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CINCH Christchurch: Community information for Christchurch and the surrounding areas.
Global Issues in Context: This resource ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of global issues - war, genocide, terrorism, poverty, globalization, world trade, and global warming.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Social issues research tool for investigating both sides of hotly-debated topics. Includes statistics and detailed research plus articles from magazines, journals and newspapers.
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Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought: ideas that shaped the world: Published by Bloomsbury, 1993. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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Dictionary of the social sciences: Published by Oxford University Press, 2002. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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Politics and Social Sciences @ Oxford Reference Online: A collection of reference books covering Politics and Social Sciences.
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ACTION: Advocacy to Control TB Internationally: Tuberculosis (TB), is a global disease that kills one person every 20 seconds. ACTION is an international partnership of advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of TB and XDR-TB (Extremely Drug Resistant TB).
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
crime.co.nz: Up to the minute crime news from all over New Zealand along with historical information
East-West Center: The East-West Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous, and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education, and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States.
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.
Family First New Zealand
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.
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.
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.
Kiva: Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.
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.
Migration Heritage Centre: The Migration Heritage Centre at the Powerhouse Museum is a NSW Government initiative supported by the Community Relations Commission.
Mission Aviation Fellowship
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.
The Noam Chomsky Archive: Has an enormous amount about the man - his works - with lots of primary material and some of his talks.
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
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.
Pew Internet & American Life Project: Explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Includes reports and some raw data.
Population Association of New Zealand
Ready.gov: Disaster preparedness resource from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (USA).
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.
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage is dedicated to the collaborative research, presentation, conservation, and continuity of traditional knowledge and artistry with diverse contemporary cultural communities in the United States and around the world.
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
State of World Population: Sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund, the State of World Population contains a number of important resources for persons interested in long-range and current trends regarding the world's population.
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
World Disasters Report: Annual report which analyses the humanitarian crises of the past, present and future and provides comprehensive analysis of the world's humanitarian crises, for disaster professionals and donors, politicians and planners, scientists and academics, journalists and community aid workers.
Worldmapper: A large collection of maps that detail various subjects that are presented in a cartogram form with accompaning text information.
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