
Te Waipounamu / South Island research programmes include integrated case studies of settlements and communities that are creating positive futures for themselves. Researchers are working directly with community stakeholders as they navigate change, determine their own aspirations, confront impediments to wellbeing, and search for solutions to local problems and enact sustainable future pathways. Research reveals practical approaches effective at creating real-world change in different community, settlement, and regional settings, as well as documenting examples where residents, local governments, community groups, and businesses have collaborated to create change. These experiences can be shared with and applied in other settlements and regions across Aotearoa New Zealand to help generate positive social change.
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