Resources

Christchurch City Council information on Christchurch heritage.

Jon Hawkes has discussed the work of the Melbourne-area council, City of Port Phillip, whose work on ‘Cultural Vitality' is similar to cultural well-being.

Cityscope is Hamilton's city design strategy, created to ensure we work together to make Hamilton everything it can be and more.  There is a very real sense that Hamilton has come of age and as we move forward we need to take a more strategic and less ad hoc approach to our city design and development. 

Claphams Clocks - The National Clock Museum is a unique visitor attraction presenting one of the largest collections of clocks in the southern hemisphere, established in the 1940's by Whangarei resident Archibald Clapham.

Clutha Country website

Clutha Branding exercise:

What does ‘a sense of community' mean?

And how does this ‘sense of community' impact on people's daily lives?

Clutha District Council Website

Welcome to the Clutha District Council Community Directory - a website directory of community organisations, sports and recreation clubs in the Clutha District.

Under the Local Government Act 2002, Council is required to put together a Long Term Plan every three years. The Long Term Plan sets out our priorities in the medium to longer term.

Its main goal is for "active and healthy communities in Clutha through more people being more active, more often, life long". Its main objective is for "an average 1% annual increase in the level of physical activity in the Clutha population".

The Clutha District Directions Community Outcomes Report 2008 provides a general overview of how we are performing as a district and shows general trends and states at the current point in time.

Funding Schemes

District Directions - What people have been saying is important.

Clutha District Library website

The Department of Internal Affairs can help community or voluntary groups access the skills and resources needed to create positive changes within communities.

This paper seeks to define 'community development', provide a rationale for using a community development approach and also provide some examples of best practice.

Community development covers many aspects of human activity, including community safety, education and youth issues, elderly concerns, health matters, recreation and lifestyle opportunities, employment and even economic development and tourism promotion - anything in fact that may influence the social, cultural, economic and environmental well-being of communities.