Presentation at the Rising to the Challenge Conference by Peter Glensor of Hui E! Community Aotearoa

3. Update for Rising to the Challenge
Hamilton, August 2015
Peter Glensor
General Manager, Kaiwhakahaera Matua
Hui E!

4. • National Umbrellas met May 27
• ComVoices meetings with Charity Services – mid
July
• Productivity Commission draft report & Hui E!
Survey
• ISO, Min of Finance – govt emphases
• Blow our own trumpet – telling our story
• Multicultural NZ linkages
What’s happening nationally?

5. 5
•Met May 27
•30 participants plus many apologies
•Focus on sector cohesion, sector identity
•Implications of RZ closure
•Support for meeting again
National Umbrellas meet

6. 6
• Concerns about consistency, transparency, fairness
• Round table discussion with various govt depts – July 15 – 27
attended – DIA, MSD, IRD, Housing, MBIE
• Put charities at centre – how to support them
• Scenarios - Conflicting signals from govt
• Advocacy – how much is too much?
• Media statement after tax changes for social housing – review the
Act
• 2nd court finding re advocacy – Family First, Greenpeace – also
ComVoices meetings with Charity Services

7. 7
• Strong sector engagement – Hui E! process
• Comprehensive review of system
• Danger of quick fix/ fads – market forces,
competition
• Emphasis on sector efficiency, innovation,
outcomes focus
• Office to be a shared governance – govt/ sector/
Productivity Commission draft report

8. 8
• ISO
• outcomes focus
• Review programmes/ roll over contracts
• Data gathering/ measurement/ evaluation
• Minister of Finance
• Agnostic about who – “if it’s good for the community, it’s
good for the government books”
• Time for a regular sector leaders/ govt forum?
ISO, Min of Finance – govt emphases

9. 9
• Affirmation of who we are:
• Value add
• Innovation
• Outcomes focus
• Collaborative
• Time to tell our story again
Blow our own trumpet

10. 10
• Who are Multicultural NZ?
• National groups for ethnic groups, migrant, refugee
services
• Possible conference – Auckland, late 2015
Multicultural NZ linkages

11. 11
• Survey of govt/ sector relationships – review Kia
Tutahi
• Trustee elections – November/ December
• Community Hub meeting room available
• Police Vetting bill charges - new attempt re
charities
• Health & Safety – vol. agencies exempted
Hui E! developments