On Monday this week, BERL and the Helen Clark Foundation (HCF) launched their report, Engaged Communities: How Community-Led Development can Increase Civic Participation, in Wellington. Here is Lucy’s summary of some of the key points from the research and reflections on what she heard.
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Audio resources to inform thinking on the gnarly and highly topical issue of affordable housing.
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With a theme of ‘inclusive growth’, kōrero at this year’s EDNZ conference focused on delivering economic growth that is distributed fairly across society.
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Today marks Planalytics’ first year of operation, so it feels like a good time to reflect on the year just been and hit the ground running for the year ahead.
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Today we sent an online survey to 125 building companies in Northland and Southland for a BRANZ project regarding construction and demolition waste.
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Today I returned to Massey University, my alma mater, to talk urban planning research with the final-year professional practice students.
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Lucy here! I’m currently enjoying a visit to the UK and have been fascinated by how the balance between retaining/maintaining historical values and providing for today’s residents is struck.
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Both Toni Kennerley and Lucy Cooper hit the road to present our research findings at Shift Aotearoa, the Population Association of NZ conference, and Connecting Communities Wairarapa.
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We love this initiative from Kaibosh Food Rescue in Wellington to raise funds and awareness about food insecurity. The idea is simple – you share a meal and then each donate to Kaibosh what you would have spent eating out.
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Like many regions in Aotearoa, food insecurity in Wairarapa is definitely present, and there are indications it is getting worse for some sectors of our community.
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