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 Grassroots: Community development initiatives at the grassroots

Table of Contents

• Credits, Disclaimer
• Foreword, Greetings , Acknowledgements, Glossary
• Executive Summary
  • Follow-up interviews , Barriers to success , Threats to future plans , Economic and social development issues , Accessibility of advice , Training , Maori development , Women's enterprise , Health initiatives, Local authority responses , Government agencies' responses , Private sector responses
• 1 - Background to the Study
  • 1.1 Origin , 1.2 Aims and objectives , 1.3 Methodology , 1.4 Methodology rationale
• 2- The Study Areas
  • Whanganui/Eastern Bay of Plenty , Whanganui , Eastern Bay of Plenty
• 3 - Two years later - a follow up of the original initiatives
  • 3.1 The activities
  • 3.2 Business advice and other assistance
  • 3.3 Business training
  • 3.4 Financial assistance
  • 3.5 Successes
    • Services ,Case study: Expanding a stationery retail business , Manufacturing, Maori economic and social development , Maori health , Maori education , Case study: Contracting with a government department , Unemployed people aiming to become self-employed , Organised barter system , Summary of successes
  • 3.6 Barriers and steps to overcome them
    • Services , Manufacturing , Case study: Moving offshore , Maori economic and social development, Maori health, Maori education, Unemployed people aiming to become self-employed, Organised barter system, Summary of barriers
  • 3.7 Future plans and potential threats
    • Case Study: Expanding and contracting in recycling , Summary of future plans and potential threats
• Chapter 4 New Initiatives
  • 4.1 The activities
  • 4.2 Business advice and other assistance
  • 4.3 Business training
  • 4.4 Financial assistance
  • 4.5 Successes
    • Services , Case Study: Setting up a mobile barbecue business, Maori economic and social development , Maori education  , Organised barter system , Summary of successes
  • 4.6 Barriers and steps to overcome them
    • Services , Case. Study : Coping with hostility , Maori economic and social development , Case Study: Involving Young People , Maori education , Organised barter system , Summary of barriers
  • 4.7 Future plans and potential threats
• 5 - Responses to government programmes
  • 5.1 Ministry of Commerce Programmes
  • 5.2 Department of Labour programmes
  • 5.3 Department of Internal Affairs programmes
  • 5.4 Te Tira Ahu Iwi (the Iwi Transition Agency) programmes
• 6 - Community development issues
  • 6.1 Access to finance
  • 6.2 Access to business and technical advice
  • 6.3 Training and community development
  • 6.4 Maori economic development
  • 6.5 Women and community development
  • 6.6 Grassroots health initiatives
  • 6.7 The role of local authorities
  • 6.8 The role of government agencies , 6.8.1 Barriers to grassroots initiatives , 6.8.2 Requirements of government agencies by grassroots initiatives ,
  • 6.9 The role of the private sector , Overarching issues
• Policy implications and recommendations
  • Financial issues , Advice and assistance , Training and work skills
• 1989 Interviewees not re-interviewed in 1991
  • Whanganui , Eastern Bay of Plenty
• Government provision for community and business development, as at April 1993
  • Community Employment Group (CEG), Department of Labour , Business Development Programme, Ministry of Commerce , Enterprise Assistance Package , Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Contact for Enquiries

Rural Affairs Coordinator
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND

Phone: +64 4 894 0675
Fax: +64 4 4 894 0745
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