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NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES
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BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
1,2,3 October 2008
Lincoln Green Hotel and Conference Centre
159 Lincoln Road
Henderson, Waitakere
Ph (09) 838 7006
PROGRAMME
Wednesday, 1 October
3.00pm Delegates arrive and register
5.00pm Bus to Civic Centre
Powhiri
Civic Welcome from Mayor of Waitakere City, Bob Harvey
7.00pm Bus back to Lincoln Green
Light supper
8. 00pm Whanaungatanga, meeting & greeting
9. 30pm Close
Thursday, 2 October
9.30 am KEY NOTE ADDRESS Our Voices in Social Change
Rod Oram. Adjunct Professor for NZ Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
10.30am Morning tea
11.00am Elective Workshops Our Voices in Community
(i) Tangata Whenua : Wanda Rapana with Iwi Social Services Huakina Development Trust.
(ii) Tangata Pasifika : The Honourable Vui Mark Gosche, MP Maungakiekie.
(iii) Multi Ethnic Communities : Bharati Mahimkar Practice Leader Hindu Social Services Foundation.
(iv) Youth Innovation. Eddie Tuiavii - Youth Parliament
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS Achieving Social Change with Collaboration
Murray Edridge. Chief Executive Barnardos
2.30 Light Refreshments
2.45 Elective Workshops:
Theme Applying our Voices in Social Change
(i) The System and How to Work Through it for Change
Mike Reid (Manager Governance Local Government New Zealand) and Richard Northey (Auckland City Council)
(ii) Local Government and Social Change. Planning and Action
Rod Beavan (Ashburton District Council) and Penny Hulse (Deputy Mayor Waitakere City)
(iii) Economic Ventures and Social Change
Barbara Joy (Waitakere Enterprise) and Clare Mewse ( Hauraki Enterprise Agency)
4.15pm Afternoon tea
4. 30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Social Progress and Social Change in Contemporary Aotearoa
Gael Surgenor. Manager Family and Community Services
5.30pm Close
6. 30pm Conference Dinner
Debate " I'd rather be a Gannet than a Pukekoe"
Friday, 3 October
9. 00am NZCOSS AGM
10. 30am Morning Tea. Visit Epping Esplanade Project Twin Streams site for paper-bag morning tea on the stream bank (weather permitting). Presentation and discussion follwed by these choices.
Option A: PTS Art Showcase - A visit to the Project Twin Streams art exhibition at Waitakere Unitec. (Maximum 50 people).
OPTION B: PTS Community Engagement Showcase - A visit to Project Twin Streams partner, Vision Waitakere Gardens, and walk along the stream bank. (Maximum 50 people)
Cycle along the stream bank. (Maximum 15 people)
OPTION C: "Walkshop" Showcase aroung Corban Art Estate (Maximum 100 people.)
12.30pm Lunch
1.30pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS Social Change through Advocacy, Influence and Persuasion.
Judy McGregor Commissioner Human Rights Commission
2.00pm Elective Workshops Using our Voice in Social Change
(i) A day in the Life of a Waitakere Social Change Agent from Waitakere and/or Canada
Megan Courtney and Cissy Rock
(ii) Broadcasting our Voice (Radio, TV, Print Media)
Anna Kominik (Ideas shop) and Ros Rice (NZCOSS)
(iii) Information technology. What works for us? Joining the dots. ICT development.
Tina Reid (NZFVWO)
(iv) YMedia . Youth and internet.
Pamela Minet (Ymedia)
3.30pm Evaluation
4. 00pm Conference close
Afternoon tea available
Delegates depart
Please note: all attendees of conference will receive a conference booklet with summary notes from each workshop session in the mail after the conference