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TacklingPovertyNZ – Kaitaia, 15 September 2016

Introduction

This survey will be open until Monday, 7 November 2016.

Results from this survey will shape the upcoming discussion paper on the 15 September 2016 workshop. The paper will be published later in the year and a copy will be sent to the Chief Economist at the New Zealand Treasury.

The 'hows' developed at the workshop come under six key themes and groups: A: communication and mapping, B: geographic isolation, C: changing the poverty mind-set, D: grandparents raising grandchildren, E: education and F: Māori. From these, 31 'hows' to tackle poverty were identified.

It would be terrific if you could complete the following survey by rating each of the 31 'hows' from 'not a great idea' to 'a really interesting idea', and/or adding new hows (those that may have been missed or new ones you have thought of since the workshop took place). The survey can also be repeated; so if you think of another idea, you do not need to redo the survey in its totality, but instead just add your name at the top and then go to the question you want to add to or expand on. None of the questions are compulsory.

In the interest of gaining a broad overview, this survey is designed to seek feedback from attendees and non-attendees alike.

Thank you for your interest. If you have any questions, please email us at tacklingpovertynz@mcguinnessinstitute.org.

All the best,

Wendy McGuinness and the team at the Institute
1.If you would like us to get in touch with you about the survey and discussion paper, please put your name, mobile number and email address in the boxes below. (Please note, all questions in this survey are optional.)
2.What is your connection with Kaitaia?
3.Did you attend the TacklingPovertyNZ Kaitaia one-day workshop on 15 September 2016?
4.Are you
5.What age bracket do you belong to?
6.To help us understand your answers, can you tell us if you
7.A: Looking at ways to tackle poverty around communication and mapping in the Kaitaia area, here are some of the ideas raised at the workshop. We would like to know which you recommend we highlight in the discussion paper. Please rank the 'communication and mapping hows' below.
Not a great idea
Kind of interesting
Interesting
A really interesting idea
1. Mentoring: Introducing a mentoring system between local people to connect them as a community. For example using Te Ahu Centre, hubs, and marae as meeting points. 
2. Koha card: Creating a Koha card to record 30 hours community service required from those on a benefit. For example driving kuia and kaumatua to activities to give back to the community. 
3. Social services: Collating and developing a directory of social services that are available, and presenting this in the ‘Awhi pages’, which would be given to locals and be accessible online. 
8.B: Looking at ways to tackle poverty around geographic isolation in the Kaitaia area, here are some of the ideas raised at the workshop. We would like to know which you recommend we highlight in the discussion paper. Please rank the 'geographic isolation hows' below.
Not a great idea
Kind of interesting
Interesting
A really interesting idea
4. Repurposing school buses: Using school buses as public transport during school hours.
5. Mobile medical centres: Creating mobile medical centres to go to hard to reach places.
6. Hubs on wheels: Creating hubs on wheels to take services to hard to reach places. For example playgrounds and toys, a library bus and a basic pharmacy.
7. Internet: Approaching internet and telecommunication providers such as Spark, Vodafone and Chorus to better resource and connect the Far North.
8. Landline phones: Reinstating the community and landline phones that were removed based on the assumption that everyone was using mobiles, despite the lack of mobile coverage.
9. E-health: Encouraging the community and health professionals to use e-health services to allow isolated people to make use of digital solutions. For example, enabling the communication of patient data between different healthcare professionals and allowing both the requesting of diagnostic tests and treatments and receiving the results to be done electronically.
10. Internet hubs: Creating internet hubs with satellite broadband to serve and be run by the community (for example in schools, marae, halls). This would allow people to Skype into multiple appointments.
9.C: Looking at ways changing the poverty mind-set could better contribute to tackling poverty in Kaitaia, here are some of the ideas raised at the workshop. We would like to know which you recommend we highlight in the discussion paper. Please rank the 'changing the poverty mind-set hows' below.
Not a great idea
Kind of interesting
Interesting
A really interesting idea
11. Education: Making education self-directed and self-ruled, with a focus on consequences and outcomes, by teaching life skills, financial literacy, positive classroom behaviours and mentoring.
12. Funding: Ensuring funding to the community is constant rather than sporadic.
13. Education in the home: Targeting education in the home, with both student and caregiver, to enable prevention rather than intervention.
14. Historical education: Improving historical education, particularly around Te Tiriti o Waitangi, including context around the Treaty and the actual text of the document.
15. Intergenerational mentoring: Implementing a programme where retirees mentor youth on life skills such as budgeting, cooking and gardening. For example Te Hiku Youth Hub.
16. Tackling poverty from the ground up: Taking hui about tackling poverty to those who are most severely affected and disenfranchised to gather their perspectives about solutions relevant to them.
17. Media strategies: Implementing media strategies to cover aspects such as social media awareness. This will ensure that messages are specific and relevant to the community and will create awareness with print media, radio and TV.
18. Community led: Focussing on engaging the community, and inspiring collective consciousness and responsibility to create systemic change. We need the strong community leaders/movers and shakers to lead community engagement.
10.D: Looking at ways to tackle poverty around grandparents raising grandchildren in the Kaitaia area, here are some of the ideas raised at the workshop. We would like to know which you recommend we highlight in the discussion paper. Please rank the 'grandparents raising grandchildren hows' below.
Not a great idea
Kind of interesting
Interesting
A really interesting idea
19. Normalising the experience: Normalising the experience of grandparents raising grandchildren by approaching the issues with love and encouragement and letting this understanding show through in the language we use to talk about these situations.
20. Wraparound support: Providing wraparound support by assessing the capability of grandparents to ensure that they receive assistance appropriate to their needs, whether that is physical, emotional or financial. For example i) ensuring access to transport services for a grandparent who cannot drive ii) providing counselling services to a grandparent who needs emotional support and also making this available to their family.
21. Information and re-education: Providing grandparents with information and re-educating them about available support services, the current education system and the needs of children. For example through using one-on-one case workers and face-to-face meetings.
22. Grants: Creating a ward of the state grant with long-term savings potential. For example, through an investment which generates interest.
11.E: Looking at ways education could better contribute to tackling poverty in Kaitaia, here are some of the ideas raised at the workshop. We would like to know which you recommend we highlight in the discussion paper. Please rank the 'education hows' below.
Not a great idea
Kind of interesting
Interesting
A really interesting idea
23. Rural campuses: Moving away from a supply and demand model of tertiary education by incentivising tertiary institutions to function in both urban centres and rural locations. For example i) By making tertiary education hubs which partner with larger, more-established institutions – these would be essentially smaller versions of universities and would rely on access to internet more than in-person staff ii) By sourcing government funding to write-off debt for tertiary educators who choose to work in rural areas.
24. Post-education employment: Establishing community-led hubs that link education providers and potential employers with the community. This will facilitate networking and encourage a coordinated approach to addressing problems of local employment after education.
25. Vocational skills and apprenticeships: Shifting the focus of education to value vocational skills and apprenticeships. This will ensure that education is relevant for jobs that are available in rural communities. For example, including practical secondary standards and courses in areas such as welding.
26. Pastoral care: Creating a role for a coordinator to provide pastoral care for students transitioning from rural to urban education. These support staff would come from rural communities, so they are better able to understand the needs and culture of rural students.
12.F: Looking at ways to tackle poverty around Māori in the Kaitaia area, here are some of the ideas raised at the workshop. We would like to know which you recommend we highlight in the discussion paper. Please rank the 'Māori hows' below.
Not a great idea
Kind of interesting
Interesting
A really interesting idea
27. Civic education: Improving civic education by including Tino Rangitiratanga narratives in the school curriculum. This would help our people find a voice and a purpose, and would also develop Māori leadership to get our people at the table with the decision-makers.
28. Te Reo and Māori history: Making Te Reo and the history of Aotearoa compulsory in teacher training so that educators can pass on a respectful understanding of Māori culture.
29. Māori lens: Changing the perception of Māoridom by adopting a Māori lens and starting a Mātauranga Māori revival. This would improve knowledge of areas such as the Wai 262 claim and wānanga (cultral traditions and tribal lore).
30. Research: Ensuring that research about the Far North is conducted by locals in Kaitaia and is useful for local communities.
31. Māori culture: Changing the drinking and party culture in the Far North and encouraging people to connect back to their Māori culture.
13.Do you have any new ideas not already discussed above? These ideas may have been missed at the workshop or might have resulted from discussions after the workshop. We would like as many ideas as possible. Please explain and expand here or email us at tacklingpovertynz@mcguinnessinstitute.org.
14.If you have any questions or feedback about the workshop series, it would be terrific if you could share these below. Alternatively email us at tacklingpovertynz@mcguinnessinstitute.org.
We believe tackling poverty is an important issue and we only have limited resources - so we need to know what worked and what did not.