Building engagement and empowerment
As a team we think it's super important for everyone to be heard and have their say on the Treaty Principles Bill. Late 2024 the Toitū Te Tiriti march was massive and Aotearoa saw many of our people stand up for what we believe is right! We now need to follow that up with submissions …
Food Scraps is an Auckland Council Waste Management System that is rolling out throughout Auckland. We are supporting this rollout in three ways: Community Engagement - Sharing knowledge using the Kumara Vine concept Creating a kumara vine of champions throughout our communities that engage and teach our whānau how to grow their knowledge and skills …
On the 25th March 2023 we hosted the Ope Youth Wānanga. We had a great group of local youth that came out and took part in this wānanga. We loved spending that time with you and hearing you share your ideas! Tara and Haare led this wānanga on the day with Carla being out due …
It all started with The Kai Collective Project which was a collective of community groups and leaders that came together to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, creating a Food Hub that provided local groups and community leaders with food that they then distributed directly to whānau in need in our community. From here we learned …
Ope (noun) army, troop, party, entourage, contingent - group of people moving together. Ope is an Auckland Council programme to help connect Enviroschools and the community around waste reduction and climate change activities. Rākau Tautoko practitioners Tara, Carla and Haare are working in partnership with Tāmaki WRAP Community Activators Sarah, Kristine and Sam to engage with …
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