News

February 2022

Māoriland Hub’s Te Uru Maire Strategy – ‘growing a forest of strong rangatahi creatives’ in Ōtaki

Wed, 2022-02-02 15:26

Māoriland is a charitable trust mandated by Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki, the five subtribes of Ōtaki. It has been established to support the social, economic and educational success of its community through connection to the wider world of Indigenous creativity and innovation.

Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men’s Shed Movement

Wed, 2022-02-09 15:38

By Australian, Barry Golding
My previous (2015) book, The Men’s Shed Movement: The Company of Men included a section documenting the origin and development of Men’s Sheds in New Zealand and the creation of ‘MENZSHEDS NZ’ as a peak national body. In New Zealand the first Men’s Sheds were set up in Dunedin and Hamilton around 2007–8. By 2015 there were 87 across the country with proportionately more in rural areas.

International: Getting the basics right: The case for action on adult basic skills

Wed, 2022-02-16 15:59

UK Learning and Work Institute, October 2021.
The Learning and Work Institute in the UK has recently published a briefing paper analysing the evidence base on the basic skills challenge and sets out a call for action by exploring:

Changing the brain with the Arrowsmith Programme

Wed, 2022-02-23 17:35

The Arrowsmith programme was established in Canada by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young over 40 years ago. It has been available in Aotearoa New Zealand for eight years.

It is a programme that works on the brain’s ability to change – that is the brain’s neuroplasticity. So if a person wants to strengthen their cognitive speed and capacity or has a learning difficulty, they can be assessed and a programme developed that is designed to meet their specific needs.