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Our irregular newsletter seems to be falling into a seasonal pattern this year. We shared our last pānui at the end of summer and this one comes to you at the end of autumn. By the maramataka, the Māori lunar calendar, we’re now in Haratua - a time to prepare for winter. Soon we’ll move into Pipiri and the new lunar year that begins with Matariki - a time to reflect, to celebrate, come together and to look forward to what the new year will bring.
This year has been challenging, with devastating cuts to the public service, more threats to the environment, attempts to redefine Te Tiriti and more. But looking ahead, this newsletter is full of hopeful news about people working together for the common good and sharing a purposeful vision for a collective future.
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| Good work with good people |
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We get to mahi with some pretty amazing people, who do really great things and we love having the opportunity to celebrate them.
Here are some of the good things with good people we’ve been involved in this year:
Tauranga Moana: Hope in Action
Ria Hall and Hautapu Baker are bringing a vision of hope in action to Tauranga Moana and we’ve been so proud to have worked with them both on this kaupapa.
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Ria Hall is an award winning musician and a talented leader, born and raised in Tauranga and a descendant of all three Tauranga Moana iwi. Ria is running for mayor and also standing for the Pāpāmoa ward. Learn more about Ria’s campaign and get involved: https://www.riahall.com/
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Hautapu Baker is standing for Tauranga City Council in his community, the Welcome Bay Ward. Hautapu is standing on a platform of competent, collaborative, community-centred and future-focused leadership. Learn more and support Hautapu’s campaign here: https://www.hautapubaker.com/.
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Walk Together
Walk Together is an organisation that supports systems change by changing the ways that people work together. It has been a pleasure to work with Walk Together on their website refresh. Find out more about Walk Together’s mahi at https://walktogether.co.nz/. As well as offering a range of pathways to support culturally responsive and collaborative change, Walk Together hosts community spaces and gatherings, including a weekly shared online cuppa and yarn and monthly connect and collaborate workshops. Get involved in the Walk Together community here https://walktogether.co.nz/community/.
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Reimagining Aotearoa Together
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) has launched Reimagining Aotearoa Together - a response to the continued failure of government to deal with the inequality and unfairness at the heart of Aotearoa New Zealand’s society and economy. For Purpose provided development support on the campaign website.
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Choose a Better Future
PSA (The Public Service Association) has launched a new campaign website built by For Purpose. The website tells the broader story about the long term impact cuts to public and community services will have on people and communities and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
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Ratio Justice
The New Zealand Nurses Union |Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa took action across Aotearoa for increased health funding and safe staffing on Thursday 9 May. The Ratio Justice campaign calls for Health New Zealand to address a chronic shortage of nursing staff. Currently more than a quarter of nursing shifts are below target staffing numbers, with some wards operate below safe staffing levels most of the time. For Purpose developed the campaign design.
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Events, initiatives, Learning opportunities
A Fresh I.D.E.A
IDEA is a brand new independent New Zealand think-tank and a registered charity focused on ideas for solving some of New Zealand’s biggest, intertwined problems - poverty and political exclusion. IDEA co-founder Max Rashbrooke authored a research report for the Level the Playing Field campaign we’ve been working on for Health Coalition Aotearoa, and has authored and edited several books including Government for the Public Good, Too Much Money, and Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis. You can follow and support IDEA by becoming a subscriber to their weekly Substack bulletin, Good IDEAs or become a founding member or supporter.
Narrative change training
The Workshop has released new training dates for the remainder of 2024. They have lots of options for learning about how to talk about and frame the issues that impact people and planet to deepen public understanding. Explore the training options here: https://www.theworkshop.org.nz/events-calendar
Honour Te Tiriti Honour Te Tiriti Call to Action.
Tāmaki Treaty Workers is hosting an online meeting for like minded Tauiwi and Pākehā to strategise and mobilise together to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Online meeting 7pm, 10 June. RSVP here : https://rb.gy/hp1hua .
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Band Together
Support Ria Hall’s campaign for mayor and celebrate her vision of ‘Hope In Action’ with a renowned award-winning line up of some of Aotearoa’s finest musicians. A mana wāhine line up for a mana wāhine candidate! 3pm, June 9, Totara St, Mount Maunganui https://totarastreet.co.nz/events/2024/june/band-together.
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March for Nature
A broad coalition of environmental and community groups have coordinated a peaceful protest against this Government’s attacks on environmental protection with the Fast-Track bill. Join the March for Nature, https://marchfornature.nz/
Saturday, June 8, 1pm Aotea Square, Auckland.
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People over Profits: Stop the Cuts!
People over Profits: Stop the Cuts is calling for the government to:
Toitū Te Tiriti: Honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Stop the cuts to our public services
Stop the corporate takeover of our government
Organisers are calling for people in Te Whānganui-a-Tara to “come together to say NO to the cuts, and unify our voices for a future where everyone has what they need to thrive”.
Saturday, June 8, 1pm Pukeahu War Memorial Park, Wellington
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| Other happenings at For Purpose |
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Lunch & Learn
We’re going to start hosting free online Lunch & Learn sessions to share knowledge and tools around creating social movements and building campaigns, as well as approaches to design and storytelling for social change. We’d love to hear what kind of information will be useful for your mahi and communities. Register your interest (and share the topics you’d like us to explore) and we’ll let you know when these sessions will run: https://form.123formbuilder.com/6668214/register-interest-lunch-learn-series
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How can designers be better advocates for people and planet?
Anna and Zenaida took part in a Design Assembly Autumn conversation in Pōneke last month and shared this piece on how designers can use their skills to help people mobilise networks and take collective action. Although this article was written with designers in mind, we think these are ideas that everyone can use. We drew inspiration from The Power Cube, which is a tool that can be used when developing an advocacy campaign strategy to map a situation and find entry points for change.
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| Kristin Gillies - 5 questions |
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Kristin is the founder and director of For Purpose. He is a specialist in Digital Campaigning, Communications and Strategy with over 10 years experience in campaigning, building organisations, and creating change on environmental and social issues. In this months blog we learn about what he's thinking about and working on.
Read about Kristin here
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Kristin is going to talk about campaign strategy at our free online Lunch & Learn series. Register your interest here: https://form.123formbuilder.com/6668214/register-interest-lunch-learn-series
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| We’re reading/watching/listening to: |
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A new generation of activism: Marking 20 years since the foreshore and seabed hīkoi
On The Spinoff, Jamie Tahana looks back on the controversial law that attempted to define ownership of the foreshore and seabed and prompted a 15,000 person hīkoi to parliament - the biggest Māori march in a generation.
It takes a kāinga
A short documentary on the struggles Māori māmā face in New Zealand’s health system directed by Taylor Hohepa, featuring (and co-produced by) our favourite mayoral candidate, Ria Hall.
Ministry of Imagination Manifesto
This beautifully designed document is a kind of archive of the From What If to What Next podcast curated by Transition Movement founder Rob Hopkins. It’s an exploration of, “what policymaking underpinned by the radical imagination looks like,” featuring future-focused ideas on… pretty much everything from an eclectic array of brilliant and creative thinkers.
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We will be sharing more news and resources for campaigning, movement building and change-making in future newsletters, on our blog and on social media. Please let us know if there are particular tips, resources or skills you would like us to share with you.
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