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Nau mai ki tā mātou ī-pānui ā-marama koreutu, kī tonu i te rongo kōrero me ētahi whakaaro mō ngā tāngata e whai wāhi ana ki ngā rōpū hapori.
The CommunityNet Aotearoa monthly newsletter.
"News and views on community networking throughout Aotearoa."
This is the first monthly Panui to feature our expanded use of te reo Māori. It features bilingual section headings and the full text of both the CommunityNet Tip and Website Tip written in English and te reo Māori. We are grateful to the New Zealand Translation Service for providing the direct translations.
Nominations are open for the CommunityNet Aotearoa Advisory Group with one position open for a community and voluntary sector organisation representative. We are looking for nominations from people with diverse backgrounds, locations and organisations that will complement continuing members so the group includes, for example, Māori, Pacific peoples, women and rural people. Nominations must be received by 5pm, 10 May 2010.
/communitycentre/news/national/agnominations.htm.
Christchurch Community House - Te Whakaruruhau ki Otautahi is looking for two new tenants to rent office space at well below market rates. To view these offices and collect an application form please contact: Mike Asmussen, House Manager, Christchurch Community House. Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday 23 April.
/communitycentre/news/national/chchofficespace.htm.
A series of hui on marae heritage work is proving an ideal forum for the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga to also promote its vision for Māori heritage places. The 20 hui began in February and will continue until early April. Included in hui discussions is the distribution of Tapuwae, the NZHPT Māori Heritage Council (MHC) document on how to identify, protect, preserve, conserve and advance Māori heritage. Tapuwae, which means footprint, aims to ensure Māori heritage is not only identified but appreciated to build a greater understanding of Māori culture and history and its value to all New Zealanders. The document says it “articulates a vision for Māori heritage, one which will secure a future for a dynamic indigenous heritage that all New Zealanders can be proud of”. Tapuwae also highlights specific concerns, notably that over the past 150 years much Māori land-based and built heritage has been seriously undermined and damaged. Tapuwae is available to read and download, in English and Māori, from: http://www.historic.org.nz/en/Publications/Tapuwae.aspx.
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The Lottery Community Sector Research Fund is now accepting Research Idea applications for the 2010/2011 funding year. This Committee considers applications from community organisations to carry out research and/or evaluation projects. Community organisations can either undertake projects independently or in partnership with a suitable provider. Applications can be made for grants to fully fund both the carrying out of research and/or evaluation projects and the communication of their findings. The Fund supports projects that offer community benefits at a local, regional or national level. The application process for the Lottery Community Sector Research Fund has two stages and applications to have a Research Idea considered close at 4 pm on Friday, 7 May 2010.
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More than 300 people attended the first Community Economic Development Conference in Waitakere City in February. Around 70 per cent of attendees were from the community and voluntary sector, but there was also a significant business and local government presence. The key streams of the conference were social enterprise development, alternative finance and investment, and community economic development. Presentations from the conference can now be viewed at: http://www.csbec.org.nz/2010_ced_conference/proceedings.
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A recent study by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs has revealed that only one year after entering employment an income gap of up to six percent develops between men and women with a bachelor’s qualification or above. The study examined differences in income between male and female graduates one and five years after entering employment following completion of a level 7 (bachelor’s degree) or higher qualification by looking at income data from Inland Revenue. Women’s Affairs Minister Pansy Wong says the findings of the study have established a clear difference in income between men and women who graduate within the same fields of study after five years, varying from just one percent for graduates in society and culture to 20 percent for graduates in management and commerce. Last year the Ministry received an extra $2 million over four years to boost capacity to address the gender pay gap. Download Indicators for Change: tracking the progress of New Zealand women (2009) from: http://www.mwa.govt.nz/news-and-pubs/publications/indicators-for-change-2009-1.
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Anyone who makes a donation of $5 or more to an approved ‘donee' organisation can claim a tax credit from Inland Revenue - provided the claim is supported by a valid receipt. If you're a donee organisation, now is a good time to consider how your receipts measure up. Will your contributors be able to quickly make a successful claim at the end of the financial year? You can help them by issuing valid receipts.
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Ian Axford Fellow, Laura Benedict, recently commenced a seven-month co-placement with the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector and Philanthropy New Zealand. Laura is here, as part of the Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy programme administerd by Fulbright New Zealand, to conduct a research project exploring ways that lending can support social goals in New Zealand. The different forms of non-profit lending can include loan programmes designed specifically for non-profit and social mission organisations, social venture capital, Program Related Investments (PRIs) and government-sponsored loan guarantee programmes to incentivise traditional banks to lend to non-profits. Laura recognises that the culture and history that have shaped New Zealand are quite different from that of the States. She is keen to learn about Māori and Pacific people's histories and cultures, and to investigate social lending opportunities for Māori and Pacific-led initiatives. She expects to bring invaluable lessons to her work at Self-Help and find opportunities for cross-fertilisation between the States' more established community development finance sector and New Zealand's emerging one. Contact Laura (Laura.Benedict002@msd.govt.nz ) if you have ideas or initiatives that you think may be of interest to her research project.
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Thinking about this key funding question is what inspired Di Jennings to start exploring the opportunities presented by social enterprises. Di, who was a key organiser of February's Community Economic Development Conference, shared this insight with Wellingtonians who attended the associated forum organised by the NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations, in conjunction with ANGOA and the NZ Council of Social Services. A major attraction of social enterprise is that it enables communities to create their own wealth and become independent, so they are not beholden to changing policies or local/central government, and can therefore control their own destinies. The forum brought two international speakers from the Community Economic Development Conference to Wellington to share their community economic development experiences. Aidan Pia, Executive Director of Senscot, spoke about Scotland's experiences with social enterprises, providing a number of case studies for people to explore via the web. Aidan's presentation to the Community Economic Development Conference is available from: http://www.csbec.org.nz/2010_ced_conference/proceedings.
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The tight economic climate and insufficient funds from grants and donations has forced Lifeline Auckland to review some of its specialist volunteer services. Lifeline Auckland’s Board of Trustees has agreed to suspend Mensline and is considering other fundraising and cost-cutting measures. Acting CEO Peter Jansen says, “We have looked at all our volunteer telephone services and our main objective is to ensure the public continues to have access to a free counselling service. By channelling funds into our main Lifeline 24/7 counselling line which operates seven days a week 24 hours a day, we ensure all callers have somewhere to go. We also see the need for affordable face-to-face counselling and with the suspension of Mensline and cost-cutting measures we can ensure the public has access to both telephone and affordable face to face counselling services.”
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In the current social and economic environment the Government is looking for new solutions to old problems. We are told that our current health and disability services are not sustainable and we cannot afford what we have got. The Minister of Health is looking for new, models of care, that are closer to home and more convenient. This latest Platform publication Front line - The community mental health and addiction sector at work in New Zealand describes the role, function, current and potential capability of community organisations that deliver mental health and addictions services in New Zealand today. It shows that many NGOs are innovators, run successful community enterprises that employ significant numbers of New Zealanders, are flexible, and well-placed to deliver the Government’s objectives while meeting the needs of individuals, families and communities.
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These words came form England's Annemarie Naylor as she shared her experiences of community asset transfers with the Wellington Community Economic Development forum audience last month. Asset development is about transforming communities through community-controlled assets. These could be abandoned schools, derelict heritage buildings, dormant bank accounts, redundant buildings, unused or underutilised public spaces, or empty commercial buildings, etc. Annemarie's comment about deprived communities stemmed from England's experience where they'd initially thought that middle class communities with many skilled people would be successful at managing community controlled assets. In fact, it was deprived communities that actually took positive action because they wanted and needed the public facilities, local swimming pools, community spaces, etc more. Listen to Annemarie being interviewed on Access Radio's Collaborative Voices: http://www.accessradio.org.nz/collaborative_voices.html.
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TVNZ 6 is partnering with the TrustPower Community Awards in 2010 to bring remarkable stories of volunteers all over the country to our screens. TVNZ 6 has started production onVolunteer Power, presented by Julia Wright and Jim Mora. The series will tell the stories of visionary and award-winning projects operating in kiwi communities for the proven benefit of kiwi communities - fuelled by the boundless energy of community volunteers. Cameras start rolling on 12 March, at the TrustPower 2009 National Community Awards, to be held in the Nelson Tasman region. Volunteer Power will launch on air in May 2010 and from then episodes will also be available for free streaming.
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In the spirit of audience participation, interactivity and capacity building, The Asian Radio Show would like all New Zealanders, living in New Zealand and overseas, to send in stories worthy of broadcast on radio. The Asian Radio Show (TARS) is the first of its kind, a magazine style show about an Asian perspective of all things New Zealand; a show full of attitude, humour and irreverence, to play on commercial airwaves. For 2010, the show offers a platform for all New Zealanders to tell stories via the show. You could be of Asian origin and if not, then you could want to tell something ‘Asian’ related. It could be quirky, experimental or serious. It could be a love story, an anecdote or a comment on politics. Travel stories are welcome too. As is drama. Final date for delivery 16 April 2010 and five of the best stories will be broadcast on the show between May and June 2010. Email theasianradioshow@holycowmedia.com to run ideas, technical, script, editing, delivery, copyright and any other queries.
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The launch of New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services' fourth Vulnerability Report shows New Zealanders are significantly worse-off than they were a year ago. Members of ComVoices, an independent network of Tangata Whenua, and community and voluntary sector organisations say that the report demonstrates that our most vulnerable citizens are still feeling the impact of the recession despite some early economic indications that the worst is over. The Vulnerability Report shows that recession impacts are hitting youth, Maori and Pacific peoples and benefit-dependent households the hardest. The Vulnerability Report is published online with printable versions available from the http://www.justiceandcompassion.org.nz website.
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The latest issue of the NZ Federation of Voluntary Welfare Organisations' New Dialogue publication focuses on the theme ‘trusting charities’. Articles have been contributed by those who have first-hand experience and knowledge of charitable giving. All offer sound advice along with useful insight into how donors should decide to give how much to what cause, as well as what charities need to be more aware of. To read New Dialogue go to: http://www.nzfvwo.org.nz/publications/ND/2010/ND29.html.
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Time Banking is transforming New Zealand communities one hour at a time. Based on the core value of reciprocity, Time Banking is also getting health, social service and other organisations excited about its potential to create more effective and meaningful partnerships with the community. Time Banking is a way of exchanging skills in a community that uses time as the measurement tool, not money. More than just a trading system, it is a way of building relationships and trust and for people to have their needs met from within their community. It also encourages local networking and enables people to benefit from non-market skills and talent. To read the full article by Anneleise Hall, go to: http://www.inspiringcommunities.org.nz/community-news/273-time-banking-reveals-real-wealth-in-communities.
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University of Waikato researchers are embarking on a three-year study of dying, death and bereavement among contemporary Māori. The Kia Ngawari study aims to increase knowledge and understanding of Māori palliative needs, both within the healthcare system and among whānau. Dr Tess Moeke-Maxwell, an experienced mental health researcher and professional counsellor has won a 2010 Health Research Council Career Development Award, worth $341,443, for the post-doctoral research. The Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Research Fellowship in Māori Health will allow her to identify and interview up to 30 end of life whānau living in Waikato and South Auckland, and complete up to eight full case studies. “We want to throw a lens on Māori families’ experiences of death and dying to gather valuable experiential data on Māori processes associated with end of life,” says Dr Moeke-Maxwell. “We hope people who participate in the study will feel that they are contributing to something important, and see this as a way of helping others and generations to come. At the end of this study we will know a lot more about how whānau are doing during this part of the life cycle.”
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An email is being spread en masse on the Internet asking people to reset their Facebook passwords. The email comes with an attachment, which users are asked to open in order to receive their new password. It is estimated that all Facebook users will get this message. If you receive this email simply delete it. If you have opened it then you should run an AntiVirus check on your computer, change your Facebook password and notify your Facebook friends that it happened to you in case the Virus is sending them messages or requests.
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Five Women’s Refuges will receive a total of $415,000, from the Family Violence Whānau Ora Fund, to deliver services under government contracts. The fund is for providers that focus on families as a whole, supporting those that are experiencing, or have experienced family violence, and helping them to resolve their issues as a family over time, rather than on an individual basis. Denise Reynolds, Kaiwhakahaere for the National Collective of Independent Women’s Refuges says Women’s Refuge has an existing strategy, Mauri Tau, which has been implemented successfully throughout Aotearoa for the past three years. Ms Reynolds says, “The five Refuges selected by the Family Violence Whānau Ora Fund are already committed to this holistic approach, which builds on the strengths within families and whānau.”
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Outstanding Māori secondary school students are the focus of new research into what factors influence their success. University of Auckland Faculty of Education lecturer Melinda Webber is one of four researchers, all of Te Arawa descent, who have gone back into their Rotorua community to profile Māori students who are doing well in school. “There is not a great deal of documented research about teachers’ and children’s attitudes, knowledge and values regarding Māori students who show exceptional qualities at secondary school in New Zealand,” Ms Webber says. The ‘Te Ara a Ihenga’ project is inspired by the great Te Arawa tupuna Ihenga. Ms Webber says the project is about ensuring the greatness of whakapapa such as Ihenga continues in the Te Arawa people. A pilot study has already been completed with a small cohort of students. The researchers plan, provisionally, to launch a much larger study later this year involving all eight secondary schools and wharekura (Māori medium secondary schools) in the wider community.
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Engineers Without Borders New Zealand (EWBNZ) has made a commitment to focus their aid efforts on kiwi communities this year, at their official 2010 launch event at the University of Auckland’s School of Engineering this evening. EWBNZ was established in 2008 to confront the global challenges of poverty, sustainable development and social inequality by undertaking community-driven engineering projects and programmes in New Zealand and the South Pacific region. EWBNZ undertook three major projects in the South Pacific in 2009 – two in Tonga and one in Samoa, providing much needed engineering expertise to the tsunami effected region, however hopes to focus their efforts on building up their membership base and undertaking more local projects this year. “We are very proud of the projects we undertook in the South Pacific in 2009, but this year we would like to place a greater emphasis on the work that can be done right here in our local communities,” Athena Zhu, President of the EWBNZ Auckland Student Chapter, says.
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Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) recently awarded Biddy Harford, CEO of the Te Omanga Hospice with the WelTec Medal for her contribution to the community. The WelTec Medal is awarded annually in recognition of an individual’s contribution in the community over a number of years. Since her appointment to CEO in 2000, Biddy has lead new initiatives in the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa which provide support to those living with a terminal illness and to their families. Biddy is also Vice President of the Hospice NZ Board, where she has been instrumental in advocating for better care for patients and their families nationwide. On receiving the award Biddy was quick to point out that as CEO she represents the efforts, passion and dedication of all at Te Omanga Hospice. “I’m simply the person people see, representing the work achieved by the staff and volunteers at the hospice – I’m just the person out in front.”
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Food supplies at Downtown Community Ministry’s Foodbank are struggling to cope with the record number of people seeking assistance. Over 40 people received food parcels on Monday in one of the busiest afternoons the Wellington Foodbank has known. At 1:30pm when the Foodbank opened, 20 people were waiting to be interviewed for food assistance. “Despite generous support for the Foodbank this year, our shelves are once again empty with demand totally exceeding supply,” says DCM Director Stephanie McIntyre. More food is desperately needed to meet the demand. Items such as tinned meat or stews, packet meals, cereals, tinned vegetables and fish is most needed.
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Latest community news, events, jobs and ads are online at:www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news.
Ngā rongo kōrero tino hōu, ngā whakahaerenga, ngā mahi me ngā pānuitanga kei te wātea ā-ipurangi i:www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news.
Parent and Family Resource Centre (PRFC) is the only parent directed, generic disability organisation in the Auckland region. PRFC is deeply committed to leading and bringing about change for families of disabled children and young people so that they can live the lives they want.
http://www.parentandfamily.org.nz/
DebRA New Zealand (The Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association of New Zealand) is an organization dedicated to the improvement in the quality of life for all people with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) and their families. DebRA NZ consists of families whose lives are affected by EB with the support of a group of Trustees and Medical advisors.
http://www.debra.org.nz/
Usplus is a free website for community groups, clubs, teams and support networks. The site aims to help non-profit groups communicate and promote their activities. It can be used in several ways: as a search portal for community groups; as a group website, where new pages can be added with titles and information etc; or as a way to promote any group, working in conjunction with their existing website. Usplus also offers groups online fundraising, where a group and its members have their own fundraising pages.
http://www.usplus.com
Looking for support for you and your family or community? The Family Services Directory lists over 6,000 organisations who can help. As a community or government organisation, you will find the directory useful when you want to refer clients, or if you would like to give them more information about an issue.
http://www.familyservices.govt.nz/directory/
A free database of residents' associations across New Zealand.
http://www.residents.org.nz
Council Watch undertakes timely, relevant, and robust research on local government, provides checks and balances to local government in New Zealand, and makes it easier for residents to have their voices heard.
http://www.councilwatch.org.nz
Providing education and workshops in the area of sexuality, relationships, intimacy and intimate support, with a disability focus as well as mainstream. Claire is based in Wellington but provides services all over NZ, and she is also available for policy and guideline development in the area of sexuality.
http://claireryanconsultancy.com
The Oticon Foundation aims to improve the lives of the hearing impaired in New Zealand through communication and knowledge. The Foundation is a charitable trust committed to finding better solutions to hearing loss and strives to increase public awareness and understanding of hearing impairment.
http://www.oticon.org.nz/
Social Watch is an international network of citizens’ organizations in the struggle to eradicate poverty and the causes of poverty, to end all forms of discrimination and racism, to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights. Social Watch works to achieve its objectives through a comprehensive strategy of advocacy, awareness-building, monitoring, organizational development and networking.
http://www.socialwatch.org/
The Open Home Foundation of New Zealand provides social services from 13 Service Centres throughout Aotearoa. Their vision is for every child and young person to grow up in a secure, loving family/whānau and to receive a depth of care which will bless them throughout his or her life.
http://www.ohf.org.nz/
Kidspot is a pregnancy and parenting resource to help find activities for babies and children, clothing, baby equipment and furniture, birthday party ideas and supplies, educational resources, plus recipes, kids' holiday ideas and forums for mums.
http://www.kidspot.co.nz/
The Taranaki SAFER Family Centre is a not-for-profit community organisation, which provides counselling, education and social support services to individuals and families across all of Taranaki. We are nationally recognised for our particular expertise in the areas of sexual violence, sexual offending and counselling of children.
http://www.safercentre.org.nz
A voluntary group whose prime goal is to nurture the Kerala community and its culture in the Greater Wellington Region. Wellington Kerala Community has a history of more than 20 years and the group have played a significant role in the integration of Kerala / Malayalee community to New Zealand way of life while keeping the rich cultural heritage and traditions of Kerala.
http://www.welkcom.org.nz
The Parenting Place provides support and solutions for all parents. The website contains information about the programmes and services offered by Parents Inc. and includes online advice, tips and contacts.
http://www.theparentingplace.com/
Practical parenting advice for parents. The Littlies website offers practical and relevant parenting information from leading experts, for parents of children of all ages and stages of pregnancy, babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
http://www.littlies.co.nz
Lightworkers NZ represents the collective of teachers, way-showers & healers who are involved in the light work of transformation, transmutation, transcendence, awakening & ascension. The Lightworkers website is a spiritual social networking community for all people wishing to discuss, communicate and share with other spiritual people in New Zealand.
http://lightworkers.org.nz
Māori news, indigenous views, new media and whānau communications. TangataWhenua.com is an online effort to keep whānau connected, informed and sharing information relevant to te ao Māori.
http://news.tangatawhenua.com/
Nekeneke.com is where tāngata whenua who are interested in harnessing the power of information and communications technology (ICT) can share, collaborate and participate in discussions and events. The focus is on all ICTs including information systems, computers, the Internet, telecommunications, media, gaming, broadcasting, software engineering and much more.
http://www.nekeneke.com/
Youth Horizons is a non-profit organisation, working with young people who are at risk of poor life outcomes due to complex behavioural and/ or mental health needs, including conduct disorder and antisocial behaviours. The organisation provides evidenced-based, sustainable solutions for both young people and their families, and works closely with these families and local communities to ensure successful, culturally relevant outcomes.
http://www.youthorizons.org.nz/
The purpose of Te Huarahi Tika Trust is to increase the participation of Māori in the knowledge economy, in particular, the information and telecommunications sectors in New Zealand. The Trust works to give Māori access to, and the skills to use, modern communications platforms, global information systems and telecommunication sector investment opportunities, and to provide an investment stake for Māori in the telecommunications sector.
http://www.thtt.co.nz/
EASY is an online legal advocacy training project for youth-workers. EASY aims to build community-level capacity for effective assistance of children and young people with legal issues. We believe that improved outcomes are achieved for children, young people and families if informed assistance and advocacy support is available to them.
http://www.easy.org.nz/
Karori Kids Incorporated is a community-based preschool and early childcare centre situated in Karori, Wellington. Karori Kids provides education and full-time, Monday-to-Friday care for children from 2 years of age. The centre operates on a non-profit basis and is part of the Ministry of Education’s 20 Hours ECE scheme.
http://www.karorikids.org.nz
The New Zealand Community Development Trust was formed in order to facilitate access to the new opportunities that the Internet makes possible. The foundation of the Communities project is a structured directory in which any community or business group can create and maintain information about themselves and their websites. The Trust also makes available a set of data management and website-building tools that allow community groups to manage their own directory listings and websites.
http://communities.org.nz/
You'll find these and more links at:www.community.net.nz/links.
Ka kitea ēnei i runga nei me ētahi atu hononga i: www.community.net.nz/links.
These Events are coming up in the next few weeks. Find details at: www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/events.
Ka puta ēnei whakahaerenga ā ngā wiki ruarua e tū mai. Rapaina ngā taipitopito Whakahaerenga i: www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/events.
These Training events are coming up in the next few weeks. Find details at: www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/training.
Ka puta ēnei whakahaerenga Whakangungu ā ngā wiki ruarua e tū mai. Rapaina ngā taipitopito Whakangungu i: www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/training.
What does it mean when objects become 'smart'? It could change our lives.
We have 3 cats, 2 dogs, 1 plain pet door and half a dozen neighbourhood cats. Our dogs chase cats, all cats, ours included, in spite of prolonged efforts to train them not to.
The pet door is well-used. During the day our cats and dogs come and go. At night our cats and neighbourhood cats come and go. I guess our always available biscuits are too good to resist.
At a vet visit the other day I spotted a pet door I hadn't seen before. This one reads pet microchips — up to 32 different chips — so you can allow or deny access to specific animals.
Here's a Google Search term, if you want to find more information: microchip cat flap .nz.
microchip cat flap .nz
Fortunately, the door 'learns' the microchip numbers when you allow an animal through with the 'learn mode' button held down. That means you don't have to type in a dozen or more numbers per animal.
He aha te tikanga ina 'kakama' ngā taonga? E, ka tahuri pea i tō tātou tikanga ora.
E 3 ā mātou ngeru, e 2 ngā kurī, 1 te kūwaha mōkai, ā, e ono pea ngā ngeru noho tata. Ka whaiwhai ā mātou kurī i ngā ngeru, katoa, ā mātou hoki, ahakoa ā mātou whakauaua roa ki te whakangungu i a rāua kia kaua.
He kaha te whakamahi i te kūwaha mōkai. Puta mai, puta atu hoki ā mātou ngeru me ngā kurī i te awatea. Hei te pō ka puta mai, ka puta atu ā mātou ngeru me ngā ngeru noho tata. Ko tāku nei he pai rawa ā mātou pihikete wātea-i-ngā-wā-katoa hei ātete.
I taku haerenga ki te rata kararehe i tērā rangi, i kite au i tētahi kūwaha mōkai kāore i kitea e ahau i mua. Pānui ana tēnei i ngā mōkito mōkai — tae ki ngā mōkito rerekē 32 — nāwai ka taea e koe te tuku, te kati atu rānei i ngā kararehe tauwhāiti.
Tēnei te kupu mō te Rapa Google, ki te hiahia koe i ētahi mōhio anō: microchip cat flap .nz.
He waimarie, e 'ako' ana te kūwaha i ngā tau mōkito ina tuku koe i te kararehe kia tomo me te pātene 'tikanga ako' e pēhi ana. Kāti kāore he tikanga kia pātuhia e koe ngā mati tekau mā rua neke atu mō ia kararehe.
Otherwise, this pet door seems a bit dumb: you can't specify that one cat is allowed in but not out, or that this range of microchip numbers can go out, while this other range cannot come in.
Did you read last month's Tip, Is that a chip on your letterbox? If so, you'll know about the idea of Ubiquitous Computing. After only a few moments thought I realised the possible future for this pet door that reads microchips. I imagine that over the next few iterations these pet doors will add features like these:
A 'smart' cat flap would help enormously in our house. I can also imagine that collected data could be used for scientific studies, or perhaps to give a vet information about a pet's activities.
Ki te kore, kāore te kūwaha nei e tino kakama rawa i te mea ka taea pea. Kāore hoki koe e āhei te whakatau kia tukua tētahi ngeru kia tomo mai kāhore ia kia puta atu, kia āhei rānei tēnei huinga tau mōkito kia puta atu, i tēnei huinga tē āhei ki te tomo mai. I pānuitia rānei e koe te Kupu Tohutohu o tērā marama, He mōkito rānei tērā i runga i tō pouaka mēra Is that a chip on your letterbox? Mēnā āe, kei te mōhio kē koe ki tēnei mea te Rorohikotanga Tino Whānui (Ubiquitous Computing). I a au e hurihuri ana, i kite tonu au i te āmua tērā e taea pea mō tēnei kūwaha mōkai e pānui nei i te mōkito. E whakaaro ana ahau hei ngā tukuruatanga ruarua e puta ake ka tāpiritia ki ēnei kūwaha ngā āhuatanga pēnei:
Kei whea mai te āwhina o te tīrepa ngeru 'kakama' i tō mātou whare. Ki taku whakaaro hoki ka taea ngā raraunga kua kohikohia te whakamahi mō ngā mātai pūtaiao, hei hoatu rānei ki te rata kararehe ētahi kōrero mō ngā mahi a taua mōkai.
We don't know what we don't know.
Who's to say what may become possible when we collect data like this? It's only once we have data that we really find out how to use it. There could be implications from a smart catflap for pet feeding and health, native wildlife, or conservation. Or perhaps, something entirely unexpected.
Kāore tātou e mōhio ki ngā mea kāore tātou e mōhio.
Mā wai e kī he aha te mea ka taea ki te kohikohia ngā raraunga pēnei? Nō te rironga noa o ngā raraunga kātahi tātou ka mōhio kia pēhea e whakamahia ai. Tērā e ara ake mai i te tīrepa kakama ētahi rara mō te whāngainga mōkai me te hauora, mō ngā kīrehe māori, mō te rāhuitanga. Mō tētahi atu mea rānei kāhore rawa i manakohia.
If you don't have any interest in cats or dogs you may not have read this far. But what I wanted to do was show what a theory like Ubiquitous Computing might mean in practice for our daily lives.
Take the 'smart' catflap example, and apply it to other objects around you.
Ki te kore tō aronga ki te ngeru me te kurī tērā pea kāore anō koe kia pānui tae rawa mai ki konei. Heoi i pīrangi ahau ki te whakaatu he aha pea te pānga o tētahi ariā pērā i te Rorohikotanga Tino Whānui ki ā tātou tikanga ora noa o ia rā.
Me tango i te tauira tīrepangeru 'kakama' nei, ka whakahāngai ki ētahi atu mea huri noa i a koe.
We could take the catflap technologies and apply them more widely:
Ka taea e tātou te tango i ngā hangarau tīrepangeru kia whānui ake te whakamahi:
In one part of his novel Makers Cory Doctorow describes a couple of technology buffs, Lester and Perry, who create a way to microchip everything in a house and catalog it — easily and cheaply. There's no need to have allocated places where things belong — such as socks in the top drawer, and cough drops in the bathroom cabinet.
Instead, in his fiction, items can just be 'dumped' at random into 'smart' drawers. To find any object you start to enter a query on a wireless keyboard (or perhaps a smartphone or iPad):
He unvelcroed a wireless keyboard from the side of the TV and began to type: T-H-E C-O. . . The field autocompleted itself: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, and brought up a picture of a beaten-up paperback along with links to web-stores, reviews, and the full text. Tjan gestured with his chin and she saw that the front of one of the tubs was pulsing with a soft blue glow. Tjan went and pulled open the tub and fished for a second before producing the book.
I want to apply that idea to supermarket shelves, bookshops and department stores, right now.
By the way, Doctorow makes his books available as free, legal downloads. You may find them interesting.
I tētahi wāhi o tana pukapuka pūrākau Makers, e whakaahua ana a Cory Doctorow i tētahi tokorua i ngākaunui ki te hangarau, a Lester rāua ko Perry, ka hanga nei i tētahi tikanga e mōkitotia ai ngā mea katoa o tētahi whare kia whakarārangitia — he mea māmā noa me te utu ngāwari. Kāore he tikanga kia whakaratotia he wāhi mō ngā taonga — pēnei i ngā tōkena i te torō o runga, me ngā rare maremare i te kāpata o te kaumanga.
Erangi kē, i tōna pūrākau, ka taea ngā mea te 'maka' matapōkere ai ki ngā torō 'kakama'. Hei rapa i tētahi mea ka tīmata koe ki te pātuhi i tētahi pātai ki tētahi papa pātuhi kore waea (ki tētahi waeakakama, iPad rānei):
I tango ia i tētahi papa pātuhi kore waea i te papapiri i te taha o te pouaka whakaata, ka tīmata ki te pātuhi: T-H-E C-O. . . Ka whakaoti aunoa ai te āpure i a ia anō: THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, ka whakakitea mai he pikitia o tētahi pokipepa kanukanu huitahi ki ngā hononga ki ngā toa-ipurangi, tirohanga anō, me te tuhinga ā-katoa. Ka tohu a Tjan mā tōna kauae, ā, kite ana ia a mua o tētahi o ngā tāpu e muramura ana ki te mura kahurangi māmā. Haere ana a Tjan ka kumea te tāpu kia huaki, ā, ka rapa tētahi hākona meāke tango mai ana i te pukapuka.
E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakahāngai i taua ariā ki ngā whata hokomaha, ngā toa pukapuka me ngā toa whai wāhanga, ināianei tonu.
Otirā, e whakawāteatia ana e Doctorow āna pukapuka hei tikiake ā-ture, he mea koreutu. Tērā e whakaaro pai pea koe ki ērā.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata. (What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, it is the people, it is the people. - Maori proverb.)
What's the most important part of your website? Is it the Home Page? The Contact Form? The list of services and activities?
The answer is: No; it's the people, the visitors.
Whether you call them clients, community, members, customers, volunteers, students, audience, general public, or just plain 'visitors', it's the people your website is created for who are the most important part of your site.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata.
He aha te wāhi tino hira o tō paetukutuku? Ko tō Whārangi Kāinga? Te Puka Whakapā? Te rārangi o ngā ratonga me ngā mahi?
Ko te whakautu ko: Kāo; ko ngā tāngata, ngā manuhiri.
Ahakoa karangatia rātou e koe he kiritaki, he hapori, he mema, he kaihoko, he tūao, he ākonga, he apataki, te iwi whānui, he 'manuhiri' noa iho rānei, ko ngā tāngata i hangaia ai tō paetukutuku mā rātou te wāhi tino hira o tō paetukutuku.
I've recently had several organisations ask me how much it'll cost to create or overhaul their site. Their emails mention things like colour and design, sign-up forms, downloadable files, being able to easily edit the site, Google rankings, newsletters, donations, and so on.
What they never seem to mention are the two most fundamental questions of all:
In this Tip I want to explore the first, 'people', question.
Nō muri tata iho kua ui mai ētahi whakahaere ki a au ka hia te utu hei hangahōu, hei whakatikatika i tō rātou paetukutuku. Kōrero ai a rātou īmēra mō ngā take pēnei i te tae me te hoahoa, ngā puka haina-ake, ngā kōnae tikiake, te kaha whakatika ngāwari i te paetukutuku, ngā ripa Google, ngā puka pānui, ngā tākoha, arā atu anō.
Ko ngā mea kāhore rawa e kōrerotia e rātou ko ngā pātai tino taketake rawa e rua o te katoa:
Hei tēnei Kupu Tohutohu e hiahia ana ahau kia toroa te pātai tuatahi, mō te 'tangata'.
The first rule of any publication is: Who is it for? Who is the target audience? Who do you want to visit the site?
If your answer is 'everybody', the you need to think again. Are you really creating the website for both 1-month old babies and people over 50? Of course not. Apart from anything else, babies can't read.
Think about the demographics of the people you're trying to reach with the site:
Ko te whakaritenga tuatahi o tētahi whakaputanga ko: Mā wai tēnei? Ko wai mā te whāinga apataki? E hiahia ana koe kia toro mai ki tēnei paetukutuku a wai mā?
Ki te whakautu koe 'ngā tāngata katoa', kāti me whakaaro anō koe. Kei te hanga rawa koe i tētahi paetukutuku mā ngā pēpi kotahi-marama me ngā tāngata neke atu i te 50 ngā tau? E kore. I tua atu i tētahi mea kē, kāore te pēpi e pānui ana.
Whakaarohia ngā āhuatanga tāngata o te hunga e whai ana koe me te paetukutuku:
If you absolutely must serve the needs of widely divergent groups, you may have to make more than one website.
For example, a site to help young kids give up or avoid illegal drugs would probably be incompatible with a site intended for researchers and academics about the issues. One site may be fun, busy, colourful, with games and so on, while the other would have a bank of downloadable papers, links to definitive resources, and the like.
Ki te mea me tino whakarato koe ki ngā hiahia a ngā rōpū tino rerekē rawa, tērā e tika pea kia hanga e koe neke atu i te paetukutuku kotahi.
Hei tauira, ko tētahi paetukutuku hei āwhina i ngā tamariki kia whakamutua, kia āraitia rānei te kainga i ngā rongoā whakananu turekore, ka kore pea e haere tahi me te paetukutuku mā ngā kairangahau me te hunga mātauranga mō ēnei take. He hākinakina pea, he kaha te mahi, he kanorau, he whai kēmu anō hoki tētahi paenga, i tētahi anō te whakaputu ana i ngā pepa tikiake, ngā hono ki ngā rauemi whakatūturu, me ngā mea pērā.
Create some profiles of 'typical' visitors. Name them. Remember to include 'real' people in your profile characteristics: people with poor vision, attention problems, sore wrists, migraines, memory loss, tiredness and so on.
Imagine your visitors actually using your website. What are they looking for? How do they work with your site? Are they looking for information, links, fun, networking, community, distraction, quiz answers, help, facts, inspiration?
Here's the most important question: What do these visitors want or need to know?
It doesn't matter very much what you want to tell them; what they want to know from your site is the crucial question.
Hangaia ētahi kōtaha o ngā manuhiri 'pūnoa'. Whakaingoatia ēnei. Kia mahara ki te whakauru i ngā 'tino' tāngata ki ō āhuatanga kōtaha: te hunga āhua kāpō, kino te arotahi, kawititanga mamae, upoko ānini, hinengaro wareware, māuiui, arā atu anō.
Me pohewa i ō manuhiri e whakamahi ana i tō paetukutuku. E kimi ana rātou i te aha? Ka whakamahia pēheatia e rātou tō paetukutuku? Kei te rapa pārongo, hononga, whakangahau, whatunga, hapori, whakaware, whakautu pākiki, āwhina, meka, whakahiwanga hinengaro?
Tēnei anō te tino pātai: He aha ngā mea e hiahia ana, e hiahiatia ana rānei kia mōhio ēnei manuhiri?
Kāore e whaitake rawa he aha tāu e hiahia nā ki te kī atu ki a rātou; ko tā rātou e hiahia ana kia mōhio mai i tō paetukutuku te pātai hira.
If you're creating a new site, or overhauling an existing site, first focus on the visitors you want to reach. Consider in detail who they are, what their needs and wants are, and how they will interact with your site.
Only when you have a clear picture of your target audience can you move on to the second question: what's the purpose of the site. That's the topic of the next Panui Tip.
Mēnā kei te hanga paetukutuku hōu koe, kei te whakatikatika rānei i tētahi e tū ana, me arotahi tuatahi ki ngā manuhiri e hiahia ana koe kia taea. āta whakaarohia taipitopitotia ko wai rātou, he aha ngā mea e hiahia ana, e matea ana rātou, e pāheko pēhea hoki rātou ki tō paetukutuku.
Kia tino mārama te pikitia o tō whāinga apataki kātahi ka taea te neke ake ki te pātai tuarua: he aha te korou o te paetukutuku. Ko te take tēnā o te Kupu Tohutohu ka whai mai.
Panui tips contributed by Miraz Jordan, http://knowit.co.nz . Need help or advice about the Internet? Contact Miraz.
Past Website tips are all available on CommunityNet Aotearoa.
Nā Miraz Jordan i takoha ēnei Kupu Tohutohu, http://knowit.co.nz . Kei te pīrangi āwhina, tohutohu mō te Ipurangi? Whakapā ki a Miraz.
E wātea ana ngā kupu tohutohu i CommunityNet Aotearoa i: /links/monthlysite/
In March 2010, there were 71,670 visits (February 2010 58,630).
I Poutūterangi 2010 e 71,670 ngā manuhiri (Huitanguru 2010 58,630).
Last month, 105 new community items were published.
I tērā marama, e 105 ngā take hapori i whakaputaina.
Send in your free community notice or advertisement at:www.community.net.nz/about/submit.
Tukua mai tō pānui hapori, pānuitanga koreutu rānei i:www.community.net.nz/about/submit.
There were 11,877 files downloaded in March (February 2010 10,446). The most popular file download in January was the Sample Board Policies section of the Governance and Management How-to Guide (886 downloads). In January this was also the Sample Board Policies section of the Governance and Management How-to Guide (1024 downloads).
I tikiaketia 11,877 ētahi kōnae i Māehe (2010 Huitanguru 10,446). Ko te kōnae tikiake tino kaingākau ko te wāhanga Tauira Kaupapa Here mō ngā Poari o te Kia-pēhea Aratohu Tikanga mō te Kāwana me te Whakahaere (886 ngā tikiake). I te marama o Huitanguru koia anō ko te wāhanga Tauira Kaupapa Here mō ngā Poari o te Kia-pēhea Aratohu Tikanga mō te Kāwana me te Whakahaere (1024 ngā tikiake).
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Kitea ngā tauanga CommunityNet toru marama i: www.community.net.nz/about/website/statistics.htm.
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Tukua ngā tuhinga me ngā whakaaro mō Panui me te Upoko "Takoha mō Pānui" ki: information@community.net.nz.
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E pai ana mātou kia tukuruatia e koe he rauemi o tēnei Pānui ki te mea ka whakaaetia e koe te mātāpuna, pēnei: "Reproduced from CommunityNet Aotearoa Panui, April 2010, www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/panui".
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Kei te whakahaeretia te kaupapa here whakatikatika mō Panui me CommunityNet Aotearoa e tētahi Rōpū Kaitohutohu i kūmea mai i ngā whakahaere hapori. Kei te whakaputaina te Panui me te CommunityNet Aotearoa e te Tari Taiwhenua, Pouaka Poutāpeta 805, Te Whanganui-a-Tara 6140. Waea: 04 4957200. īmēra: information@community.net.nz.
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Ahakoa te tino whakauaua ki te tirotiro kei te tika ngā pārongo i tēnei whakaputanga, e kore ngā kaiwhakaputa e whakaae ki tētahi taunaha mō tētahi hē, aweretanga rānei. Ko ngā kōrero me ngā whakaaro kua whakapuakina, nā ngā kaituhi, ehara nā ngā kaiwhakaputa.