Patricia Grace, 'Anger, guilt and fear' with facilitator Vanessa Elderidge.
Kia ora Koutou,
Under the guidance of Facilitator, Vanessa Elderidge from Mary Potter Hospice, the theme for tomorrows ‘Healing through Storytelling’ will now be ‘Anger, guilt and fear’.
These sessions are for everyone.
Wednesday 20th March 2019, 9.30am – 11.3am.
Morning tea provided.
108 Strathmore Ave, Strathmore, Wellington
We welcome Patricia Grace as our 4th Guest speaker.
“Patricia Grace is a major New Zealand novelist, short story writer and children’s writer. She is of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa descent, and is affiliated to Ngati Porou by marriage. Grace began writing early, whilst teaching and raising her family of seven children. Shehas since won many national and international awards, including the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for fiction, the Deutz Medal for Fiction, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (widely considered the most prestigious literary prize after the Nobel). A deeply subtle, moving and subversive writer, Grace received in 2007 a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to literature.”
Short bio of Vanessa Elderidge:
“I have a commitment to Maori health and wellbeing.
I have a background in nursing and utilise that knowledge in my work in palliative care.
I'm also a Director of Four Tides Indigenous Healers and value traditional Maori medicine and healing modalities.
I'm an educator, facilitator and qualified bi-cultural supervisor.
I'm of and Ngati Kahungunu and Rongomaiwahine descent.I have a specific interest in empowering communities to manage grief and bereavement.”
Our last session for the series will be Wednesday 27th March, 9.30am – 11.3am.
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
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Newlands Resilience Group
Dear All,
Community Survey 2024
Introduction
Community resilience is having the resources, social capital, communication, and competence so the community can thrive. Disaster resilience is being ready, able to respond to, and able to recover from a disaster. A community is more likely to be disaster-resilient if it is community-resilient. A community can be resilient if a holistic and sustainable approach is taken to the well-being of its people. This survey will help inform community conversations to generate ideas to improve community resilience and wellbeing. The survey includes some basic disaster readiness questions. For more information, please visit the Newlands website newlandsnz.weebly.com...
How, When and Who
This survey can be completed online either in private or in a group and for example at home, a community gathering or a neighbor’s house etc. The survey is anonymous, and confidential and does not record any personal data of the respondents. The Aotearoa Community Resilience Network charitable trust is the caretaker of the survey data. No other public or private organization or persons have ownership or access rights to the data.
Next steps
The data will be added to the responses from previous surveys here and the results will be shared with the community. This includes a series of community conversations from February to April 2025 to discuss the findings and agree on the steps to enhance Newland’s resilience and well-being. Please tick the last box in the survey, and include your email, if you are interested in knowing more about what we are trying to do.
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