Rise - Issue 13 - December 2010
Welcome to issue 13 of Rise. The theme is motivation.
A culture of caring
Personal needs were set aside and professional instincts came to the fore after Canterbury's earthquake.
Otorohanga's zero youth waste
A King Country district led by a motorbike mechanic has achieved zero youth unemployment, provided its businesses with a skilled young workforce and drastically reduced its youth crime rate.
A cup to be filled
Snowy-haired mountaineer and adventurer Graeme Dingle is amid one of his greatest adventures yet - helping young New Zealanders.
Spreading a different kind of love
His face is recognisable wherever he goes, but not for anything Vic Tamati can bring himself to feel proud of.
From the frontline
Working with young people in residences is demanding and challenging, but it is the opportunity to make a difference in a young person's life that motivates Sandra Crisp in her work at Korowai Manaaki, the youth justice residence in Auckland.
LSV's founders look back
Two old army mates, born and bred on the West Coast of the South Island, were the architects of the Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) programme which has helped to motivate thousands of young people since 1993.
Helping the homeless
She's known as Tash among Auckland's homeless people, and that's fine with Work and Income Integrated Service co-ordinator Natasha Robinson.
Women in power
Holly Murphy has always been mechanically-minded so when her Work and Income case manager suggested she apply for a new apprenticeship for female line mechanics, she jumped at the chance.
Jewellery to jobs
Two and a half years ago Melissa Edmonds-Whale was managing a jewellery shop. Since then she has been selling jobs and a future to hundreds of unemployed as a case manager.
The three-Ms
A new way of working, known as the three-Ms, is raising work brokerage to a new level across Nelson and Tasman.
