Other pānui (notices)
Take a look at our lates notices from locals of Waimamaku. If you have a pānui of your own you would like shared get in contact and let us know what you want to say!
Waimamaku River
Catchment Action Plan
by Te Aho Taiao o Waimamaku
Draft Plan PDF - 23 . 07. 2024
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Community Law Legal Education Schedule
Kia ora everyone,
Please see the schedule below for our Community Law Legal Education schedule until June. They will reoccur fortnightly every Friday @ 1PM.
These will all be hosted online through Zoom - keep a watch out on our Facebook for the Zoom Link (https://www.facebook.com/155CommunityLaw).
Please feel free to share with your networks.
LEGAL EDUCATION SCHEDULE - Fridays fortnightly @ 1pm
Friday 18 March – Enduring Power of Attorney and Personal Protection and Property Rights
Friday 1 April – Legal Ages
Friday 15 April – Family Law: Care of children
Friday 29 April – Family Violence
Friday 13 May – Tenancy Law
Friday 27 May – Employment Law
Friday 10 June – Driving/Traffic Law
Friday 24 June – WINZ Rights and Obligations
Again, if you are interested in specific group sessions for your whanau or your team, please get in touch with us directly (sarah@155.org.nz) and we can discuss further details.
Want to be a Tidy Kiwi?
Upstream Battle:
Did you know that most marine litter isn’t a result of human acidity out at sea? 80% of marine litter globally starts its journey upstream, from land, meaning we all have a part to play in reducing it!
Despite this huge quantity, there’s very little data on where exactly this litter comes from, or what type of litter is making its way into the ocean through our waterways. Nonetheless, once it reaches the ocean it’s nearly impossible to remove, and the consequences for marine ecosystems, climate change and our own health is huge.
Since ocean conservancy begins with a better understanding of the root causes or ocean pollution, we’re proud to launch our new citizen science programme Upstream Battle. With your help we’ll develop a comprehensive insight into Aotearoa’s litter problem from source to sea.
How will Upstream Battle work?
The programme aims to identify the most common on-land sources and types of litter, utilising volunteers, students, teachers and other citizen scientists of all ages to gather valuable data that in turn will inform action to stop this litter entering our streams, rivers, lakes and oceans.
Help us battle New Zealand’s upstream litter problem!
To get an accurate record from around Aotearoa, we need Upstream Battlers from across the country to collect data and litter from local waterways. We’ll provide you with the resources to gather the data – we just need your help to get this out there!
The programme is aimed at schools, community groups, families and volunteers throughout New Zealand who would like to contribute to the solution. It’s a great opportunity to gain training and experience in citizen science, and the programme links to a diverse range of learning areas in the New Zealand curriculum and United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Sign up to help here.
Contribute to worldwide research
Upstream Battle is based on a similar citizen science programme conducted in Scotland, on the rivers Clyde and Tay. We recently partnered with Keep Scotland Beautiful to share knowledge and programmes for the benefit of the communities on both sides of the globe.
Contact us
If you have enquiries about Upstream Battle, we’d love to hear from you. Email us or give us a call on 0800 TIDY KIWI and we’ll be able to help.
Mō te Taitamariki
He Poutama Taitamariki (HPT) is MSD Northland’s youth engagement strategy that is designed to pathway 15 to 24-year olds, helping them discover a future through work, training, or new opportunities. It has been developed out of pilot schemes and is now run by MSD across Northland to help improve the future for our young people.
For the 15 to 17 year olds Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEETs), HPT is establishing a pipeline of young people who will be able to undertake opportunities designed by youth for youth, enabling them to transition through educational qualifications, specified training and learning, and into work.
Working with our HPT Navigators (Case Managers), Youth Specialists, Employment Team, and service providers, we help our young people to build their skills and get into sustainable work opportunities.
We are also seeing our young people improve their confidence and outlook on life - they are gaining the business and technical skills they need for their chosen pathway.
When a young person first joins the program, they complete an assessment which asks about their self-rating for a range of factors including housing, social skills, education and literacy, job opportunities and drugs and alcohol.
This assessment provides the young person’s voice, giving us a clear indication of how to work out the best pathway with them. That pathway will be supported by a suite of services towards the outcome of engaging the young person in education, further training, or employment, along with increased levels of social connectedness and inclusion.
By focusing on our young people, we not only change their lives, but also the lives of their friends and whanau as seeing children succeed and grow has positive impacts on those around them including their friends, parents, care-givers and extended family.
Northland's focus on young people is improving the social and economic outcomes for our whole region!
It’s My Move
Kia ora koutou
Sport New Zealand launched the #itsmymove campaign last week - a campaign to help young women get and stay active their way. It has been developed to address declining physical activity levels in teenage girls.
96% of young women understand that physical activity is good for them. 9 in 10 girls want to be more active. But still there is a constant decline in physical activity levels as girls get older. By the time they are 17, 59% of young women say they are too busy to participate and 68% avoid taking part due to body confidence issues. Change is needed to encourage and support young women to find healthy, active habits that work for them.
#itsmymove explores a range of factors that prompt the decline in physical activity by young women:
Contention for time prompting a switch from organised physical activity to self-driven activities
The important role of fun and friendship in motivating young women to take part
Conversely, the demotivating forces of pressure and expectation to perform
Self-reported barriers such as fear of failure and judgement
The role of technology in helping young women activate at home
Find out more about how you can help:
• As a parent or caregiver, understand your role in supporting young women in the world of sport and recreation
• As a young woman, move your own way and discover the many ways to be active
As a sector leader:
Explore the research and understand what matters and what motivates young women
View case studies that show how a range of organisations are tailoring their activities to attract more girls
Join #itsmymove using their toolkit – if you’ve created an activity especially for young women, they’d love to know so they can put it on the Movement Hub
Sign up to the bi-monthly #itsmymove newsletter to be part of the campaign journey here https://sportnz.org.nz/itsmymove/newsletter-signup/
Check it all out at www.itsmymove.org.nz or https://sportnz.org.nz/itsmymove/overview/
If you or your organisation would like to discuss anything to do with supporting young women to be more active feel free to reach out to Janine Moy from Sport Northland (janinem@sportnorth.co.nz). She’s always happy to catch up!