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Kiwis aren't just talking about a better world, we're building it. This website lists projects all around New Zealand / Aotearoa that are already building resilience in local communities.
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Latest Success Stories
Nga Hua a Tane ( Rainforest Ecosystem services value research program)
Rainforests provide a massive range of services to support life on our planet most of which go largely unrecognised and are totally undervalued. These are too often buried under a pre-occ...
The Little House That Could
The Little House That Could is a model for whole-community sustainability education. It takes an eco-thrifty approach to energy-efficient renovation, permaculture food production and educ...
Local Milk Supply
Local farmer sells organic milk direct to locals using smart self service vending machine
A new New Zealand Christmas
This year New Zealanders will give the gift of genuine concern for other New Zealanders.
WAIS
The Wairarapa Green Dollar Exchange Inc began in 1991 offering a LETS service to members. Markets were held in members gardens every month or so and "chits" (cheques) collected and proces...
Addington Action
Addington residents organising solidarity in response to the Canterbury earthquakes.
Project Lyttlelton
Project Lyttelton is a grass-roots organisation in Lyttelton, New Zealand, that is attracting wide attention both nationally and internationally. Its numerous successful community-led pro...
Tiaho Trust
Tiaho Trust is a ‘for disabled - by disabled’ organisation that provides information and empowerment services to the disabled community of Northland. We are situated in the Central Bu...
Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre Oral History Project
To provide more information about local history in an area of Wellington which had undergone dramatic physical and social changes since the 1920s.
Wild About New Zealand
Wild about New Zealand is an innovative “hands-on” biodiversity investigation and action programme that provides schools and community volunteers within the Bay of Plenty the chance t...
The Arts Recycling Centre
The Arts Recycling Centre provides a unique service to the Manawatu community by collecting and redistributing clean recycled waste materials from members of the community and local busin...
Taranaki E-Learning Trust
The Taranaki E-Learning trust took over the Computers in Homes challenge from Eltham Community Care, who helped us manage and oversee the 2006-2008 Computers in Homes project with funding...
McLaren Park Henderson South Community Initiative Incorporated (MPHS)
a community-based organisation offering initiatives and programmes for the residents of the McLaren Park Henderson South Community - for the community, by the Community
PHAB Association Inc
Encourages people with and without disabilities to come together on equal terms, to achieve complete integration within the wider community.
Springboard Community Works
Empowering lifes - connecting communites
We’re passionate about making a difference in our community. Since 2002, we’ve worked with at-risk youth in the North Rodney region, through ...
Grandparents raising Grandchildren Trust
Te Tautoko i ngā Tūpuna, Mātua, me te Whānau,
i roto i ngā mahi tiaki Mokopuna i ngā rā ō mua, ināianei,
me ngā rā kei te heke mai.
Supporting, Grandparents/kin and grandc...
The Lifewise Trust
LIFEWISE is an Auckland-based community organisation initiating new ways to solve challenging social issues and providing services to families in need, the homeless as well as older and d...
Teen Parent Project - Thrive
The Teen Parents Project was established in 2002. Its vision is to carry out innovative participatory work with and for teen parents. Approximately 600 young parents a year take part in ...
Nurturing the Future
Welcome to our community
We are herd dwellers. We were never meant to live in isolation. Too many communities are disconnected and families are living in isolation. This leaves our young...
Otautahi Urban Foraging
Free food is plentiful throughout Christchurch and Otautahi Urban Foraging group wants to help people find it.
Addington Space
Addington Space is a free website by and for residents of Addington suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Te Awaroa Youth Club
Te Awaroa Youth Club is about pro-actively offering help, support and inspiration to teenagers. It is about saying "Well Done" and "You Can Do It". It is about aiding youth to acknowledge...
The Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre
A dedicated musical therapy centre based in Auckland.
The ability to respond to sound and music is an inborn quality in all human beings. This inborn responsiveness to music exists regar...
Creative Junk
We are a not-for-profit organisation, incorporated in 1985 as Early Childhood Resource Centre (Christchurch) Incorporated. We trade under the name Creative Junk.
Our aim is to provide, i...
Seperated Parenting Services Inc
Separated Parenting Services (SPS) is a charitable organisation in Hamilton that is operated by volunteers giving their time, energy and resources to support, encourage, and teach other m...
Ranui Action Project
To bring the Ranui community, government agencies, health providers, volunteer groups and the Waitakere City Council together to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes in Ranui and ins...
Energy Options
We are a community owned not for profit organization which is committed to working for our community, helping families to live in warmer, drier, healthier, more energy efficient homes whi...
Living Streets Aotearoa
Living Streets Aotearoa is New Zealand's primary advocacy organisation for people on foot.
It evolved from Walk Wellington, a voluntary group set up in 1998 by a group of Wellingtonians ...
Skillwise
To provide a choice of stimulating and meaningful opportunities for people with an intellectual disability to integrate and participate in their communities (including the wider community...
Supergrans
Community support: volunteers that go into people's home offering support in area of home management skills (budget, health related issues, sewing etc.), and advocacy. Financial budgeting...