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Neighbourhood Support New Zealand Incorporated provides support for all neighbourhood and rural support groups throughout New Zealand.

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- Christchurch a year on, 4 March 2012

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Pakuranga Bucklands Beach Neighbourhood Support group need volunteers, Howick Pakuranga Times, 2 May 2012

Privacy Awareness Week 29th April - 5th May - added 19 April 2012
This week comes along at a very opportune time. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner offers a number of tools and guides to help you through the process of managing information - whether it is yours that you have entered on a website or you are managing it on behalf of others.
See Know your privacy principles and visit their website for more information and additional topics.

Volunteer Awareness Week: 17-23 June 2012, Volunteering New Zealand, posted 18 April 2012
Volunteering New Zealand encourages all it's member organisations and other community groups to celebrate New Zealand's largest celebration of volunteering and civic participation - Volunteer Awareness Week.

New Factsheet: Preparing To Go In To Hospital Neighbourhood Support New Zealand

Street clean up for neighbours day, The Leader Motueka, 29 March 2012

Strangers now neighbours, Neighbours Day Aotearoa, 28 March 2012

Wellington suburbs get behind Neighbours Day, Dominion Post, 24 March 2012

Time to be neighbourly, Wairarapa Times Age, 24 March 2012

Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew on Neighbours Day, press release, 23 March 2012

Neighbours Day Aotearoa website, 24-25 March 2012

Neighbour of the Year Waikato Times, 23 March 2012

Saying g'day over fence Howick and Pakuranga Times, 23 March 2012

Groups under threat Western Leader, 22 March 2012

Cantabrians encouraged to roll out welcome mat this weekend Healthy Christchurch, 22 March 2012

Neighbours save the day Nelson Mail, 22 March 2012

Thousands will be extra neighbourly this weekend Neighbours Day Aotearoa, 22 March 2012

North Shore Police - Prevention First Expo 2012 New Zealand Police, 21 March 2012

Countdown to street parties Marlborough Espress, 21 March 2012

Neighbours getting together Marlborough Espress, 20 March 2012

Birthday bash and beer - at last Manawatu Standard, 19 March 2012

Countdown Begins To National Community Awards TrustPower, 19 March 2012

National Community Awards - Rotorua TrustPower, 19 March 2012

Auckland Council Supports Neighbours Day Aotearoa Auckland Council, 14 March 2012

Discover who's next door on Neighbours Day Timaru Herald, 14 March 2012

Neighbours start countdown Marlborough Espress, 8 March 2012

New Aucklanders finally feel at home The Aucklander, 8 March 2012

Comfort and community Marlborough Espress, 7 March 2012

An example of Social Isolation and lessons learned
I sourced this item last year and have been waiting for the right time to highlight it. With Neighbours Day Aotearoa close at hand and recent similar cases in New Zealand - this is a good time to take on board the detail and circumstances of this sad story and digest some of the interesting comments that follow the article. I was lucky enough to track down the author of this piece and have a little dialogue with him. My thanks to Erik for allowing me to post his work. - Roger

Central Taranaki Newsletter, February 2012, (PDF 746 KB)

Neighbourhood Support Rotorua, on YouTube, 14 Feb 2012