Publications and Resources
Online and printed books, brochures and resources for advocates and campaigners in New Zealand.
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An online resource kit produced by the Council for International Development.
Date updated: 29 August 2005
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The internet and email are increasingly being used to educate and inform people about campaigns. Here are a series of websites that provide some tools and resources for not for profit organisations ...
Date updated: 11 May 2005
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"Accentuate the positive" is the message of Appreciative Inquiry (www.iisd.org/ai/default.htm), a community development method that focuses on the positive strengths of communities, rather than ...
Date updated: 16 September 2005
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There are a number of groups which are either engaged in benefit advocacy work or have skills in related areas of law.
Date updated: 2 December 2004
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Will a blog help your campaign? Do you want to blog but not sure how to get started? This handbook from Reporters Without Frontiers will tell you what you need to know.
Date updated: 19 April 2010
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Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA) developed a poster in 2001 on using the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) for advocacy.
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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The Citizen's Handbook (http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/) comes from Vancouver, Canada and aims to "encourage the emergence of more active citizens - people motivated by an interest in public ...
Date updated: 2 December 2004
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The Community Advocacy Centre - from Australian social enterprise Our Community - helps equip and educate individuals and groups who wish to challenge the status quo and bring about change in society.
Date updated: 16 May 2011
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The Community Toolbox website has been developed for community health practitioners in the United States, but it has a wide range of tools and resources that are applicable to campaigns and advocacy ...
Date updated: 19 April 2010
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Cyberspace vs. Face to Face: Community Organizing in the New Millennium, 2000, Randy Stoecker, University of Toledo. (http://comm-org.wisc.edu/papers2000/cyberorganize.htm)
Date updated: 19 November 2005
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If you want to make change, you need to make sure you have your facts right first. The Directory of Official Information is a key source for material produced by Government departments and ...
Date updated: 19 April 2010
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Earth Share Australia is a coalition of environmental groups. As part of their website, there is a social change training programme for people working on environmental campaigns.
Date updated: 26 October 2005
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This book says the secret to creating social change lies in how great organisations mobilise every sector of society – government, business, non-profits, and the public – to be a force ...
Date updated: 5 September 2008
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The Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector's website Good Practice Participate is set up to assist Government departments involve communities in decisionmaking. However, it includes a range ...
Date updated: 18 May 2009
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Sometimes change can only be done at the government level. Here are some resources that help you find out where you can make change at a national level through existing government processes.
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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One of the definitive guides to campaigning in a New Zealand context, the Greenpeace guide is aimed at environmental issues by grassroots community activists.
Date updated: 2 December 2004
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An MP's guide to lobbying Members of Parliament.
Date updated: 4 August 2010
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Many of the changes we want to make are best addressed at the local government level. There are a number of resources available for finding out about making changes that have local impact.
Date updated: 8 February 2005
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Active community participation in local democracy is a key concept in the Local Government Act 2002. This section of the Local Councils website focuses on encouraging Māori to get more involved ...
Date updated: 4 August 2010
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If your campaign includes Treaty issues, then the Media and Te Tiriti o Waitangi reports by research group Kupu Taea are useful publications that look at how the media covers Maori and Treaty issues.
Date updated: 26 June 2008
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The On-line Conference on Community Organising and Development Training section has a selection of links to resources on community organising.
Date updated: 19 November 2005
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Australian social enterprise Our Community's Community Advocacy Centre provides information and resources to help equip and educate individuals and groups who wish to challenge the status quo and ...
Date updated: 22 July 2011
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SmartMeme is a US based campaign training organisation which builds on one of the most exciting recent developments in ideas about how to make change happen. It uses the concept of "memes" - ...
Date updated: 19 September 2008
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The Social Report from the Ministry of Social Development provides information on the social health and wellbeing of New Zealand society.
Date updated: 24 November 2009
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The Virtual Activist is a free online training course that is packed with tips for nonprofits to make the most of the Internet. It covers email, mailing lists, advocacy, membership development and ...
Date updated: 28 April 2011
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Some of the longest running campaigns in Aotearoa/New Zealand have been against the impact on Maori of breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. For successful campaigns in this country, we need to ...
Date updated: 16 September 2005