Reference

Society and Community

Categories

* Ageing
* Aid Agencies
* Animal Welfare
* Buses and Public Transport
* Children
* Community Directories
* Community Support and Social Agencies
* Consumer Issues
* Crime & Crime Prevention
* Fashion
* Funding
* Gambling
* Housing
* Human Rights
* Law And Legal Services
* Men
* New Migrants
* Parenting
* Peace and Social Justice
* Religion and Spirituality
* Road Safety
* Sexuality & Gender
* Support Groups

Sites

* CINCH Christchurch
Community information for Christchurch and the surrounding areas
* Antara Association
The Antara Association is a charity organisation set up to run practical community care projects, the emphasis being to show people how to take responsibility for the health and wellbeing of both themselves and others.
* Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers
* Arena
Arena is an Aotearoa/New Zealand network of individuals and organizations committed to resist corporate 'globalization' in all its forms.
* Association of Community Access Broadcasters Aotearoa New Zealand (ACAB)
* Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand
* Association of Social Science Researchers
* Auckland Rape Crisis
* Biomimetics New Zealand Incorporated
Biomimetics is a cross-disciplinary scientific approach to the understanding and application of natural solutions to problems. Literally, biomimetics means "to copy life". Biomimetics New Zealand Inc is a society of scientists, engineers and designers working with (or with an interest in) biomimetic research
* Books in Homes
* Canine Friends
Canine Friends Pet Therapy is a New Zealand-wide network of people who share their friendly well behaved dogs with other people: patients in hospitals and residents in rest homes and hospices.
* Celebrants Association of New Zealand Tangata Kai Arahi te Ture o Aotearoa
* Change My Address
Free service from NZ Post to send change of address information electronically to a wide variety of NZ business plus personal contacts
* Charities Commission
Responsible for approving and registering charities; monitoring; to educate, provide advice to and support the trustees and officers of charities; and provide advice to government.
* charity.org.nz
Non-profit fundraising resource
* Churches' Agency on Social Issues
A Christian agency dealing with social, economic, ecological and political matters in Aotearoa New Zealand.
* civilunions.org.nz
The site provides information about both the Civil Union Bill and the Relationship (Statutory References) Bill, which combined will provide a 21st century model for Aotearoa New Zealand's relationship law.
* Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct
To inquire into and report upon the standards and procedures established by the Police for the investigation of complaints alleging sexual assault by members of the police or by associates. The Commissioner Dame Margaret Bazley presented her report to the Governor-General on 26 March 2007. The Government released the Commission's report on 3 April 2007.
* Community and Social Studies @ Te Puna Web Directory
Links to New Zealand organisations and information.
* Community Research
Community Research gathers research about New Zealand's tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector, shares it with a broader audience, creates a virtual hub for researchers, iwi and community organisations to share their ideas, and advocates good methods in community research.
* Community Sector Taskforce
* Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation (CSSITO)
* CommunityCentral
CommunityCentral helps us work together. It's an online space for people in tangata whenua, community and voluntary, public health and other organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand. Designed by the sector, for the sector, this website will grow in response to your feedback and suggestions.
* CommunityNet Aotearoa
An internet resource to support communities throughout Aotearoa / New Zealand
* Computer Access New Zealand Trust (CANZ)
* Computers in Homes Rorohiko I roto nga kainga
* The Couch
The Couch - the Families Commission's online panel. Wants to know what you think about the issues facing New Zealand families.
* crime.co.nz
Up to the minute crime news from all over New Zealand along with historical information
* ECPAT NZ
focus is to address the issue of the commercial sexual exploitation of children
* Engineers for Social Responsibility
ESR aims to encourage and support a humane, principled professional ethic and social responsibility in the uses of technology. It informs and educates the engineering profession, general public and policy makers about the positive and negative impacts of technology.
* Familial Trust Te Whanau o Whakapono
Education and support for the families of alcoholics, drug addicts and problem gamblers.
* Families Commission Kōmihana ā whānau
Advocates for New Zealand families. Promotes better understanding of family issues and needs amongst government agencies and in the wider community, and encourages and informs public debate about families
* Family & Community Services Ratonga ā-whānau, ā-hapori
Service of the Ministry of Social Development. Its role is to lead government and non-government organisations to work collaboratively to strengthen family support services and make them more effective for families.
* Family Advocacy and Information Resource (FAIR) Centre
* Family Education Network
* Family First New Zealand
* Family Integrity
Family Integrity is opposed to unjustifiable government interference in family matters. "Our objective is to keep the government out of where it does not belong in order to preserve and protect each family's personal integrity."
* Family Life International
Faith and Family Values according to the teachings of the Catholic Church. Family Life International educates on all LIFE issues from the moment of natural conception through to natural death.
* Fred Hollows Foundation
* Freemasons New Zealand
* Friends of Tibet New Zealand
* Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ)
The Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ) was founded in 1937 as the New Zealand Federation of Funeral Directors. Its purpose was to promote quality, expertise and integrity in the funeral profession, and to promote the training and education of persons involved in the funeral profession in New Zealand.
* Funerals New Zealand
Funerals New Zealand is a site developed by the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ). Its intention is to assist people in the decisions required in organising a funeral. The site helps with aspects of grieving, and provides resources and contacts within the profession.
* GALA - Group Against Liquor Advertising
* Global Education Fund
The Global Education Fund is a contestable pool of money allocated through New Zealand's International Aid and Development Agency, NZAID, Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti. The GEF provides funding for small projects to develop awareness and understanding of global perspectives among New Zealanders, and to encourage them to become responsible global citizens.
* Global Focus Aotearoa
Global Focus Aotearoa is a specialist provider of information and education on global and development issues. Provides access to a free lending library, magazines, teaching resources, email updates, training information and much more.
* Good practice participate
Aims to help public servants engage successfully with community, voluntary, iwi and Maori organisations.
* Goodworks
New Zealand Not-for-Profit Jobs, Government Jobs, Community Jobs Recruitment
* Hearing dogs
To enhance the independence and well-being of deaf and severely hearing-impaired New Zealanders through the provision of specially-trained dogs.
* Heartland Services Ngā Ratonga ki te Manawa o te Whenua
Heartland Services is an across government initiative which improves access to Government services for people in provincial and rural New Zealand.
* Home and Family Society
* Humanist Society of New Zealand
* Institute for Liberal Values of New Zealand
The Insitute is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organisation promoting the values of classical liberalism, including individual rights, limited government, private property, free markets, tolerance, and reason.
* The James family
Division of Presbyterian Support (Northern) which works with 'at risk' children and their families.
* Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) Christchurch
Keep Our Port Public (KOPP) is the campaign to keep the Port of Lyttelton in public ownership and public control.
* Kiwi family trust
This Charitable Trust has been established to provide valuable educational programmes specifically aimed at the promoting successful families and promoting a sense of social responsibility.
* Lifeline
* Living Values
Promotes values education to better prepare young people for happy, responsible and successful lives.
* Maxim Institute
Aims to promote the principles of a free, just and compassionate society through policy and public debate.
* The Nathaniel Centre, the New Zealand Catholic bioethics centre
* National Appeals Calender
from the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand
* National Network of Stopping Violence Services Te Kupenga Whakaoti Mahi Patunga
The National Network of Stopping Violence Services (NZ) Inc works to enable all people in Aotearoa/New Zealand to live free of all forms of violence, abuse and oppression.
* Neighbourhood Support New Zealand
Provides support for all neighbourhood and rural support groups throughout New Zealand.
* New Zealand Association of Counsellors
* New Zealand China Friendship Society
Aim to foster interest in China and promote the study of its history, culture and political and social structure, past and present, to seek to improve mutual understanding and goodwill, to promote friendship between the peoples of China and New Zealand
* New Zealand Community Development Trust
* New Zealand Companion Animal Council (NZCAC)
NZCAC Vision: To be a forum that will facilitate the achievement of a harmonious relationship between companion animals, people and the environment.
* New Zealand Diversity
* New Zealand Equality Education Foundation
* New Zealand Federation of Graduate Women
* New Zealand Federation of Vocational and Support Services, Inc.
* New Zealand Futures Trust
* New Zealand Honours
The Honours Secretariat administers the New Year and Queen's Birthday Honours Lists.
* New Zealand Institute
The New Zealand Institute is a privately funded think-tank that is committed to generating new and creative debate, ideas, and solutions that contribute to building a better and more prosperous New Zealand for all New Zealanders.
* New Zealand Society of Translators and Interpretors
established in 1985 as a representative body of practising professional translators and interpreters in New Zealand.
* Not for profit.org.nz
* NZ Church Missionary Society (NZCMS)
* nzflag.com
This site is intended to stimulate debate about the New Zealand Flag.
* nzObits
Obituary notices from around New Zealand
* O.S.C.A.R Foundation
* Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) Tari mō te Rāngai ā-Hapori, ā-Tūao
The OCVS exists to inspire co-operation and superb relationships between the government and community and voluntary sector.
* Otautahi Social Services Trust Christchurch
A Māori child, youth and family support service provider of residential and restorative care services for tamariki/rangatahi 0-16 years. The service provides social work support for tamariki/rangatahi who have little support from whanau and community.
* Population Association of New Zealand
* Relationship Services
New Zealand-wide not-for-profit counselling agency.
* Richmond Fellowship New Zealand
Richmond New Zealand Incorporated (Richmond) is a major national provider of community mental health and support services.
* Right to Life New Zealand
* Ronald McDonald House Charities
* Rotaract
Rotaract is a worldwide organisation of clubs consisting of young people between the ages of 18 and 30, who have a spirit for community service and helping others.
* Royal New Zealand Returned Services' Association
* Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ)
Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ), established in 2004, is a not-for- profit national organisation with charitable trust status, a visible national champion for the promotion of World Health Organisation (WHO) Safe Communities Model
* Sign Language Interpreters Association of New Zealand
* Sister Cities
Sister Cities New Zealand brings together kindred organisations, voluntary, local-body and governmental groups, cultural, sport, educational and trade groups involved in people-to-people contact between countries and cultures.
* Social Policy Evaluation and Research Committee
An interagency committee of New Zealand government agencies with a focus on social policy research and evaluation. SPEaR's key role is to oversee the government's social policy research and evaluation purchase. It is a coordination hub for government agencies and the social research and evaluation sector to improve capability, capacity and outcomes.
* Social Report
Indicators of social wellbeing in New Zealand. Social Report provides information on the social health and well-being of New Zealand society. Indicators are used to measure levels of well-being, to monitor trends over time, and to make comparisons with other countries. From the Ministry of Social Development
* Social Service Providers Aotearoa Inc. : children, family, community
* Social Tonics Association of New Zealand
* Social Work Now Te Puna Whakaaro
Social Work Now is the professional practice journal of Child, Youth and Family and is published three times a year (April, August and December). Its focus is on articles about social work practice and theory as they relate to children, young people, families and whanau.
* Social Workers Registration Board Kāhui Whakamana Tauwhiro
* Sociological Association of Aotearoa NZ
* Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand (SPINZ)
New Zealand wide information service which aims to assist communities and services to prevent youth suicide by providing them with high quality information.
* Te Kaiawhina Ahumahi The Industry Training Organisation for the Social Services
* The Tindall Foundation
* Transition Towns
Transition Towns initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that brings people together to explore how we, as communities, can respond to the environmental, economic and social challenges arising from climate change, resource depletion and an economy based on growth.
* Venuehire : New Zealand venues
Directory of NZ venues for hire
* Voice for Life
Formerly the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC)
* Voluntary Euthanasia Society
* VOTE : Viewers for Television Excellence Inc
* Working for families Me whakarurohau te iwi
* Youthline