limited resources and complex needs are struggling to access the income, food and accommodation that they need.
Refer http://povertyactionwaikato.org
CPAG’s latest publication is Laybying our Future: The State of Student Hardship in New Zealand.
Refer to www.cpag.org.nz/resources/publications/publications/ for more information.
See the Otumoetai College students’ videos on inequality here and share them with friends and colleagues:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOLt4TafMRE5hCmaXuVmTy1P5NuuJpnZA
Here is also an article on the production of the videos:
http://www.theweekendsun.co.nz/news/906-westie-lectures-students.html
In our increasingly fast paced and fragmented world, it’s becoming harder and harder to get traction on the issues that really matter. That’s why even the most effective progressive organisations are working to review their framing and messaging. These training days on Friday 19 August in Auckland and Monday 22 August in Wellington will build on the important work done in New Zealand last year by messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio
For details, refer here.
Attached to the following link is a fascinating document on New Zealand’s current crisis of poverty and inequality: https://equalitynetwork.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Framing-the-Future-final-May-2016.docx
See the Otumoetai College students’ videos on inequality on www.closingthegap.org.nz and share them with friends and colleagues. Google Robyn Malcolm. Closing the gap to see the local coverage for the project.
The PSA is bringing Mark Chenery to run workshops in Auckland on the 19 August and in Wellington on the 22 August. More details to follow. Refer www.commoncause.org.au for more details about Mark and his research on people’s values.
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Read a social worker’s perspective on the recent report from the Expert Panel: Investing in New Zealand’s children and their families. 7 April 1916
“There are some good things in this report and there are also some things which are deeply disturbing for the future of the most impoverished and marginalised families in Aotearoa -New Zealand. Alarms are also raised for the future of social work, particularly statutory child protection.
Poor outcomes’ are seen to be caused by the family environment of children and their own complex needs. There is no reference to social inequality – inadequate incomes, housing and health services – or to the economic reproduction of these social deficits”.