Accessibility A A
Search Help
Search Site
Suggest a resource
Get Panui delivered each month to your mail-box! Subscribe online here.
The CommunityNet Aotearoa monthly newsletter.
"News and views on community networking throughout Aotearoa."
The Advisory Group guides the direction and management of the CommunityNet Aotearoa website. Shona Kapea-Maslin, Pou Whakahaere, Piki Ora House, Gore, brings a breadth of knowledge and representation to the Advisory Group, ensuring the group continues to be strong and balanced.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/shona-kapea-maslin.htm.
Maori make substantial voluntary contributions to NZ society. "Mahi aroha" — work performed out of love, sympathy or caring through a sense of duty — captures the concept behind Maori voluntary work. Volunteering for many Maori is based on the notion of whanaungatanga (kinship) — the benefits for both individuals and the wider community are derived from contributing to the common good. Mahi Aroha: Maori Perspectives on Volunteering and Cultural Obligations is a 2007 Report on Maori & Volunteering.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/maori-and-volunteering.htm.
As part of the planning for a pandemic, the Ministry of Health is running Operation Cruickshank during May 2007. Some NGOs with well developed pandemic plans, asked if NGOs could run a parallel exercise alongside this and asked for more detailed information. Information has been supplied by Ministry of Health.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/cruickshank.htm.
Primary Health Care Strategy: Key Directions for the Information Environment is a policy consultation document that facilitates consultation on a proposal to create an information environment that helps achieve the Primary Health Care Strategy goals. The Ministry of Health would appreciate your input during the consultation process.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/have-say-phc-strategy.htm.
The J R McKenzie Trust recently commissioned some research about ways of funding that involve young people, and make funding more accessible for young people's projects. Future Focus, describes what was learned, and includes case studies of several NZ and international models. Visit the J R McKenzie Trust website to download the PDF or to request a paper copy.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/future-focus.htm.
A Beyond E-mail online group has been established on Google groups. If you are interested in sharing ideas with others involved in running online groups, go to groups.google.com/group/beyondemail/web/about-beyond-email?hl=en and request an invitation to join.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/beyond-email.htm.
The Plunket Society, Home of Compassion, Scouts New Zealand and New Zealand Rugby League celebrate their centenaries this year, and feature on a special series of New Zealand Post stamps released in April.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/community-stamps.htm.
New Zealand's ethnic make-up has continued to change, according to 2006 Census results. European remained the largest of the major ethnic groups. The Maori ethnic group is the second largest. Auckland was the most ethnically diverse region in New Zealand.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/nz-diverse.htm.
'Counting Non-profit Institutions in New Zealand: 2005', released by Statistics New Zealand, found there were 97,000 non-profit organisations in New Zealand in 2005, of which only 10 per cent employed paid staff.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/value-of-volunteers.htm.
In August 2007, up to 12 people who can demonstrate they have a high level of determination, and the ability to achieve their chosen goal, will be awarded AMP Scholarships. You may apply to receive support for a community project, business innovation, course of study, or for meeting a sporting or artistic goal. It's up to you.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/amp-scholarships.htm.
The Social Report 2006 gives information on the social health and wellbeing of New Zealand society. Indicators measure levels of wellbeing, monitor trends over time, and make comparisons with other countries.
www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/social-report-2006.htm.
Latest community news, events, jobs and ads are online at: www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news.
The mission and purpose of Protect is to help people protect themselves and their loved ones. It is not about belts, uniforms, sport, ego or status, it is about helping people avoid or survive violent situations. We focus on ridding people of the victim mentality, empowering them with researched behavioural tactics and realistic skills that are applicable to any confrontation whether violent or non-violent in nature.
www.protectselfdefence.co.nz.
Encourages, promotes and advances cooperative enterprise, acting as a representative association for those engaged as cooperatives, excellent at supporting people wanting to set up a cooperative.
www.nz.coop.
Auckland Home Educators is for parents in the greater Auckland region who home educate (homeschool) their children. It provides networking, information, activities and expertise; and negotiates benefits such as group access to community events, teacher discounts, etc. The AHE management committee liaises with the Ministry of Education on members' behalf.
www.home-education.org.nz.
The centre provides programmes for People with Physical, Intellectual, Psychiatric and Sensory Disabilities.
www.dtsnapier.org.nz.
Auckland's largest South American community group educating New Zealanders in our fun culture. Dance and language classes, activities, events and more.
www.hispanicclub.co.nz.
Free counselling services nationwide for those with gambling problems, or those affected by others with gambling problems. Call 0800 NO GAMBLE.
www.pgfnz.co.nz.
We provide a free library service and information on all aspects of mental health and mental illness to the people of the South Island of New Zealand. We can put you in touch with support groups.
www.mherc.org.nz.
Arts Canterbury is an incorporated charitable organisation which aims to promote and profile Canterbury arts and culture; raise understanding of the importance and value of this sector to the region; raise the perception of the quality and depth of the creative arts that already exist in the region; establish ways of providing useful, reliable and readily accessible information on the region’s artists.
www.artscanterbury.org.nz.
Originally formed in 1979, the Coalition played a leading role in achieving New Zealand’s 1982 Official Information Act. The group has been re-formed in 2007 to press for strong new election finance laws.
www.cog.org.nz.
Birkenhead Northcote Community Facilities Trust works in Birkenhead and Northcote to foster community cohesion and identity, to increase community participation through events and opportunities for volunteers, to promote community wellness through community development, and to promote Birkenhead and Northcote as a vibrant community.
www.birkenheadnorthcote.org.nz.
You'll find these and more links at: www.community.net.nz/links.
These Events are coming up in the next few weeks. Find details at: 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.
Google now has a well-deserved place as the most popular search engine around. Figure out what you're actually looking for, type in a few words and Google will probably show you some perfectly good answers in the first dozen results. But did you know Google can do more than just search?
Have NZ$25 you want to send to a friend in the US? Type this into the Google search box and press Enter / Return:
25NZD in USD
Here's what Google returns:
25 New Zealand dollars = 18.5175 U.S. dollars.
Also try AUD (Australian dollars), GBP (British pounds), Euro.
Trying to convert from pounds and ounces to kilos, or just multiple 137 by 49?
Enter: 16 pounds 7 ounces in kilos
Result: 16 pounds 7 ounces = 7.45592458 kilograms .
Enter: 137*49
Result: 137 * 49 = 6713 .
Enter: define copacetic
OR enter: define:copacetic
Each returns slightly different results, but both explain that it means: completely satisfactory.
Enter: population of tokelau
Result: Tokelau — Population: 1,392 (July 2006 Est.).
Enter: conference site:community.net.nz
A search like that brings back a list of possible hits on CommunityNet Aotearoa. Use the site: search for any website, especially those with no search or a poor search of their own.
This is just a small sample of the specialised searches you can do within Google. It's worth looking at the Help page for Google's features to see explanations and tips for all you can do:
www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html.
[April 2007] Do people complain that links in your email messages don't work? Using angle brackets may fix that.
Some web addresses are short and simple, but others go on forever. Long ones can easily take more than one line, causing some email software to break the address into two or more separate lines.
Then if the reader tries to double click the address to go to the web page it doesn't work because part of the address has been left behind.
If you're including the address of a web page in an email then you can help keep it clickable by enclosing it in angle brackets, like this:
<www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/news/national/scammers-target-ngos.htm>
This has the added benefit that people reading the email can see for themselves where the address starts and stops, especially if you're putting the address in a flow of writing and using punctuation around it.
[With thanks to Bill Dashfield for the reminder.]
Past Website tips are all available on CommunityNet Aotearoa.
In April 2007 there were 30,820 visits (March: 31,562).
Last month, 51 new community items were published.
Send in your free community notice or advertisement at:
www.community.net.nz/about/submit.
There were 5,826 files downloaded (April: 6,066). The most popular file download was the Financial Management section of the Community Resource Kit: 249 downloads: (Organisational Structures section of the Community Resource Kit: 248 downloads downloads).
Find CommunityNet statistics at: www.community.net.nz/about/website/statistics.htm.
Remember: please forward the complete Panui to others who'll find it useful.
Miraz Jordan, Webmaestro.
Subscribe or unsubscribe at www.community.net.nz/panui. Select one or more of:
Or email information@community.net.nz with the following details:
CommunityNet Aotearoa RSS Feed is available at: lists.community.net.nz/cna/wp-rdf.php.
Publish your news, jobs, events, training and adverts free at www.community.net.nz/about/submit.
Send Panui articles and ideas with Subject "Panui contribution" to: information@community.net.nz.
Please forward Panui to others, but all of it please.
You are welcome to reproduce material, provided you acknowledge the source, like this:
"Reproduced from CommunityNet Aotearoa Panui, May 2007, www.community.net.nz/communitycentre/panui ".
Panui and CommunityNet Aotearoa are guided by an Advisory Group drawn from community organisations and are published by Department of Internal Affairs, PO Box 805, Wellington. Phone: 04 4957200. Email: information@community.net.nz.
While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information in this publication, the publishers accept no liability for any errors and omissions. Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors, not the publishers.