Great to learn more about funding for our community. Gabrielle connected with funders, community sector friends and even some Raglan locals. A couple of community funders that RN chatted to were the ANZ Staff Foundation and The Lion Foundation. Check out their websites here:
We met with Dennis and Lisa from Raglan Community Board and Lianne Van Den Bend, Community Development Team, Waikato District Council to discuss how we can work more closely to support community priorities.
What a great turnout we had from our local organisations and groups! We spent the whole morning networking, celebrating community achievements and considering community priorities for collective action. Delicious food helped us along.
We were invited to attend the Māori Ministers Post Budget Breakfast hosted in Hamilton at the Novotel on the 22nd of May. We had the opportunity to understand what the new budgets are for the next three years.
In June, Rolande Paekau and Gabrielle Parson attended the World Community Development Conference ‘From the Edge’ in Darwin. What an amazing opportunity to learn and share with other indigenous communities and community development practitioners from around the world.
The Matariki Hapori Hauora Day, held at Papahua on Saturday 22nd July, was a follow on from the success of monthly Marae clinics that have been taking place within our community.
In late 2022, a group of like-minded community members came together to launch the Whāingaroa Youthworker Collective – Ngā Whakaruruhau Mahuri.