Ka rewa a Matariki, ka nui ngā mihi o te tau hou! We hope that you, your whānau and community are safe, well and warm right now. Despite icy conditions, the passion and energy from our ActionStation community are fiery with success! These displays of hope and change show our…

All the cool stuff in one place Video: Listening Across Difference (19mins) with Dr. Emily Beausoleil, Lecturer of Politics (VUW) Tauiwi Tautoko research findings (30 mins) with Dr. Emily Beausoleil Values based messaging (60 mins) with Marianne Elliott from The Workshop 14 anti-Māori myths in media (20 mins) with Dr.Tim McCreanor …

A 15,000-strong petition for kindness to migrants in Aotearoa was delivered to Parliament this week, as the community rallied in solidarity. Carolina Albuquerque a Brazilian journalist, based in New Zealand for the past three years, looks into this week’s events. — I chose to come to New Zealand three years ago for one single reason: it’s the only country in the world that offered Brazilians the possibility to access the Work Holiday Visa.

Welcome to the monthly dose of hope your doctor didn’t prescribe. It comes at the right time, because temperatures are rising! Whether it’s online, on the streets, overseas or in the house, the heat is on when it comes to people power pushing for change. — And it gets hotter. On Thursday, our government will announce Budget 2021 — their plan for resourcing services, programs, policies, and infrastructure. Our ActionStation community’s job is to hold them to account if their plan doesn’t bring us closer to the fair and flourishing Aotearoa we know is possible. Stay…

The ActionStation story through the words of Laura O’Connell Rapira. Laura O’Connell Rapira (Te Ātiawa, Ngāruahine, Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whakaue) is a campaigner, fundraiser, writer and until 2021 the Director of ActionStation. She started her career organising events, before moving on to fundraising for non-profits. She founded RockEnrol, a youth-powered campaign to get more young people out to vote…

Everywhere I look, I see people coming together to make the world a better place. This is not always easy. I often witness people’s pain, rage, grief and heartache as they face the sharp edges of inequality and injustice. This usually comes from the desire to simply be treated with…

Stories of hope from the ActionStation community for December 2020. Welcome to another edition of the monthly dose of hope! We are a little bit behind, having sent our last ‘monthly’ newsletter out in September, but 2020 has been a wild year and so hiccups along the way are to…

Inside a grassroots campaign to protect conservation land from mining - and how you can help. — Áine Kelly-Costello It’s a story of an extractive industry causing needless ecological and community damage in the face of alternatives. It’s the story of a broken political promise that has till now done more harm than good. …

No matter who we are or where we live, we know that our wellbeing is interconnected with those around us. When everyone has what they need to look after themselves and fully participate in their communities, we all flourish. We all want every child in Aotearoa to experience a thriving…