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Read news and articles relating to Governance and Management of not-for-profit organisations.  Please send any suggested news items to: information@community.net.nz

  • Emergency procedures vital to community groups (details)

    How will your organisation stay in operation in the event of a disaster? How will you access information about your staff and volunteers, your beneficiaries, and your supplies and assets, in order to ...
    Date added: 25 October 2011

  • Changes to the Employment Relations and Holidays Act come into effect on 1 April (details)

    Changes to the Holidays and Employment Relations Acts come into effect on 1 April 2011. The Department of Labour has produced this guide to these important law changes.
    Date added: 1 April 2011

  • People First's e-news focuses on Policies and Procedures (details)

    Hands up if you like Policies and Procedures? Very few do. Yet, not-for-profits need workable policies and procedures across all areas of their operations.
    Date added: 31 March 2010

  • Not-for-profit employees: they are worth it! (details)

    “Love Factor” is a nice, cuddly term for the difference between the pay that employees in the not-for-profit sector are willing to accept and what they might receive in the broader ...
    Date added: 17 February 2010

  • New not-for-profit survey released (details)

    A new survey report into the not-for-profit sector has been released by business advice and chartered accounting firm Grant Thornton New Zealand. The 2007-2008 report focuses on topical issues ...
    Date added: 9 July 2008

  • Stakeholder engagement website revamped (details)

    The Good Practice Participate website hosted by the Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) has had a major makeover. The new-look site has improved menu structures and navigation, an ...
    Date added: 24 June 2008

  • Measuring Non-Profit Performance (details)

    The USA's Urban Institute and its project partner, The Center for What Works, collaborated from June 2004 through May 2006 to identify a set of common outcomes and outcome indicators or 'common framework' in the measurement of performance for ...
    Date added: 26 February 2007

  • Fighting a mission impossible (details)

    What drives the men and women who run New Zealand's not-for-profit sector?
    Date added: 26 June 2006

  • Many board members unhappy with organisation roles  (details)

    A global survey of board members has revealed many are not happy with their roles in their organisations, according to a recent NZ Herald article. Research and policy director at the Institute of ...
    Date added: 20 September 2005

  • New Māori governance model proposed (details)

    Te Puni Kōkiri is consulting on a proposed new governance model for Māori collectives.
    Date added: 15 November 2004

  • Pride In No Profit (details)

    If the infrastructure and management challenges of Not For Profit and commercial CEOs can be similar, their pay is not, and belief in the work of their organisation is a key motivation for many ...
    Date added: 5 November 2004

  • The Positive Side of Change (details)

    In a recent NZ Herald article, Kevin McCaffrey of IBM Business Consulting looks at some of the issues for organisations facing change.
    Date added: 5 November 2004