How-to Guides - Campaigning & Advocacy

Case Studies

Each case study is of a successful campaign or advocacy, chosen for relevance to the New Zealand community.

• Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa (ACYA) (details)

  ACYA advocates for children and young people, in particular on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Children.
  Date updated: 20 November 2005

• Australian Case Studies (details)

  The best website I've found for campaign case studies is The Change Agency from Australia. These are environmental campaigns in the broadest sense from nature conservation to transport and food campaigns. This link takes you to the list of case ...
  Date updated: 30 July 2006

• Poverty and Advocacy: The Gisborne Impact Story (details)

  An action research report on Te Tairawhiti Special Benefit “Impact” October 2003, by Catherine Delahunty of Kotare Research and Education for Social Change Trust.
  Date updated: 10 January 2006

• Campaign against loan sharks (details)

  ACORN (Association of Community Organisations for Reform Now - www.acorn.org) in the United States has been leading a successful campaign against predatory loan sharks who target low income people. ...
  Date updated: 11 November 2004

• Māori Activism (details)

  Some of the longest running campaigns in New Zealand have been led by Māori, campaigning against injustices from breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Note that these sites and books are selected ...
  Date updated: 26 June 2008

• On-line campaigning (details)

  Here are some examples of successful use of on-line strategies assisting campaigns in the United States. I'm keen to hear of New Zealand examples too.
  Date updated: 1 August 2005

• The real Rosa Parks (details)

  Rosa Parks, the civil right campaigner from the US, passed away earlier this year. She is often remembered as a heroic woman whose individual action initiated the Montgomery bus boycott.
  Date updated: 11 December 2005