Community Initiatives and Doers

Kōrero with Mike Hill

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Featured, Kōrero

• ambulance, award winning, child abuse, coromandel, dads, mentor, mike hill, photographer, value, waihi

Mike Hill's challenge to all parents **WARNING** contains course language (swearing) and real life content.I met Mike of Mike Hill At Large a few years ago when I was filming weddings. I wouldn't say that we made the best first impressions on each other…. Mike looked like he should be shooting guns rather then weddings...MORE

Kōrero with an Ex-Cop

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• child abuse, cop, coromandel, cyfs, gangs, lawn mowing, maori, mental health, oranga tamariki, whitianga

Chris here. The other day we were parked at a mates place at cooks beach to steal some power and I got talking with a neighbor about what we were doing. He was an old fulla called Ian and was an absolute straight up genuine bloke. He told me I should have a chat to...MORE

Te Tuinga Whānau

# Community Initiatives and Doers

• bay of plenty, homelessness, housing, kapai, kiwi, moana, tauranga, whanau

A few weeks back I met my 2nd cousin at a family reunion for the first time. She told me about this organisation she was working with and some of the incredible initiatives they had going to help those in need around them. When she mentioned her boss’s title was Chief Imagination Officer, I immediately...MORE

Kōrero with Child Matters CEO

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• child abuse, child matters, child protection, child value, jane searle, New Zealand, stop the bus

Last week we caught up with Jane Searle, CEO of Child Matters NZ. Jane brings a huge amount of experience to her role but says the community can also play an important part in child protection. In this clip, she offers some interesting thoughts. Worth a watch!#childmatters #stopthebus #stopthebusnz Posted by Stop the Bus on...MORE

Pekerau Primary Hangi

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kids are Awesome

• aotearoa, hangi, kiwi kids, pekerau, primary school, pure kiwi, te awamutu

What are your nostalgic 'pure kiwi' memories from when you were a kid?One of these for me is the distinct smell and taste of a hāngi. It was therefore with no hesitation that we accepted the invite from Pekerau Primary School (the boys school prior to bus life) to join them for their hāngi fundraiser...MORE

Mana rides for VOYCE

# Community Initiatives and Doers

• bike, children, children of the state, cycling, mana, New Zealand, oranga tamariki, tamariki, value, voyce, whakaronga mai, winter

Remember a couple of weeks ago when we had that ridiculously cold weather with hideous icy winds + snow falls? While we were all snugged up in our blankies, this amazing young man, Mana, was busy cycling the length of the North Island to raise awareness for a new advocacy service for children in state...MORE

Kōrero with Hone Harawira

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• far north, harawira, hone, kaiataia, mana, open the curtains, politician

Last week we stayed in Kaitaia West and it wasn’t long until we heard about a passionate group working in the neighbourhood to create positive change for families called Open The Curtains. We found out it was Hone Harawira’s kaupapa so we took the family around for a visit to find out more.

A day in Moerewa

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• damp homes, housing, kawakawa, moerewa, trade skills, value

This is a snippet into a day of our bus life… we dropped Erinna off at a local fitness class while Chris & the boys checked out the streets of Moerewa. One of the things we know from our research is that the hard stuff happening within our families is not limited to one race...MORE

Kōrero with Dr Lance O’Sullivan

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• child abuse, Doctor, Kaitaia, Lance O'Sullivan, Moko Foundation

When we were in Kaeo I had a yarn with a mum there who told me how hard it can be sometimes to get your kid to a doctor especially if you have no car. She told me about the local nurse who can come to your house and they use an app which communicates...MORE

Dinner at the Ritz

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Events

• community, dinner, kaeo, kai, new beginnings church

When our family first arrived at Kaeo we had no idea what we would find. We stopped in at the service center and asked where we could park in town and they allowed us to park next to the Memorial Hall. It didn’t take long to discover some of the hardship this town has faced,...MORE

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