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Flaxroots background drives informed risk taking
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 11:24 am | Centre for Social Innovation
In recent weeks we’ve seen genuinely new and creative ideas floated by both Tariana Turia ( bulk funding of community agencies to deliver social outcomes ) and Pita Sharples ( rehabilitation-focused prison units for Maori ). More >>
Speech: The need for social innovation impressed
Monday, 23 March 2009, 4:36 pm | Centre for Social Innovation
Hon Bill English, Geoff, ladies and gentlemen, we are delighted to welcome you here tonight. Thank you Bill for so clearly stating the Government’s starting point in this space. And thank you Geoff for showing so clearly the leadership and vision ... More >>
Avoiding a social recession
Friday, 20 March 2009, 2:44 pm | Centre for Social Innovation
We’ve been here before. An economic crisis marked 1984, forcing an incoming New Zealand Government to innovate transformative solutions to the problems the country faced. Much of the resulting programme is now generally accepted as having been necessary ... More >>
