Road Trip!
Greetings to you all!
Neighbours Day Aotearoa is fast approaching and Sam and Cissy are gearing up to hit the road again!
As many of you know, last year we travelled the length of the country, connecting with as many of you as possible. And once again, in just over a month we will be coming to a town near you! Starting on October 29th on the north island’s west coast, we will be driving Aotearoa and stopping along the way to chat with locals about community, connection and neighbours.
Greetings to you all!
Neighbours Day Aotearoa is fast approaching and Sam and Cissy are gearing up to hit the road again!
As many of you know, last year we travelled the length of the country, connecting with as many of you as possible. And once again, in just over a month we will be coming to a town near you! Starting on October 29th on the north island’s west coast, we will be driving Aotearoa and stopping along the way to chat with locals about community, connection and neighbours.
Our interactive workshops are a chance to develop and refresh some of the skills we all need when working in communities. We explore ways to reach out and include all the different people that make up our communities. These workshops are ideal for neighbours, community leaders, organisations, anyone that wants to build more connection. We will all learn from each other in a fun and supportive environment.
Leg One: West North Island
AUCKLAND – October 29 –
West Auckland Workshop 10.00-11.30am Massey Matters 385 Don Buck Rd, Massey [Facebook event]
Panmure Workshop 1.00-2.30pm Dunkirk Road Activity Centre 50 Dunkirk Road [Facebook event]
HAMILTON – October 30 Workshop 9.30-11.00am, Enderley Park Community Centre, 66 Tennyson Rd, Enderley [Facebook Event]
NEW PLYMOUTH – October 30 – Workshop 3.00-4.30pm New Zealand Red Cross 116 Gill Street, New Plymouth [Facebook event]
WHANGANUI – October 31 – Workshop 10.00-11.30am Whanganui Community House 60 Ridgway St Whanganui, 4500 [Facebook event]
PALMERSTON NORTH – October 31 – Workshop Neighbourhood Connections and Palmerston North Library ‘Event Central’ (lower floor) 4 the Square [Facebook event]
MASTERTON – November 1 – Workshop 10:00-11:30am Connecting Communities Wairarapa 41 Perry St [Facebook event]
WELLINGTON – November 1- Workshop 6:00-7:30pm New Zealand Red Cross House 69 Molesworth Street, Thorndon [Facebook event]
Leg Two: East North Island
GISBORNE – November 4 Workshop 3.30-5.00pm, HB Williams Memorial Library – Mahutonga function room 34 Bright Street [Facebook event]
WHAKATĀNE – November 5 Workshop 10.00-11.30am Scout Hall, 6 Rimu Place [Facebook Event]
ROTORUA – November 5 Workshop, 2.00-3.30pm, Rimu Room at the Rotorua Youth Centre, 6 Te Ngae Road, Victoria [Facebook Event]
TE PUKE – November 6 Workshop 10.30am-12.00noon, Te Puke Centre, 81 Jellicoe Street [Facebook Event]
THAMES – November 6 Workshop, 2.30-4.00pm Conference Room, Thames War Memorial, Civic Centre, Corner of Mary and Queen Street [Facebook Event]
SOUTH AUCKLAND – November 7 Workshop 10.00-11.30am, Elizabeth Campbell Hall, 294 Great South Rd, Papakura [Facebook Event]
Leg Three: South Island
QUEENSTOWN – November 11 Workshop 2.00-3.30pm, Queenstown Events Centre 33 Joe O’Connell Drive Frankton [Facebook event]
WANAKA – November 11 LINK Connection Café – From Earthquakes to Engagement: building community resilience 7.30-9.00pm, Wanaka Community Hub, 34 McDougall Street, Wanaka [Facebook Event]
DUNEDIN – November 12 – Workshop 1.00-2.30pm Red Cross Dunedin 31 York Place [Facebook event]
CHRISTCHURCH – November 13 – Workshop 1.00-2.30pm 69B Briggs Rd, Mairehau [Facebook event]
GREYMOUTH – November 14 – Workshop 3.30-5.00pm CoRe 38 Albert St [Facebook event]
BLENHEIM – November 15 Workshop 10.30am-12noon My Space, Marlborough Youth Trust Cnr of Redwood and Kinross St (behind Stadium 2000 and Smiths City)[Facebook event] – CANCELLED
NELSON – November 15 Workshop 2.30-4.00pm Tahunanui Community Hub 55/61 Muritai St, Tahunanui [Facebook event] – CANCELLED
Leg Four: North North Island
WHANGAPARĀOA – November 25 Workshop 9.30-11.00am, Whangaparāoa Community Hub, Shop 8/707 Whangaparaoa Rd, Arkles Bay [Facebook Event]
WARKWORTH – November 25 Workshop 12.30-2.00pm Warkworth Masonic Hall (Main hall), 3 Baxter Street Warkworth [Facebook event]
WHANGAREI – November 25 – Workshop 5.15-6.45pm New Zealand Red Cross Service Centre 59a Bank Street [Facebook event]
KAITAIA – November 26 Workshop 1.30-3.00pm, Kaitaia Te Ahu – Banquet Room, Corner of State Highway 1 and Mathews Avenue [Facebook Event]
KERIKERI – November 26 – Workshop 5.15-6.45pm New Zealand Red Cross Service Centre 14 Butler Road [Facebook event]
DARGAVILLE – November 27 Workshop 10.30am-12.00noon Sportsville Memorial Park, Logan Street Dargaville [Facebook Event]
Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020!
Greetings to you all, Sam and Cissy here to talk to you about Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020!
The dates have now been set, so pop them in your calendars! Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020 will run from the 27th of March to the 5th of April. It’s a great chance to connect with your neighbours, or to celebrate the amazing things you’ve been doing in your neighbourhood.
Greetings to you all, Sam and Cissy here to talk to you about Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020!
The dates have now been set, so pop them in your calendars! Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2020 will run from the 27th of March to the 5th of April. It’s a great chance to connect with your neighbours, or to celebrate the amazing things you’ve been doing in your neighbourhood.
Coming to a town near you!
We will be doing another Road Trip in October/November of this year, up and down the full length of Aotearoa. So you know how it goes – If you would like Sam and Cissy to come and run a workshop in your community then we would love to hear from you!
The workshops this year will really be focussed on engagement. How do we engage with people that we normally wouldn’t engage with? So we are looking for community leaders and members of the community to come together and work up those ideas, so you can leave with some tangible ways of engaging more people in Neighbours Day Aotearoa events.
We also are happy to have a more informal set up – a cup of tea or a chat with groups as we travel the country.
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook, and to check out the Neighbours Day Aotearoa website. You can also email us, tweet or message about the kinds of resources you want to see happening. Please stay in touch!
Looking forward to connecting with you all
Sam, Cissy and the Neighbours Day Aotearoa crew.
Thank you from Neighbours Day Aotearoa
Thank you so much for making our 10 year celebration of Neighbours Day Aotearoa the best yet! It’s all of you who helped put on events, attend, or spread the word, that really brings Neighbours Day Aotearoa to life and we couldn’t do it without you.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for making our 10 year celebration of Neighbours Day Aotearoa the best yet! It’s all of you who helped put on events, attend, or spread the word, that really brings Neighbours Day Aotearoa to life and we couldn’t do it without you.
Neighbours Day Aotearoa 2019 Survey
Fill in our survey and win!!
We need your help to make sure that we ‘re making the best Neighbours Day Aotearoa we can. We’d so appreciate it if you can fill in our evaluation survey, to let us know what Neighbours Day Aotearoa means to you, what we should do more of, what we should do less of, and everything in between.
If you fill out our survey you will go in the draw to win one of our amazing t-shirts or a prezi card!
Thank you again, to all of you who have supported Neighbour Day Aotearoa over the last 10 years to help connect neighbours.
– Sam and Cissy
Celebrating 10 years of Neighbours Day Aotearoa
Neighbours Day Aotearoa 10 year celebrations begin today. We also wanted to acknowledge that it’s also been a week since the terrible events in Christchurch. We want to send our love and support to our Muslim communities and people of Christchurch.
Over the next 10 days (March 22-31) there will be events happening all across the country – big and small – organised by you to celebrate and foster connected neighbours. Thank you so much to all of you who have made plans to host or attend a Neighbours Day Aotearoa event in the next 10 days.
Neighbours Day Aotearoa 10 year celebrations begin today. We also wanted to acknowledge that it’s also been a week since the terrible events in Christchurch. We want to send our love and support to our Muslim communities and people of Christchurch.
Over the next 10 days (March 22-31) there will be events happening all across the country – big and small – organised by you to celebrate and foster connected neighbours. Thank you so much to all of you who have made plans to host or attend a Neighbours Day Aotearoa event in the next 10 days.
If you’d like to get involved – there’s a lot of information and ideas for events on our website, and we have a range of invitations, posters, and postcards that you can edit and download to help promote your event. Join in the Neighbours Day Aotearoa celebrations!
Events in your area
Every day we’re adding events to our map for public Neighbours Day Aotearoa events, so have a look and see what’s on in your area. There are 100’s of events happening all across Aotearoa, with many small gatherings of neighbours connecting.
Register and Win!
We’re so proud to have these beautiful limited edition t-shirts that celebrate the five benefits of connected communities. If you’d like to be in the draw to win one of these tees, all you have to do is register an event!
Wellbeing: by Pepper Raccoon – When our neighbourhoods are connected, and spiritual, physical and emotional health are taken care of, we feel comfortable, happy and healthy.
Empowered: by Pinky Fang – We feel confident to take action when we feel supported by strong social networks and relationships.
Caring and Safety: by Ash Spittal – When we start from a place of neighbourly caring and generosity, feelings of trust, safety and belonging increase.
Resilience: by Gala Hesson – We can recover quickly from difficulties when we are prepared, we know our neighbours and can ask for and offer support.
Inclusion: by Huriana Kopeke-Te Aho – We feel accepted in the community when we are allowed to be ourselves, can stretch outside of our comfort zones, and are included in other people’s worlds.
Thank you again, to all of you who have supported Neighbour Day Aotearoa over the last 10 years to help connect neighbours.
– Sam and Cissy