Building engagement and empowerment
Rākau Tautoko was approached by the Infrastructure and Environmental Services team at Auckland Council to facilitate community engagement workshops with key community stakeholders in Maungakiekie-Tāmaki, to seek feedback about their climate action priorities. We held two online workshops in March 2022 which focused on gathering community input towards identifying goals, barriers and priorities around climate …
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Working alongside Auckland Council Waste Solution Team, Jasmine Hope and Tara Moala created a focus group series for South Auckland community members to learn about the Pay As You Throw (PAYT) System. Part of our focus groups, we helped participants to learn about the different waste systems, and then share their thoughts on what they …
Planning and facilitating a three day co-design learning experience for HRMI, delivering to Pacific leaders that gathered in Auckland to learn about co-design and HRMI’s aspirations to expand into the pacific region.
We were approached by the Tāmaki Regeneration Company to conduct interviews and a group workshop as part of the scoping phase of the Co-Design creation for the Early Years Hub soon to be created in Tāmaki. Three of our practitioners recruited for, then conducted a series of interviews with parents of young children in Tāmaki. We then …
In October 2017, Rākau Tautoko was approached to support Auckland Council in engaging key Mangere groups to come together and create a way of working together to meet the needs of the Mangere community. The following took place over two half day workshops... The facilitator was to enable all of the groups to work together …
Our Rākau Tautoko facilitators Jo and Tara plus a number of community and external key facilitators ran eight capability workshops through the second half of 2017 in Tamaki Maungakiekie local board area. Participants enjoyed weekly workshops and one on one mentoring. The following topics were delivered across the workshops; Social Enterprise Financial Literacy Business Planning …
Participants from community organisations, local and central government gathered in Manukau for a three day co-design experience hosted by the Auckland Co-design Lab (the Lab) and The Southern Initiative (TSI). The aim was to provide a taster experience of a co-design process and practice in a collaborative environment that would inspire participants to explore and …
Supporting the DOC Partnerships team in Auckland to develop a strong understanding of codesign, working towards a collective of South Auckland Marae and Government agencies creating together.
Tara was able to provide monthly supervision for the mentor coordinator at the Brothers In Arms office . This was particularly needed during the creation of the wonderful Young Parent Mentoring Programme and then ongoing supervision throughout the year of the programme. Timeframe: March 2017 - August 2018 Other Key Organisations involved: Brothers In …
This project was about increasing the capacity of the TSI unit to deliver projects responsive to Pacific communities. Dickie was contracted to co-create a workshop design structure with a unit manager and staff member. The project involved the following over two staff development days, Half day sail on a double hulled ocean voyaging waka in the …
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