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Families Commission - Komihana a whänau,
This Innovative Practice Report* shares Palmerston North-based Te Aroha Noa Community Services' (Te Aroha Noa) theory of change and provides an approach to understanding ways in which families and whänau embark upon and sustain themselves through ambitious change journeys.
The spinafex plant provides a central metaphor for expressing the theory of change at Te Aroha Noa.
The report provides a brief overview of a two-year process of reflection, critique and practice development, and highlights some of the key practice learning from this project. It also provides some suggestions about the ways in which other family/whänau and community organisations could develop their own theories of change by reflecting on their practice to become more intentional about the work they do.
To download the report (PDF document) visit: www.nzfamilies.org.nz/publications/innovative-practice.php
* Innovative Practice research reports, which result from studies funded under the Families Commission’s Innovative Practice Fund, are produced by independent researchers.