Category Archives: Community-Driven Tour

Community Development – To What End?

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Hildy • 0 Comments

(This is Part 7: Community-Driven Tour 2010 New Zealand. To read these posts from the beginning, head here.) We flew to Christchurch then drove to Queenstown via Lake Tekapo, a lake made mesmerizingly green-blue by mineral deposits. Dimitri had made reservations at an apartment hotel in Queenstown that seemed online to be luxurious for the… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Community Engagement, Community-Driven Tour, New Zealand, Travel Stories

Meet People Where They Are (Then Sing to Them)

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Hildy • 3 Comments

(This is Part 6: Community-Driven Tour 2010 New Zealand. To read these posts from the beginning, head here.) Hamilton: Visiting the Waikato Blink twice and it’s Tuesday. We’re in Hamilton, an agricultural and university community about an hour south of Auckland. As I noted in the first post in this series, we rarely know we… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Boards / Governance, Capacity Building, Community-Driven Tour, New Zealand, Travel Stories

Passion Like a Fire (Alarm)

Posted on April 11, 2010 by Hildy • 0 Comments

(This is Part 5: Community-Driven Tour 2010 New Zealand. To read these posts from the beginning, head here.) Workshop: UNITEC It is Monday. We have been in Auckland for 2 weeks, with 1 day off. Dimitri headed out first thing in the morning to get a rental car for our drive to Hamilton, for our… Continue Reading

Filed Under: Boards / Governance, Community-Driven Tour, New Zealand