Previous Events

WELLINGTON: The Pacific Trafficking in Persons Forum- New Zealand

Date: 2-3 December 2011

Venue: Crossroads Salvation Army (Hutt City Corps), Cnr Kings Crescent & Cornwall Street, Lower Hutt.
Cost: The cost for the two days (including morning and afternoon teas and lunches) is $150 per person.

Inconvenient Truths- See attached pamphlet for more information.

WELLINGTON: What is 'Community' in Governing Communities? - A seminar presentation by Te Aroha Hohaia, PhD student, School of Government

Date: 12:30-1:30pm, 7 December 2011

Venue: RWW501, Railway West Wing, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University, Wellington

Feel free to bring your lunch as this is an informal seminar, no need to RSVP.

In community governance (typically a local government setting), ‘community’ is a pragmatically fluid and dynamic idea. This characteristic may indeed allow for the constructing of ‘communities of place’ and implementing of ‘communities of interest’ in the sector but what do civic leaders – those who live there and work through community governance issues – understand ‘community’ to be?

With this question foremost and Q-methodology underpinning the research design, the proposed study seeks out the diverse subjectivities and understandings of civic leaders to consider the implications for not only the theory but also the public policy promoting community governance.