Building partnerships and capability in Northland
CCRE has been involved in a project with colleagues from the Public Policy Institute, Business School, and colleagues at the University’s Tai Tokerau Campus.
The project increased understanding of localized social service challenges in Northland and significantly enhanced relationships with core stakeholder, including iwi and a range of social service, district health board and local government leaders. This community engagement resulted in a joint full-day capacity-building workshop in Whangarei by CCRE in partnership with the Public Policy Institute and the Business School, to representatives from several social, health and community sector organisations, Ministry of Social Development and the Whangarei Council. We have been invited to deliver the material from the very successful Whangarei workshop to representatives in the Hokianga, Kaitaia and Kaikohe and anticipate refining the content for delivery in other geographical areas in New Zealand, including Auckland, Napier and Gisborne.
We additionally engaged in a series of activities to understand one paradigm-breaking initiative in Northland and produced on invitation, a research report based on key informant interviews about the process that has resulted in the 2019 formation of the Te Kaupapa Mahitahi Hauora-Papa o Te Raki Trust.
CCRE alongside the other University partners will further engage with three similar successful Northland initiatives to help inform the co-design of a model on shifting the capability for effective social intervention from government to community and the role of intermediaries in this process.