We were looking through our videos this morning to find some good examples of collective community action and we came across this from 2017: the first Repair Cafe at Gribblehirst Community Hub! Something that could only happen through a collective effort, it was a lot of fun, saved many appliances from landfill, saved people money and built many (now long term) local connections plus set the scene for many more repair cafes at the Hub. Jason Dodunski Helga Arlington Steve King Andrew Dixon Hugh Batten and many more
Catalyse
Business Consulting and Services
Auckland, Auckland 414 followers
A community development agency. We exist to co-create a more equitable, inclusive and flourishing Aotearoa.
About us
Catalyse is a social change agency working with communities and organisations across the country. We work to make sure changes reflect what matters to local people who live, work, play, invest and care about a place. We do so by building on strengths; bringing together skills, talents, knowledge and resources from diverse sources; growing capacity; and ensuring community voices are heard, valued and included in ways that support everyone to thrive. We facilitate co-design and community engagement processes, deliver activations and events, develop strategic plans, undertake research and evaluation, accelerating collective goals and growing community as we go. We believe in investing in people as much as projects because everyone has something to offer. And we are better, in so many ways, together.
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http://www.catalyse.co.nz/
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- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Auckland, Auckland
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1999
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- Placemaking, Research, Co-Design & Co-Development, Collaboration, Group Facilitation, Growing capabilities / Training, Participatory Evaluation, Community-led Planning & Action, Networking, and Community Engagement
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Auckland, Auckland 1024, NZ
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The office today was a lot about the secret world of cats and bees in the neighbourhood… because there are all sorts of worlds happening in the same place at the same time and cats and bees can teach us plenty about enjoying each day (in very different ways). And, in these times of polycrises, we think it's more important than ever to enjoy what we can, in our different ways. So, with our muse Angel Cat in attendance, we channeled a bit of cat and bee energy yesterday and prototyped some fun for the crowds that will pass by the office for the All Blacks game on Saturday. Because we can :)
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A couple of years ago - almost to the date - we worked with Orakei Local Board and Mission Bay- Kohimarama Residents Association to host an open day to gather momentum to oppose the sale of Tagalad Reserve. The welcome sign on the chalkboard was still there when we visited this week and it must have been a good omen because now we are working with the Local Board again to host another open day to celebrate the reserve's return to community! Come and see what's behind those locked gates; hear from the Board Chair, Scott Milne and others about what's next; add your thoughts and ideas to those gathered two years ago; listen to live music from Nigel Gavin; drink coffee from The Coffee Store, eat donuts and cookies from Scratch Bakers, have your face painted by Jo from Sparkles and Smiles, make some GeoLingo rocks and play games with us! Saturday 25th from 10am -1pm. Entrances from Tagalad Rd and Nihill Crescent. Everyone welcome :)
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Just look at this! These are some of the fabulous people who help improve quality of life in all kinds of neighbourhoods all over the motu. Taking time to celebrate is enormously rewarding and inspiring, as you can see :). Huge thanks to all who supported us to make this happen and to David Fransen for capturing the essence of the celebration in Tāmaki Makurau. Together is always better <3 Eke Panuku Development Auckland @Ellen Melville Centre Fivestar Print Ārepa @Hakanoa Handmade, @Proper Pizza Company Auckland @makeshop and @Oro Negro @Simon Wilson @Nigel Gavin
A quick throwback to not so long ago! David Fransen from All Good Media captured the incredible Tamaki Makaurau Kūmara Awards Ceremony on video and we weren't dreaming... it WAS such a fun night! Thanks to everyone who came, and who contributed in so many ways - The Kūmara Awards are definitely a case of 1+1=3 <3 Lucy Tukua, Frith Walker, Ryan Reynolds, Mike Fisher, Cynthia Christensen, Boopsie Maran, Vida Christeller, Christine Olsen, Ben van Bruggen, Paris Kirby, John Sutton, Penny Hulse, Eric Thompson, Damian Powley, Edward Peni, Yana Kirakovskaya, @Emma-Jane Ormsby
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It's time to share the winners of more Kūmara Awards... This time the Loud Hurrahs from across Tāmaki Makaurau! Check their mahi out - it really is VERY inspirational!
It's announcement time! This time our focus is on our Auckland Loud Hurrah! winners... These projects, while they didn't win in a category, were so inspirational that the judges awarded them a special shoutout for all the incredible mahi they do. Congratulations everyone! These awards are VERY well deserved! Our Auckland Loud Hurrah! Winners for 2024 are... Mens Shed Auckland East Project Twin Streams Patiki Community Hub Great North Gallery (#greatnorthgallery) Yarn for Pride Future Future Festival (Interesting Things Aotearoa, Bike Auckland) Waitangi Waititi Sozo Coffee House Check them out :) #KūmaraAwards #placemakingAotearoa #placemaking
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Always such a joy to bring the Kūmara Awards to life and learn about so much good going on in communities all over town! Here are the 5 recipients of Kūmara Awards in Tāmaki Makaurau for 2024.... congratulations to all 5 and to all who made the short list - incredible mahi from everyone involved <3. And huge thanks to the Kūmara Awards team, judges, support crew, volunteers and sponsors - we couldn't have done it without you all! Denise Bijoux (she/her), Tauma Lobacheva, Anna Pinchen Lucy Tukua, Damian Powley, Paris Kirby, Eric Thompson, John Sutton, Penny Hulse, Edward Peni, @Emma-Jane Ormsby, Yana Kirakovskaya @Simon Wilson David Fransen, Nash Bijoux, @Nigel Gavin Elena Catrici, Magalie Ménard, Brodie Johnstone, Ben van Bruggen Eke Panuku Development Auckland, Ellen Melville Centre, 5 Star Print, Ārepa, Hakanoa Handmade, and Proper Pizza. #TheKūmaraAwards #PlacemakingAotearoa #placemaking
Wow, what a night! We had such an incredible time at the Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Kūmara Awards yesterday. We want to say a huge thank you to all those involved in the amazing projects that were shortlisted, as well as all the friends, family, and communities that came to cheer them on Every single project was truly fabulous, and they all mean so much to so many. Thank you to all of you for the tireless, and often unsung work that you do to make our city better While we loved all of you, in the end there had to be only 5 category winners! Trust us the Judges had an incredibly hard time choosing the winners, but choose they did and we want to dedicate our post today to these five projects. We'll be posting about the Christchurch and Wellington winners, as well as our Loud Hurrah winners soon, so keep an eye out! The Auckland winners were... 1. Mā te haukāinga hei tūāpapa ki te ao tūroa / It Takes a Village: Te Hōnonga a Iwi - Restoring Rosedale Park 2. Ahakoa he iti, ko tōna painga ka puawaitia / From Little Things Big Things Grow: Kauri Park School Container Art Project 2023 3. Kei tua atu i te kaupapa / Beyond the brief: Hub West: MPHS Community Trust 4. Ngā akoranga i muri, hei tūāpapa ki ngā mahi ki mua / Looking Back to Move Forward: Te Pu-A-Nga Maara 5. Tiakina te whenua, ka manaakitia te tangata / Caring For the Land, Caring For the People: Grow Forrest Hill
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As with so much of what we do, it's always better together - and the The Kūmara Awards are no exception. Huge thanks to all who support us to facilitate these awards!
Shout out time! Everything is coming together for the inaugural public Kūmara Awards Tāmaki Makaurau celebration next week thanks to the team at Catalyse and supporters Eke Panuku Development Auckland, Ellen Melville Centre, Five Star Print, Oronegro Jewellery, MAKE SHOP, Ārepa, Hakanoa Handmade and Proper Pizza. We are also super happy to have Nigel Gavin sharing his music with us and Simon Wilson hosting the ceremony. Come and join us to meet and chat with placemakers from all over the city (including people involved in each of the short listed projects) and see who receives Loud Hurrah and Kūmara Awards this year. Woop!
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Looking good Tāmaki Makaurau placemaking! What quality! What variety! Pop 11 April at the Ellen Melville Centre from 5pm in your diaries to see who wins Kūmara Awards this year- there are only 5!
After some impossible decision making, we are excited to announce… the Auckland Short List! It's been a difficult process, narrowing down from almost 60 entries to 28 fantastic placemaking projects on the Long List, to 22 on the Short List! Thanks to our incredible judges for putting so much time and effort into creating this short list… we know it wasn't easy to choose! All the fabulous placemaking projects that didn't make it to the short list, please know - you are an inspiration and you are doing an incredible job! Your project meant so much to people that they nominated you and wanted you to win. It touched us and the judges when we read the reasons the people submitted your projects for this award. We adore you, and hope you will come to the event, as we will celebrate all of you! And hurrah to the ones on the short list! Come and join the ceremony to celebrate placemaking a-a-and.. .see who takes away the 5 Kūmara Awards and surprise number of Loud Hurrah awards this year. Event details in a previous post. Here is the shortlist by category: 1. Mā te haukāinga hei tūāpapa ki te ao tūroa / It Takes a Village - All about collaboration: . Te Hōnonga a Iwi - Restoring Rosedale Park . Patiki Community Hub (Rosebank Community Hub) . Te Ara Awataha, Northcote's new greenway (#TeAraAwataha) . New Windsor Community Hub 2. Ahakoa he iti, ko tōna painga ka puawaitia / From Little Things Big Things Grow - Small changes can make an impact: . Kauri Park School Container Art Project 2023 . Great North Gallery (#GreatNorthGallery) . Mens Shed Auckland East . Yarn for Pride . Robyn’s Fence Art & Little Free Libraries Auckland 3. Kei tua atu i te kaupapa / Beyond the brief - physical spaces that are more than what is expected or required: . HubWest (MPHS Community Trust) . Future Future Festival (Bike Auckland) . Sozo Coffee House . Branch Out Uptown AKL Spring Festival . The PumpHouse Theatre 4. Ngā akoranga i muri, hei tūāpapa ki ngā mahi ki mua / Looking Back to Move Forward - highlighting experiences of culture in our places: . Te Pu-A-Nga Maara . Auckland Pasifika Festival . Waitangi Waititi . Pukekohe Murals (Pukekohe High School School, Catherine Tamihere) 5. Tiakina te whenua, ka manaakitia te tangata / Caring For the Land, Caring For the People - nature is the focus here: . Grow Forrest Hill . Project Twin Streams . Sanctuary Community Organic Garden . Triangle Park Community Teaching Garden
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So inspiring to read about all the fabulous initatives that strive to improve lives and places! What variety and quality!! We wait in anticipation for the judges decisions... no easy task.
Hey-hey-hey! The long lists from Wellington and Christchurch are here too! What fabulous placemaking projects these are :). Congratulations to all those nominated a-a-and... ...congratulations to all the placemaking projects that made it to the long list in their area. The judging is not going to be easy...
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Such a great group of people strategising together for stronger communities in Tāmaki Makaurau yesterday! What a pleasure to be among some really courageous kōrero and to also hear some clear suggested next steps. We'll be updating the existing report and adding these notes to it over the next week or so. The information from a survey, peer to peer conversations and 2 hui will be freely available to use - very useful, we hope, as support to many good things including all kinds of actions we didn't have time to cover today. Ngā mihi nui Helene Crown for a beautiful mihi whakatau, Arama Mataira for co-facilitating and Kerry Allan for a wonderful closing karakia. Thanks too to Inspiring Communities, Community Waitākere, Auckland North Community and Development (ANCAD) Foundation North Department of Internal Affairs (NZ) and Auckland Council for co-resourcing this mahi. #strongcommunities #collectivestrategising
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