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NGO Council information 2
NGO Council Elections - Results – November 2014 2
Ministry of Health information 2
Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health 2
Ministry of Health Annual Report 2
Health of the Health Workforce 2013 to 2014 2
National Health IT Board Newsletter 2
Ministry of Health website: http://www.health.govt.nz/home 2
Other government agencies 2
State Services Commission 2
Statistics New Zealand 2
Ministry of Social Development 2
NGO information 2
Hui E! Community Aotearoa 2
“Migrants Down Under”, the October newsletter of The Christchurch Migrants Centre. 2
Disability Information Service Inc. 2
Places to find NGO information 2
Training, education, resources and conferences 2
Charities Services 2
Appreciative inquiry and Collaborative Leadership Workshops 2
Rotary Forum: supporting NGOs to survive and thrive 2
Raeburn House - Connecting People - Building Communities 2
Workshops: RBA 101 & Accountability - The RBA Way 2
Events included in previous updates 2
Consultation, surveys and submissions 2
Productivity Commission – Social Services 2
Research on Performance Measurement in the Australasian Nonprofit Healthcare Sector 2
Other information 2
NGO Council information
NGO Council Elections - Results – November 2014
The 2014 elections for the NGO Council are now complete. Twenty-six individual candidates were nominated for eight vacant positions and the results are as follows.
Disability Support Services
44% of the 216 eligible NGOs voted in this category. There were EIGHT candidates in this category.
The TWO highest polling candidates appointed to the NGO Council are:
• Mark Brown, Chief Executive, Life Unlimited
• Victoria Manning, Senior Policy & Research Analyst, Disabled Persons Assembly NZ Inc.
Public Health
42% of the 113 eligible NGOs voted in this category. There were NINE candidates in this category.
The TWO highest polling candidates appointed to the NGO Council are:
• Warren Lindberg, Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Association of NZ
• Jackie Edmond, Chief Executive, Family Planning NZ
Māori Health
45% of the 106 eligible NGOs voted in this category. There were NINE candidates in this category.
The TWO highest polling candidates appointed to the NGO Council are:
• Karaitiana Tickell, Te Kaiwhakahaere, Purapura Whetu Trust
• Josie Smith, Chief Executive, Te Kotuku Ki Te Rangi Trust
Personal Health
35% of the 99 eligible NGOs voted in this category. There were THREE candidates in this category.
The highest polling candidate appointed to the NGO Council is:
• Kathryn Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Laura Fergusson Trust Canterbury
Pacific Health
62% of the 24 eligible NGOs voted in this category. There were TWO candidates in this category.
The highest polling candidate appointed to the NGO Council is:
• Robert Muller, General Manager, Village Collective / Family Life Education Pasefika Services Trust
Terms of Reference ratified
The changes to the Terms of Reference, which clarify NGO Council members’ tenure and attendance expectations were accepted and ratified by the majority of voters and are effective from 1 November 2014.
The newly-elected NGO Council members join the current Council members who are:
Mental Health & Addictions
• Marion Blake, CEO, Platform Trust
• Shaun McNeil, Operations Manager-Recovery (Central 2), Richmond Services Ltd
Māori Health
• Donna Matahaere-Atariki, Executive Director, Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora
Personal Health
• Sarah Mulcahy, Area Manager Hawkes Bay, Gisborne & Wairoa, Royal NZ Plunket Society Inc
Pacific Health
• Eleni Mason, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Health & Social Service Porirua
The new 13-member NGO Council will appoint a Chair and Deputy Chair at its first meeting later this month. Thank you to all the candidates and all those who participated in the voting process and answered the additional questions to help the NGO Council be responsive to members’ interests.
Ministry of Health information
Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health
This briefing on the Ministry of Health website provides the incoming Minister of Health with information on the challenges and opportunities facing the New Zealand health and disability system, and how the Ministry of Health can advise and support the Minister to implement the Government’s priorities for health.
Ministry of Health Annual Report
Each year, the Director-General of Health publishes an Annual Report to Parliament that assesses the Ministry's performance against objectives set at the beginning of the financial year. This year's publication contains three reports; the Ministry of Health's Annual Report 2013-14, the Health and Independence Report and the Minister's report on Implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy 2014.
Health of the Health Workforce 2013 to 2014
This report is Health Workforce New Zealand's first yearly update on the state of the health and disability workforce at the present time. It is a companion document to The Role of Health Workforce New Zealand, which provides background and contextual information.
The workforce is made up of a wide variety of occupational groups that will increasingly work together as models of care move out of hospitals and closer to home. The five main occupational groups discussed in this report are:
· doctors and dentists – the medical workforce
· nurses
· midwives
· allied health, science and technical workers
· non-regulated workers – also collectively termed kaiāwhina - which includes carers and support workers.
National Health IT Board Newsletter
In this issue…
Director's Editorial Clinician's Corner
Funding support for patient portals Clinicians' Challenge finalists announced
Telehealth enhances rural healthcare Teledermatology making a difference in Waikato
New Zealand Formulary's new website Child health information pilot begins
500,000 eReferrals in Midland Electronic Prescribing and Administration rollout
Health literacy Events – HINZ
Whānau Ora trials information sharing system Electronic Records and Privacy Act
South Island's shared clinical workstation Law change brings electronic prescriptions
Telehealth helping treat communicable disease interRAI assessments help residents and families
Australasian Long term Conditions Conference NZePS processes five million ePrescriptions
Ministry of Health website: http://www.health.govt.nz/home
For more information about the Ministry’s structure and business units go to Ministry business units.
Other government agencies
State Services Commission
Open Government Partnership
New Zealand’s government has accepted an invitation to join the Open Government Partnership. The Open Government Partnership is a forum of countries working to ensure that member governments are more open, accountable and responsive to citizens.
As part of our membership of the forum we are required to demonstrate how the government will implement transparency, accountability, technology and innovation and civil society participation in government. To meet this requirement we have prepared this Action Plan of commitments that demonstrate how we are working towards these objectives.
The State Services Commission has published NZ’s Government Partnership Action Plan. NZ’s plan covers the Better Public Service Results programme, the ICT Strategy and Action Plan to 2017, the Government’s response to Transparency International NZ’s 2013 National Integrity System (NIS) Assessment report and the Kia Tūtahi Relationship Accord.
Statistics New Zealand
Report reveals how disabled people are faring in New Zealand
Social and economic outcomes for disabled people: Findings from the 2013 Disability Survey compares disabled and non-disabled people across a range of social and economic characteristics.
The report examines various life aspects such as employment, income, education, safety, social contact, and overall well-being. Some key points include:
· the labour force participation rate for disabled adults was 50 percent, compared with 76 percent for non-disabled adults
· disabled adults were less likely than non-disabled adults to go out after dark alone and, when they did so, they were less likely to feel safe
· 10 percent of disabled people said their health was excellent compared with 33 percent of non-disabled people.
You can also get facts and stats about disability in New Zealand from here: Disability Survey: 2013.
Ministry of Social Development
Opt In - Support to find work
Many disabled people and people with health conditions want to work, and want support to do this.
Opt In provides extra help to people who get Supported Living Payment and want to get a job, do some training, or study. It is aimed at people aged from 16 to 29 years. If you are interested in working, training or studying, talk to Work and Income to see if you are able to join Opt In or to find out about the other ways Work and Income can help you.
Where is Opt In available?
Opt In is being trialled in 16 Work and Income service centres and Community Links. Opt In is only available at these offices because Work and Income is trialling it to understand more about how best to help people on Supported Living Payment that want to work.
Auckland region: Other North Island:
Waitakere Whangarei
Avondale Rotorua
Tamaki Hastings
Mangere New Plymouth
Manurewa Wairarapa
Papakura
Wellington region: South Island:
Porirua Nelson
Naenae Timaru
Dunedin Central
Other help to find work
All Work and Income service centres are able to provide help to people on Supported Living Payment who would like to work. There are also specialist employment support services available in many places that assist disabled people and people with health conditions to find suitable work.
Interested?
Contact Work and Income to make an appointment with a case manager if you would like to find out about Opt In, or the other ways they can help you find work.
Call 0800 559 009 or visit www.workandincome.govt.nz
NGO information
Hui E! Community Aotearoa
After many months of consultation ANGOA (the Association of NGOs of Aotearoa) and Social Development Partners have formed Hui E! Community Aotearoa.
Hui E! Community Aotearoa is here for tangata whenua organisations and the broad voluntary and community sector, charities, incorporated societies, Trusts, and informal community groups.
Hui E! Community Aotearoa has three core functions:
· Hui – being a forum for the sector
· Awhina – practical support for the sector
· Korero – a public voice for the sector
They will operate in a way that is consistent with their core principles.
· Te Tiriti o Waitangi must be visible and real in our community and our nation and embedded within our organisation, using a Treaty relationships framework.
· The community sector is an essential contributor to our society.
· As a linked and responsive organisation we are listening, acting, communicating, always engaged in dialogue with the sector, able to move quickly in response to new issues and always with full transparency.
They are delighted to have the commitment of a group of recognised leaders from the sector to act as inaugural Trustees. Alongside Simon Cayley as Chair, the founding Trustees of Hui E! are Sonya Rimene as Deputy Chair, along with Marion Blake, Julie Haggie, Bronwyn Yates and Pat Watson.
“Migrants Down Under”, the October newsletter of The Christchurch Migrants Centre.
The Stories in this edition include:
Homeland Festival / Treaty-based Multiculturalism Workshop / One Pure Night / Mexican Independence Celebrations / Walking Festival / Migrant Website / Plumbing the Depths / Community notices and events information
The newsletter link: http://1drv.ms/1s9pLJH or http://goo.gl/XTmScm
Disability Information Service Inc.
The Disability Information Service creates a quarterly newsletter (The Digest) as well as a fortnightly sector update.
In the Spring 2014 Digest the articles include:
Spring into Action / SeniorNet Otago / 5 Ways to prevent AD / Gout / Budo Culture for Disabled / Mobility Scooter Use / Depression and Anxiety / Otago Access Radio / Accredited Visitor Service / Otago Wheelchair Rugby / Central Otago Expo
Places to find NGO information
Community Research http://www.communityresearch.org.nz/
Consumers Voice http://consumersvoicenz.com/about/
Volunteering NZ www.volunteernow.org.nz
Training, education, resources and conferences
Charities Services
New Reporting Standards – additional seminars
The External Reporting Board (XRB), in conjunction with Charities Services, will be running a further series of seminars in December to update Registered Charities on the accounting requirements that become mandatory in 2015. The seminars are a repeat of those run in October and are aimed at Registered Charities who did NOT attend the October seminars.
The free, two-hour seminars are aimed at helping Registered Charities with annual operating expenditure of less than $2 million. The seminars include:
· The new legislative requirements for registered charities to follow, XRB Accounting Standards, from 1 April 2015
· An overview of the Simple Format Reporting Standards
· How the final standards differ from the proposed standards as a result of consultation with the sector during 2013 (which was the focus of the last seminar series)
· What charities need to do now to prepare for the Simple Format Reporting Standards next year, and
· Future opportunities to learn more about the standards and how to apply them.
North Shore 2 December 10am to 12pm
Auckland Central 3 December 2pm to 4pm
Auckland Central 3 December 6pm to 8pm
Hamilton 4 December 10am to 12pm
Gisborne 3 December 1pm to 3pm
Wanganui 2 December 1pm to 3pm
Wellington 4 December 10am to 12pm
Wellington 4 December 2pm to 4pm
Christchurch 4 December 10am to 12pm
Dunedin 3 December 10am to 12pm
Invercargill 2 December 3.30pm to 5.30pm
The XRB is managing the registration process for these seminars. Go to the XRB’s website and register for a seminar.
Further seminars – 2015
Charities Services is running another series of seminars commencing in March next year, and these will be held right across New Zealand. All Registered Charities will be invited to these seminars.
For any queries regarding the December seminars, please email the XRB at
Appreciative inquiry and Collaborative Leadership Workshops
Appreciative inquiry is one of the leading approaches used in the USA to grow collective impact initiatives. Appreciative inquiry is a strengths-based method for teams, organisations and multi-agency partnerships to develop shared vision and values, plan & executive change processes and create engaging team cultures. This workshop explores the principles of AI and core processes to put AI into practice straight away following the workshop.
Collaborative Leadership is core to growing collective impact initiatives. The material covered in this workshop is collaborative networks including collective impacts, organisations and teams. This workshop examines the mind-sets, behaviours and skills of collaborative leaders and collaborative leadership teams in large organisations. It looks at how participants can incorporate these attributes into their existing leadership practices. It is suitable for informal organisational leaders, team leaders and senior managers.