issue 42 - Winter 2013 - communitymatters.govt.nz

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Issue 42 / Winter 2013
Up close and personal with local flaura
and fauna
Kei waenga tonu i te ao o Tāne
Thanks to the Lottery World War One
Commemorations, Environment and
Heritage Committee, visitors will be able
to get up close and personal with some
of New Zealand’s iconic native flora and
fauna in a new 'Meet the Locals' exhibit at
Wellington Zoo.
“Meet the Locals will give our visitors the
opportunity to get hands on and learn
about New Zealand’s native species and the
New Zealand bush,” says Wellington Zoo
Group Manager Commercial Development
James Araci.
He said the $500,000 grant will see
Wellington Zoo develop new spaces
where visitors can experience different
landscapes and learn more about the role
of conservation projects and protection
of wildlife.
“New Zealand is home to a diverse array of
environments and native animal species.
These natural treasures include Kea, Grand
and Otago Skinks, and Little Blue Penguins.
Meet the Locals will give us an opportunity
to connect our visitors with these animals
and talk about what actions people can
take to help,” James says.
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Wellington Zoo hopes that viewing the Little Blue
Penguins will build an awareness of the diversity,
mystery and beauty of the region's natural world.
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Three year grant
support local
art community
Lottery grant
gives Ecosantuary
a boost
Time with horses
helps humans to
relax
Restoring
historic organ's
true sound
Penguin Point will showcase the work to protect Little
Blue Penguin habitats along the Wellington south coast.
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“Meet the Locals is a love story for
New Zealand’s natural landscapes and
ecosystems, from the mountains to the sea.
Meet the Locals will also celebrate the
legacy of agriculture in New Zealand
and highlight the close relationship we
have with domestic animals.”
He says there will be four new areas.
“Penguin Point will showcase the work
that Wellington Zoo and other partners
have been doing to protect Little Blue
Penguin habitats along the Wellington
south coast.
Bush Builders will give visitors an
opportunity to see native bird species in
their natural habitat and engage in the
fun of bush craft.
Pohutukawa Farm will show farm life
and the significance of agriculture to
New Zealand.
Mountain Encounter will represent a
alpine area so that we can share with
our visitors the Kea conservation work
we support in the wild.”
He says there will be a strong
emphasis on sustainability and sound
environmental practice.
“Meet the Locals will give visitors a
perspective on themselves and push us
all towards awareness of the diversity,
mystery and beauty of the natural world
around us, and why we should protect it.
As a charity, Wellington Zoo is very
grateful for the generous funding provided
by the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board.
This funding is a major contribution
towards Penguin Point and Mountain
Encounter, meaning we can build stunning
new homes for some of New Zealand’s
most treasured native wildlife. ”
About COGS
He kōrero mō COGS
The Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) is
government-funded and community-driven – an example of
the community and government working together to build
strong, sustainable communities with effective social services.
COGS makes a contribution to;
Thirty-six Local Distribution Committees, served by
volunteers, make decisions on grant applications from
organisations within their communities. COGS funds services
or projects that;
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are initiated by community organisations
respond to locally identified priorities established through community consultation at COGS public meetings held in April each year
have limited access to other government funding
will benefit one or more of the COGS priority sectors (i.e. Maori, women, Pacific and other ethnic communities, older
people, the rurally isolated, people with disabilities, families,
youth and children, and unemployed people).
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the running costs of community organisations that provide
community-based social services or projects, for example
personnel, operating or programme costs
services or projects that encourage participation in the
community, promote community leadership, and promote social,
economic and cultural equity.
Applications open on 1 June and close on the last
Wednesday in July. For more information visit
www.communitymatters.govt.nz.
The Lottery grant will help extend services for the local and
broader community, as well as help finish renovations.
Three year grant support local art community
E tautoko ana te tahua moni toru tau i te hapori toi o te rohe
The Lottery Auckland Community
Committee was so impressed with
the work of the Kumeu Arts Centre it
allocated the centre a three year grant
totalling $59,667 to support its work.
Acting centre coordinator Julie Moselen
says the grant will help the centre
continue to be an integral part of life
in the relatively isolated community of
Kumeu.
art classes for adults with mental health
issues. We have a fibre arts group, a
clay group, a life drawing group and
a children’s art club. We also hold Te
Reo classes and run school holiday
programmes.
“We are so grateful for the grant as
it will not only cover our everyday
running costs and enable us to extend
our services for the local and broader
community, but it will also enable us to
finish our renovations.
“Many of our users, particularly the
young, the old and the less able are
vulnerable to the cold. With the help of
the funding we are now able to provide
a warm and comfortable environment
for these classes to take place. Kumeu
Arts Centre users and tutors are all
delighted with the addition of the new
heaters and we are grateful for the
opportunity to improve the health and
safety of our premises,” Julie says.
“For many years we have been making
do with a drafty, cold building and
now we will be able to welcome
our community into a warm and
comfortable space, which is much more
suitable for art creation.”
She says the centre is very well used
with an average of 237 people attending
classes each month, and an additional
325 people a month visiting the gallery
where members can showcase their
work.
The centre is a hub and a meeting place
for artists and community members. It
provides classes on fine arts but also
runs community classes teaching crafts
such as knitting and crochet, working
with clay, flax weaving and life drawing.
“Our kaupapa is to encourage a
creative community - not just for our
participants but for all our citizens.
We believe art enriches the life of our
people and can have a transformative
role in our community. Funding from
the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board
will allow us to continue to support
a vibrant, creative and enriched
community through exhibitions, classes
“We have a wide variety of classes
catering to all ages and abilities. This
includes painting, printing, art classes
for adults with special needs, as well as
An inspirational art work by centre
coordinator and tutor Julie Moselen.
and through outreach with the wider
area. We aim to promote and foster arts
and culture to enrich community life
and foster community well-being.”
Members of the centre can book in for
a two week slot to exhibit their work
in the centre’s gallery. Julie says this is
very popular with the space booked up
through until November already.
The centre will be supporting the Real
Art Road Show, a mobile art gallery of
60 New Zealand art works, to give local
primary students an opportunity to see
the pieces first hand and take part in
activities run by the centre.
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Students put Kiwi Can lessons into practice by cleaning
up the roadsides along the south end of Gore.
COGS helps Gore students clean up
Ka āwhina COGS i ngā ākonga nō Māruawai ki te whakapai haere
Thanks to a $1000 grant from the
Community Organisation Grants
Scheme, the Youth Development
Southland Region Trust is able to deliver
the high-energy and interactive Kiwi
Can programme.
Youth Development Southland Region Trust's
Kiwi Can programme teaches values like
resilience, respect, and integrity.
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Kiwi Can is a primary school programme
that teaches essential life skills and
values like resilience, respect, integrity
and manners in schools all around
the country. Leaders are specially
trained to work in pairs and deliver
the high energy, interactive and,
most importantly, fun lessons and are
awesome role models for the kids to
look up to. Lessons contain a range of
physical, mental and creative challenges,
each based on a theme that has been
decided by the school.
In late 2012, students from Longford
Intermediate in Gore, along with their
Kiwi Can leaders, ran a community
project that related to the lessons they’d
learned about being responsible and
accountable and how, when they work
together, they are stronger for it.
Students put the lesson into practice
through a project to clean up the
roadsides along the south end of
Gore. The students braved the blustery
conditions and worked in teams for two
days, collecting rubbish from along the
roads and railway line. In the end, they
collected nearly 200kg of rubbish.
The students were positive about the
experience, and especially enjoyed the
support they got from the passing cars
and trucks which tooted their horns in
support. It gave them a buzz to have
the community acknowledge their
hard work.
Lottery
grant gives
Ecosantuary
a boost
He āwhina nui te tahua
moni Rota ki te Punanga
Whāomoomo
In southern Otago, near Dunedin, is
a special place. Over 300 hectares of
native forest is surrounded by a pest
proof fence which ensures a safe haven
where native New Zealand flora and
fauna can thrive.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary is a community
managed biodiversity conservation
forest which, in the just three and a
half years since it opened, has become a
home and breeding area for endangered
native species and a place where people
can come to learn about native flora
and fauna, and how to care for them.
The Ecosanctuary has established a
breeding programme for the rarest of
kiwi, the Haast tokoeka and also has
established populations of tuatara,
South Island robin, South Island
saddleback, Otago jewelled gecko and
South Island kaka. There are 17 species
of native birds and also many species of
rare and threatened plants.
The Orokonui Ecosanctuary teaches visitors about
native flora and fauna.
The whole conservation forest is
being managed by Chris Baillie, the
Ecosanctuary’s General Manager, whose
salary is supported by the Lottery Otago/
Southland Community Committee.
“My role is critical to the coordination
of tasks needed to develop and manage
the sanctuary,” Chris says.
She has to oversee not only the work of
staff, but also the activities of hundreds
of volunteers who contribute more than
12,000 hours annually and the more
than 1500 individual, family, community
and corporate members who support
the sanctuary.
“The community here has a very high
level of ownership of, and interest in,
Orokonui Ecosanctuary. The people who
are involved are critical to ensuring the
sanctuary’s success,” Chris says.
The Ecosanctuary has a two million
dollar environmentally-friendly visitor
centre where visitors can learn about
the Ecosanctuary and the native species
Information is available for all levels of education,
from early childhood to tertiary.
it contains, go for a self-guided walk,
take a guided tour, purchase gifts and
educational material from the souvenir
shop, or simply have a coffee and enjoy
the view.
“I truly believe the Orokonui
Ecosanctuary is an exceptional
education resource providing a wealth
of information for all levels from early
childhood to tertiary, from enthusiastic
amateurs to research students,” says Chris.
“We are really pleased the Lottery
Otago/Southland Community
Committee has made it possible for
us to continue working to ensure the
project's success in providing a valuable
asset for future generations to enjoy,
become involved in and learn from.”
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Community patrols contributed to a reduction
in youth crime, graffiti and acts of vandalism.
Lotteries grant helps community help itself
Ka āwhina te tahua moni Rota i te hapori kia āwhina ia i a anō
True to the New Zealand spirit of self
help, a group of locals in Featherston
decided they had to do something about
youth delinquency and crime in their
town.
So, back in 2004, they organised
themselves into a community patrol
group, keeping an eye on the streets and
what was happening in them.
Patrol chairwomen Trish Burgiss
says youth delinquency was a major
problem and it was made worse by
high unemployment, a limited police
presence, and a high percentage of
single-parent families.
She says the group’s patrols have
contributed to a reduction in youth
crime, graffiti and acts of vandalism.
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“The community has reported feeling
looked after and much safer, particularly
at night. In January this year, a patroller
helped the police identify suspects who
have since been charged with the fatal
beating of a well-known Featherston
man,” she says.
The group has also provided a sense of
cohesion with other local groups and
businesses.
“Featherston Lionesses gave us a
substantial donation to help buy a car.
And we were further supported by a
local garage which did the car’s warrant
for free, by AMI which is providing us
with car insurance and by other local
businesses,” says Trish.
And now the Lottery Wellington
Wairarapa Community Committee has
come to the party with a grant of $8,500.
“That’s a real boon,” says Trish. “It will
mean we can go to Community Patrol
New Zealand's annual training seminars
in Tauranga to learn new skills, increase
our professionalism, and network to
strengthen collaboration with the police
and other community patrol groups.”
The conference will include workshops
and speakers on topics such as P labs,
risks, effects and how to identify
possible labs, dealing with road trauma,
neighbourhood and community
policing, recruiting and retaining
members, emergency preparedness,
and observation techniques and data
recording.
Earthquake recovery for vulnerable women gets
lottery grant support
Ka whiwhi tautoko rota ngā mahi whakaoranga rū whenua mō ngā wāhine mōrearea
When the Christchurch earthquakes hit,
even the most resilient of people were
pushed to their limits.
For those who were already vulnerable,
such as ethnic migrant and refugee
women, life was made much harder.
Fortunately Shakti Christchurch, part of
national organisation Shakti Community
Council Inc. which was set up to
facilitate empowerment and provide
support to ethnic women of Asian,
African and Middle Eastern origins, was
there to help.
Shakti senior adviser Shila Nair says
Shakti’s programmes are culturally
appropriate and culturally competent.
Services include a specialist safe-house,
social work support, life skills education
programmes, advocacy, counselling,
domestic violence intervention
awareness, interpreting, legal support,
and a drop-in centre.
“The service we offer helps ethnic
women and any accompanying children,
particularly those suffering domestic
violence and those at risk of domestic
violence, to be safe, self-sufficient and
independent,” she says.
“Our aim is to bring about
intergenerational social change within
ethnic communities and to support
ethnic women and their children to live
free from violence and participate fully
in the community.”
volunteer costs.
Shila says since the earthquakes Shakti
has experienced an increased workload
as their clients are facing more complex
and difficult problems and the grant will
help them meet the increased need.
“The multi-year grant will enable us to
achieve stronger community benefits,
and safer, stronger ethnic families and
communities. We thank the Lottery
Grants Board for their contribution and
partnership.”
The Canterbury/Kaikoura Community
Lottery Committee decided at its recent
meeting to give Shakti, Christchurch a
multi-year grant of $111,480 over three
years to help with operational costs such
as salaries, training, supervision, and
While Christchurch recovers from earthquake damage,
Shakti Christchurch provides support for the city's ethnic
women and their children to live free from violence.
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Getting North East Valley's kids where they need to be
Te kawe haere i ngā tamariki o te Whārua Whakarua ki ō rātou ūnga
North East Valley’s community, near
Dunedin, responded to a need to get
children more involved in education
by using community-led development
funding to buy two community vans.
in learning and recreation. “The vans
mean children who would otherwise
have not played sports can now get
to participate,” says North East Valley
Normal Principal John McKenzie.
The vans are part of a bigger picture to
get children involved in learning and
education generally. The North East
Valley Project in its current form has its
beginnings in a collaborative response
to illness-related absenteeism in local
schools.
"Those children who would find it
difficult to get to school camp now
can do so easily. The vans are used
The causes of the absenteeism presented
a challenge to the education leaders
in the Valley because there were issues
such as cold houses, poor nutrition
and disconnection from community.
The region's leaders came together to
discuss how to solve these problems, and
the North East Valley Project was born.
to transport children to a Samoan
language nest; are used for shopping
trips to the cheapest supermarket in
the city; and take children on special
outings. The vans are moving version of
seating in parks, they are a ‘bumping
into point’ for local people to meet and
share their responses to community issues.”
The vans have helped cut down on absenteeism and
get children involved in learning and education.
The Project purchased two vans last year
as one way of addressing engagement
Busy keeping Hawke's Bay budgets balanced
E pukumahi ana ki te whakataurite i ngā pūtea whakahaere i Te Matau-a-Māui
Since 1976, the team at Napier Budget
Advisory Services (NBAS) has been
helping people take control of their
finances. NBAS offers both one-off and
on-going assistance to families and
individuals.
Maintaining a good budget takes knowledge and skills
that some people simply have never been taught
Manager Denise Redding says that
the two-year, $50,000 grant from
the Lottery Hawke's Bay Community
Committee will be used for the salary of
a budget advisor at Community Link.
“Without the support of the Lottery
grant, the position would be
unsustainable.”
“Making your finances work can be
tough, especially when you are a
beneficiary or on a low income. One of
our busiest budget advisors is based at
the Napier Community Link with Work
and Income New Zealand. She receives
referrals directly from WINZ, and is able
to quickly assess the client’s needs and
work closely with case managers.”
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Denise says her team also offers a
stricter budgeting system, which is used
for their more sensitive clients.
“The Total Money Management
system helps our higher-risk clients,
such as those with mental illness or
addictions. The system automatically
takes care of their rent, house-keeping
payments, debt repayments, things like
that. They don’t have to stress about
it. We’ve often found that when their
money situation becomes more stable,
other aspects of their lives become
more stable as well. It can be really
rewarding.”
“Maintaining a good budget is very
important, and takes knowledge
and skills that some people simply
have never been taught. We have
one member of our team who runs
community educations programmes in
the local primary schools.”
Denise says that the demand for NBAS’s
services is high and steady.
“Our services are available to people of
all ages, from 18 to 65 plus, and from
all communities. Some days it seems
like we have to take a break just to get a
breath — we can be that busy."
Time with horses
helps humans
to relax
Mā ngā mahi hōiho ka āwhina
te tangata ki te whakatā
For adults who live with mental
health issues, the anxiety of leaving
their apartment or care facility can
be overwhelming, frightening and
ultimately debilitating. With the help of
a $39,750 grant from Lottery Northland
Community Committee, Horses for
Healing Charitable Trust is helping
adults in the Whangarei area to gain the
vital confidence they need.
Trust Chairperson Judith Burgoyne
says that the programme is incredibly
effective for adults with all types of
mental health challenges.
“Whether it is bipolar, schizophrenia, or
depression, this programme is equally
effective at helping people learn to cope
with anxiety and how to relax.”
Over the course of a 10 week, oneto-one programme, participants gain
confidence and self-esteem, as well as
build safe, trusting relationships. Each
programme is adapted to suit the needs
of the individual.
Based at Avalon Farm, Parua Bay, Horses
for Healing offers participants access
to an arena, covered stables and yards,
as well as safe, purpose trained horses.
Participants take part in tasks such as
grooming and caring for the horse,
leading and groundwork, and they may
end up riding the horse.
The Horses for Healing programme helps people learn
to cope with anxiety and how to relax.
Participants have access to an arena, covered stables
and yards, as well as safe, purpose trained horses.
Judith says that when some of our
clients come in and meet the horses for
the first time, they are afraid to even be
close to such a large, powerful animal.
“However, as they work through
the programme, the fear subsides
and eventually they begin to build
a powerful, therapeutic relationship
between equine friend and human.
Their sessions turn into a special time
for them, and the stables become a
safe place. There is no judgement from
the horse. From the first day I started
working with this programme, I’ve never
had anything but positive feedback
from the people who take part.”
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The 104-year-old organ is used on average
150 times per year for weddings, funerals,
community concerts and tuition.
Restoring historic organ's true sound
Te whakaora i te oro tūturu ake o te ōkena tawhito
The Very Reverend Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean
of the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral in
Auckland is delighted the Lottery World
War One Commemorations, Environment
and Heritage Committee has agreed to
a grant of $250,000 to put towards the
restoration of the 1909 Croft organ in St
Mary’s in Parnell.
“The Lottery grant is significant and
it means that the St Mary’s organ
restoration project will definitely
happen.
“The organ is a historically significant
instrument. It is the largest instrument
built by George Croft and was made
wholly in New Zealand. It is 104 years
old and is still well used. In addition
to regular services, this organ is used
on average 150 times per year for
weddings, funerals, community concerts
and tuition – including the University
School of Music students.”
The organ was rebuilt in the mid
1980s as a result it now has
electric action and some tonal
modifications.
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Dean Jo says the current restoration
project will restore the organ’s original
appearance and sound, and is part of a
broader project at the Cathedral.
“Selwyn’s Vision: Let’s finish what
history started is a $12 million
structured project to complete the
functional components of a working
Cathedral for Auckland. It has two key
components: building and music.
“On the music side is the St Mary’s
organ – the plan is to restore the
console in the style of the period; review
and repair the slider soundboards to the
great, swell and choir divisions. These
are what the majority of the organ’s
pipes stand on. We are also looking at
opening the shutters of the expression
boxes to 90 degrees so the full sound
impact can be heard in the Nave.”
Other work will include rebuilding the
wind system to the traditional style. The
current reservoir often collapses under
load and the pitch of the pipes drops
audibly.
The building component of the
restoration project includes a 120 seat
chapel, linking St Mary’s and Holy
Trinity and improving access to St
Mary’s to enable the facilities that make
up the Cathedral precinct to better serve
the needs of the people of Auckland and
New Zealand by improving access and
flexibility for more groups," Dean Jo says.
“Holy Trinity Cathedral is a leading
spiritual, civic, community, music,
cultural, drama and arts facility in
Auckland welcoming over 100,000 people
each year. The Cathedral hosts groups
as varied as the KBB music festival, the
NZ Police, the Organ Donors Service, the
Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and
the NZ Symphony Orchestra. There are
currently over 70 different community
user groups that hire the Cathedral.
They do so because it is an affordable,
accessible and centrally located option.”
Fundraising for the combined project
started in earnest in July 2012 and has
won support from a wide range of groups
and individuals – including Auckland
Council, Barfoot & Thompson, the Lottery
World War One Commemorations,
Environment and Heritage Committee
The William and Lois Manchester Trust
and over 200 individuals, private trusts
and businesses.
Laying out the (red?) carpet
Te hora i te whāriki
With the help of countless numbers of
dedicated local residents and endless
hours of volunteer work, Coromandel
Players Inc. has been putting the
spotlight on local talent for the last 35
years.
Located in the old Coromandel Primary
Schools building, which is over one
hundred years old, the theatre can
seat 65 people, and usually has five
performances of each production.
A grant of $2760 from the Lottery
Waikato Community Committee is
going to allow the Players to replace
the ageing, worn carpet in their little
community theatre.
Liz Cameron, a founding member of the
Players, says that although support has
waxed and waned through the years,
the local theatre has generally been well
supported by the community.
“This is the only facility of its type in
Coromadel town and, as such, provides
a service for the wider rural community,
as well as the town’s people. It is used
by the Coromadel Players for theatrical
productions and also by visiting tours."
A few of the Coromandel Players.
“Small town casting can be quite a
challenge. Some years we only have
enough resource to put on one show,
other years we may be able to produce
three or more. It all depends on how
many people come out to audition.
We’ve often found it to be simple to
cast older people, but finding a young
male to fill a part can be a bit tougher.”
Liz says that the theatre usually puts
on plays, but, on the odd occasion, has
produced a musical or two, depending
upon the type of talent available in the
community.
“The support of the community is
instrumental to the theatre’s success.
Some of the people who volunteer with
us have a background in theatre, some
simply have a love and passion for the
stage, others, well, others we drag in,
kicking and screaming — my husband
can attest to that.”
Olympics are pure gold for Bay of Plenty Kauma-tua
He tino pai rawa Ngā Taumahekeheke o te Ao mō Ngā Kaumātua o Te Waiariki
Thanks to Three Peaks Kauma-tua Arts
and Crafts, Kauma-tua in the Bay of
Plenty have a place to socialise, get
active, and take part in fun activities.
With the help of a $9,950 grant
from Lottery Bay of Plenty/Gisborne
Community Committee, Three Peaks
will be able to cover the costs of
this year’s Bay of Plenty Kauma-tua
Olympics, which will be held in
Kawerau in October.
Chairperson Faye Huia, who has been
involved with the Trust for 11 years
and Chairperson for five years, says
the Kaumatua Olympics are a great
event for young and old.
“Whether they are in a wheelchair,
use walking sticks, are standing or
sitting, we have games for all the
kauma-tua. In the last Olympics, we
had between 150 and 160 kauma-tua
from across the region take part.
We are currently in the planning
stages for this year’s games and we
already have over 200 people who
want to take part.”
Faye says that the aim of Three
Peaks, which has been active since
1999, is to support the region’s
older people, encourage a healthy
lifestyle and provide opportunities
to socialise.
“The meetings of our group are very
important to our members, it is
often the only time they get out. We
do exercises, lawn bowls, as well as
arts and craft like weaving, crochet,
scrap books, sewing and playing
games. Every Wednesday we have a
healthy eating night.”
Over 200 people plan on taking part in
this year's Kaumatua Olympics.
Kauma-tua are provided with an opportunity
to share their skills and knowledge with
each other and their wha-nau, and also get
a chance to participate in activities that
they may not have been able to experience
before.
The grant will also help to offset the costs
associated with kauma-tua activities and to
fund the use of a vehicle to get kauma-tua
out and about.
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How to reach the Department of Internal Affairs
Whakapā mai!
Head Office
46 Waring Taylor Street WELLINGTON 6011
PO Box 805 WELLINGTON 6140
Freephone: 0800 824 824
Kaitaia
Rotorua
New Plymouth
Greymouth
36-38 Matthews Avenue
Level 5, Zen Centre
Level 3, Duncan Dovico House
Blanchfield House
KAITAIA 0410
1135 Arawa Street
60 - 62 Gill Street
Cnr Albert and Guinness Street
PO Box 257
ROTORUA 3010
NEW PLYMOUTH 4310
GREYMOUTH 7805
KAITAIA 0441
Private Bag 3041
PO Box 331
PO Box 33
Ph: (09) 408 6677
ROTORUA 3046
NEW PLYMOUTH 4340
GREYMOUTH 7840
Fax: (09) 408 0923
Ph: (07) 343 1680
Ph: (06) 759 8246
Ph: (03) 768 1001
Fax: (07) 343 1689
Fax: (06) 759 8094
Manaia House
Gisborne
Palmerston North
41 Rathbone Street
Level 2, Wilson James Centre
Guardian Trust House
WHANGAREI 0110
77 Peel Street
Cnr Main Street and The Square
PO Box 1755
GISBORNE 4010
PALMERSTON NORTH 4410
WHANGAREI 0140
PO Box 254
PO Box 247
Ph: (09) 430 2205
GISBORNE 4040
PALMERSTON NORTH 4440
Dunedin
Fax: (09) 430 2209
Ph: (06) 868 1915
Ph: (06) 355 8088
6th Floor, Burns House
Fax: (06) 868 1964
Fax: (06) 355 8084
10 George Street
Level 1, 20-24 Lambie Drive
Napier
Wellington
MANUKAU CITY 2104
Level 1
4th Floor, Riverside Towers
DUNEDIN 9058
PO Box 76 451
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building
15 Daly Street
Ph: (03) 479 6515
MANUKAU CITY 2241
Cnr Raffles & Munroe Streets
LOWER HUTT 5010
Fax: (03) 479 6519
Ph: (09) 362 5188
NAPIER 4110
PO Box 30 454
Fax: (09) 362 5191
PO Box 1042
LOWER HUTT 5040
Invercargill
NAPIER 4140
Ph: (04) 570 5386
Hamilton
Level 2, Menzies Building
Ph: (06) 834 1350
Fax: (04) 570 5381
Lower Esk Street
Level 2, 410 Victoria Street
Fax: (06) 834 1274
Whangarei
Christchurch
Manukau
You can contact staff
on 0800 824 824
or by post, PO Box 4033
CHRISTCHURCH 8140
DUNEDIN 9016
PO Box 5341
INVERCARGILL 9810
HAMILTON 3204
Nelson
PO Box 19 230
31 New Street
INVERCARGILL 9840
HAMILTON 3244
NELSON 7010
Ph: (03) 218 0702
Ph: (07) 839 9960
PO Box 1149
Fax: (03) 218 6411
Fax: (07) 839 9955
NELSON 7040
Ph: (03) 546 0904
Fax: (03) 548 2488
To email known individual staff anywhere in the country: firstname.lastname@dia.govt.nz
Community Matters is published by
The Department of Internal Affairs
Te Tari Taiwhenua
PO Box 501