Nau mai, haere mai to our Library.
Grab a cup of tea and have a browse through our library to explore.
Here we have collected up some of our key projects and resources, some of the things we have learnt or tried across projects that we are offering here as our contribution to the field of community innovation that we are excited to share. It’s exciting, hard, fun, messy and warts and all stuff. We’ll share when things don’t go to plan as well as when they spark off in beautiful ways.
This library is our koha to others working with hapori (community).We hope they will spark more community innovation. Please use them - play with them, build on them and share them around. All we ask is that you link people back to us so that we can learn more together.
Get in touch if you have any questions or queries or good stories to share - kōrero mai.
Ako: Learn
Relationships
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Tuhura: Explore
Resources
Te Tiriti and Community Innovation
How Te Tiriti o Waitangi influences our community innovation work
10/19/2021
Groups
Kaumātua
Relationships
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Projects
Ageing Well Network
Seniors/kaumātua building community as they age
10/26/2021
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Ako: Learn
Awhi: Backbone Support
Groups
Tamariki
Projects
People's Voices Forum
A chance for whānau experiencing the broken system to share their expertise, and for others to listen.
10/26/2021
Awhi: Backbone Support
Te taiao
Local Economic Systems
Groups
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Projects
Ngahere Korowai
A collective environmental justice project for Porirua East community
12/2/2021
Ako: Learn
Awhi: Backbone Support
Tuhura: Explore
Resources
Impact Snapshots
A tool for carving out time to reflect and notice impact
12/2/2021
Ako: Learn
Finances
Local Economic Systems
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Resources
Cannons Creek Te Hiko Theory of Change
The way our Cannons Creek team work, and how they got here
12/2/2021
Ako: Learn
Finances
Groups
Local Economic Systems
Relationships
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Tuhura: Explore
Projects
Good Cents Course
The power of the group, people supporting each other to make mindshifts about their financal wellbeing
12/2/2021
Ako: Learn
Awhi: Backbone Support
Finances
Groups
Local Economic Systems
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Tuhura: Explore
Projects
Porirua Wealth Pool
Saving and loaning as a collective.
12/2/2021
Ako: Learn
Awhi: Backbone Support
Finances
Good Kai
Groups
Local Economic Systems
Relationships
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Projects
Just Change
A learning circle committed to addressing inequity together
12/2/2021
Ako: Learn
Finances
Good Kai
Local Economic Systems
Rangatahi
Tuhura: Explore
Resources
Local Economic Systems
What does ‘supporting the creation of community-led economic systems’ mean at Te Hiko?
12/7/2021
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Resources
Trauma and Community
What role does trauma play in community innovation and how can we avoid reigniting it in our mahi?
2/3/2022
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Resources
When to bring the outside in
How do we decide when to bring in a new idea to play with in a community?
2/4/2022
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Resources
Backboning 101
We don’t just do the work, sometimes just some support is what’s needed – but what can that look like?
2/4/2022
Groups
Local Economic Systems
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Projects
Innovating Streets
Building community skills through good project design
6/9/2022
Awhi: Backbone Support
Rangatahi
Tuhura: Explore
Resources
From a funder's perspective
Todd Foundation's Seumas Fantham reflects on funding youth employment initiatives in Aotearoa NZ
11/3/2022
Ako: Learn
Awhi: Backbone Support
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Resources
Getting Started Kete
For anyone wanting to get started with community led development Inspiring Communities has just the thing...
11/4/2022
Local Economic Systems
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Tuhura: Explore
Ako: Learn
Resources
Wellbeing Economy Alliance and Te Hiko
We've loved working with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, helping us to learn more about what we do.
11/10/2022
Ako: Learn
Groups
Kaumātua
Housing
Relationships
Te taiao
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Projects
Wesley Rātā Village
How can we bring the saying "it takes a village" to life?
11/18/2022
Ako: Learn
Awhi: Backbone Support
Rangatahi
Tuhura: Explore
Resources
Te Roopu Tiaki Rangatahi
Building strong foundations for Porirua rangatahi - a case study
12/5/2022
Ako: Learn
Tuhura: Explore
Resources
Reflection and learning about our mahi
It's hard to take time out from the mahi to do reflection and learn together. Here we share some collective learning we have done together.
5/5/2023
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Projects
New Zealand P-Pull
A community-driven movement to reduce the impact of the drug Methamphetamine
11/7/2023
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Resources
The Te Hiko Puha story
Our mahi kai – start where you are, use what you have.
7/16/2024
Local Economic Systems
Groups
Tuhura: Explore
Whakarahi: Privilege Voice of Community
Ako: Learn
Projects
Te Hiko Learning Network
Te Hiko's biannual learning network where we come together with others to learn and share.
12/12/2025
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Projects
Porirua Assembly on Climate 2025
6/11/2026