WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE INTERESTING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE MADE AT THE CONFERENCE.

 

It has been some months since the conference where we DEMONSTRATED that we were and can be a community of connectedness. We DEMONSTRATED that our arms and minds can reach each other in community - locally, regionally, and internationally. We DEMONSTRATED that our work contributes to the enhancing of wellbeing of people and planet. We have the energy, the commitment and the SKILLS that can be amplified!  What an even bigger difference we could make AS researchers, THROUGH the crafting, the style, and the application of our research.

 

We benefited from the Good Shepherding of Marcus (yes with rod and staff as appropriate - but with song and aroha always), and learnt through the Good Guidance of Maaki and her Team. What might have been a cold wet walk through a ritual was a heart warming bonding of community. Tena koe, Maaki. We thank you.

 

We encourage all who attended ANZTSR to keep the sense of community we built and networking going through the Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector Research Clearing House. Check out www.communityresearch.org.nz in the coming weeks and register, look at the resources there and consider what else you or others in your networks have written that could be uploaded.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLISHING YOUR CONFERENCE MATERIAL

To all Conference presenters - we encourage you to upload your presentation, abstract or paper as soon as possible. Once you have registered on the site, you will see 3 easy steps outlined to guide you through the process. As conference organisers we cannot upload your work for you - only you as the person with the copyright can, and this retains your ownership over your work and its dissemination. If you are concerned about academic journal copyright issues, you can upload the abstract only and a link to where it can be accessed. This site welcomes a broad range of research, not only academic work. Your support of this emerging network helps advance our knowledge sharing about research in, by, for and about the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector. Register now at www.communityresearch.org.nz

 

We thank you ALL!  We wish you well for the years ahead. For those who are planning to meet again in 2010 at our next exotic location, keep your eye on the ANZTSR web-site, become a member, submit your work to our journal, any journal, talk to everyone about your research and the communities you serve.

 

Ian, Maria and the ANZTSR Steering Committee