WHANANAKI COMMUNITY LED DEVELOPMENT

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te hāpori
With your contribution and mine the community will flourish

A CULTURALLY CONNECTED CARING COMMUNITY

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By Chala Chase • March 9, 2022
There is a movement towards embracing Mātauranga Māori and understanding Te Tiriti o Waitangi. CLD can embellish this movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. How, and what examples can we look at to deepen understanding?

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By Chala Chase • February 9, 2022
Native Nursery - taking shape

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By Chala Chase • December 23, 2021
Meri Kirihimete Whananaki

Ambulance Service during Level 3 & 4 Lockdown

By Chala Chase • September 5, 2021
Waka Manāki

Seeking Expressions of Interest

By Chala Chase • June 21, 2021
Native Nursery Specialist

UPDATED Hub Design & Plans

By Chala Chase • May 5, 2021
Latest Update - 5th May, 2021

Community Native nursery and Hub

By Chala Chase • January 24, 2021
Hui @ whakapaumahara carpark 11am 27th January

Hub Design & Plans

By Chala Chase • December 2, 2020
The concept design for the HUB building was presented by the design and project management team at the CLD meeting on Wednesday 25 th of November. It’s taken a long time to reach this milestone and mahi already achieved by the community group shows the need for a community facility to support the many initiatives that are being undertaken. We were very privileged to have Darren Collins from DIA and a group from Foundation North in attendance. We are calling for feedback on the design, in particular the plans and general layout. Please forward your comments and feedback to Tama at tamamoore@hotmail.com or Pam at pamarmstrong22@gmail.com

Provincial growth fund Granted

By Chala Chase • November 1, 2020
We're very excited to share the news that Whakapaumahara Marae has been successful in their application to the Provincial Growth Unit for a grant towards landscaping at the Marae and adjacent to the marae. It was confirmed at an announcement ceremony by MP Shane Jones at Okorihi Marae in Kaikohe that whakapaumahara will receive a grant of up to $340,000 for their Shovel Ready project! A huge thank you to the Whakapaumahara Marae Trust Board members for all their efforts and support to secure this funding towards the Redevelopment Masterplan. The funding will be put towards fencing and entryways, reinstatement and redirection of waterways (to reduce the impact of flooding), levelling of land, tree felling, weed eradication and most importantly new native planting!! As part of the agreement with the Provincial Development Fund the funding will be focussed on providing local employment. With the Marae Stage 2 Redevelopment Plan works also inching closer, we are looking forward to a really productive time for the Marae in the coming months and into the new year ahead. Lots to look forward to and lots of reasons to come and be involved in what's happening.

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROJECT

By Chala Chase • August 18, 2020
The aim of this project is to prepare as a community for social enterprise. The range of training workshops will encourage a wider participation in community activities for a common cause. The focus is on entrepreneurship for sustainability. Key Areas of Focus: We aim to build competency in 10 key areas as identified by the community. 1- Traditional and contemporary arts workshops- teach toiora skills 2- Photography and videography workshops; Marketing and social media training to promote 'Destination Whananaki' and to showcase at the hub; 3- Rongoa workshops to learn about healing properties and produce services/ products for the hub; 4- Barrista training, baking, making jams, pickles and other products for the cafe at the hub. 5- Training on how to run a venture 6- Customer service 7- Financial Capability training 8- Social enterprise training 9- Eco tourism training 10- Story telling workshop series Activities to Date: -Confirming availability of facilitators -Cordelia confirming Young Social Enterprise Leads and supports -Identifying potential venue for Young Social Enterprise setup Digital Story Telling Champion: Shaun Te Pania -Procurement of digital equipment (Filming and Editing) -Procurement of outdoor screening equipment (screen, projector and sound system) -Workshops on use of digital media equipment -Workshops on design and production -Story Board design and practice run -Map out hikoi route of significant sites for the tour -Filming schedule and filming -Editing schedule -Proofing and final edit -Portal/repository – --Uploading -Preview event -Community Film Premier event
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WHAT IS CLD?

Te Whakawhanake ā-Hapori “Community-led Development (CLD) strengthens the vitality of communities by activating and weaving the contribution of everyone connected to a place/whenua.

With community-led development, we work within five guiding principles developed by Inspiring Communities: 

- Shared local visions or goals drive action and change
- Use existing strengths and assets
- Many people and groups working together
- Building diverse and collaborative local leadership
- Adaptable planning and action informed by outcomes.

TE WHANA O TE NANAKIA

A Culturally connected caring Community

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GROW

Learn about tāngata whenua, their history and aspirations

Understand who was in this place, who is in this place and who will be in this place.

Build plans with those who live, work, care, play, and invest in a place – the principle of te ahi kaa.

Tailor-make solutions that reflect local ambitions, goals and contexts.

Grow a shared sense of optimism and collective ownership of the future.

BUILD

2. Build from Strengths


Everyone has a contribution to make.

Value residents as ‘experts’ in their place.

Proactively involve people who are frequently ignored.

Recognise the strengths tāngata whenua bring and build respectful relationships.

Value community assets. Use what you’ve got to help get what you want.

WORK

3. Work with diverse people and sectors


Foster connections between groups who don’t usually work together.

Support the aspirations of local whānau, hapū and iwi.

Ensure residents are actively involved in all aspects.

Build relationships between neighbours.

Encourage networking between community-led initiatives locally, regionally and nationally.

LEAD

4. Grow collaborative local leadership


Seek leadership from across the community – everyone is a potential leader.

Value different cultural approaches to leadership.

Support local people who are doing things and connect them to others to grow their effectiveness.

Invest in developing skills and capacity of local leaders.

Celebrate local leaders and community achievements.

LEARN

5. Learn by Doing


Plan and work adaptively.

Build in time for structured reflection to understand what’s working and what’s not.

Use data and insights to measure impact. Document and share progress widely.

Embrace small steps that contribute to transformational change.

Use local practice-informed evidence to support system changes locally and nationally.

THE COORDINATION TEAM

The coordination team work with the community and other key
stakeholders to progress the vision mission and goals outlined in the Whananaki CLD plan.
The Coordination focus is to not only facilitate a process wherein the community plan is managed to successful completion but to ensure sustainability is a key focus and actively seek out opportunities for resources and support for ongoing sustainability. The coordinators must also model and promote CLD principles so that the culture of the development process is embedded.

The current CLD Coordinators are Pam Armstrong , Jodi Edwards and Chala Chase.

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