Recent work: Local Bodies
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Safety Plan
The purpose of the Safety Plan is to identify a range of options in which the local board, with support from staff throughout council, can respond to local safety issues in a strategic and coordinated manner, and improve safety and perceptions of safety in the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki area. It sets the framework that will guide decision making from 2015- 2020.
The project looked to achieve the following objectives:
The project looked to achieve the following objectives:
- to develop a safety plan for the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board which responds to safety concerns and issues in the area
- to develop a strategic framework to guide and coordinate ongoing safety related projects and/or initiatives within Maungakiekie-Tāmaki
- to provide the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board, council departments and community stakeholders with a shared vision and identified actions needed to respond to safety issues
- to work collaboratively with key organisations in the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board area as part of the development of the safety plan
- to consider the safety plan’s development in the context of relevant regional and national strategies and policies
- to consider the safety plan’s development in the context of the board’s Local Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategic Action Plan which is currently being progressed
- to develop a strategic approach that guides council departments to consider local
- safety when developing new initiatives or projects in the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board area.
01. Auckland Multi-Sector Action Plan (2014)
The Auckland Plan aims to reduce breaches of the Domestic Violence Act by 40 per cent within ten years.
In order to achieve this ambitious goal, neither Council, the family violence sector nor the community can do this on their own. It requires stronger relationships between mana whenua, mataawaka, the family violence sector, Auckland Council and Government agencies. To advance this work the Mayoral budget has allocated funding to develop an integrated multi-sector action plan to prevent and eliminate sexual, family and whānau violence. This involves Council working together with community, NGOs and Central Government on a plan that will reduce family and sexual violence.
A multi-staged approach will be undertaken to achieve this, involving: the engagement of NGOs working with family violence and sexual abuse and assaults; survivor reference group(s) and; the engagement of NGOS and organisations outside the family violence and sexual harm sector (other sectors comprising the multi-sector plan). The outcomes of this engagement, including the vision, the priority areas, and the commitments from each of the sectors, will be captured in a multi sector action plan and subsequent implementation plan.
Two reports have been prepared to support this work which can be downloaded here:
In order to achieve this ambitious goal, neither Council, the family violence sector nor the community can do this on their own. It requires stronger relationships between mana whenua, mataawaka, the family violence sector, Auckland Council and Government agencies. To advance this work the Mayoral budget has allocated funding to develop an integrated multi-sector action plan to prevent and eliminate sexual, family and whānau violence. This involves Council working together with community, NGOs and Central Government on a plan that will reduce family and sexual violence.
A multi-staged approach will be undertaken to achieve this, involving: the engagement of NGOs working with family violence and sexual abuse and assaults; survivor reference group(s) and; the engagement of NGOS and organisations outside the family violence and sexual harm sector (other sectors comprising the multi-sector plan). The outcomes of this engagement, including the vision, the priority areas, and the commitments from each of the sectors, will be captured in a multi sector action plan and subsequent implementation plan.
Two reports have been prepared to support this work which can be downloaded here:
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City -level Action and the Primary Prevention of Sexual and Family Violence
This report describes action that could be taken at a city level to support the primary prevention of family and sexual violence. Drawing on the Ecological Model and the Spectrum of Prevention, we present examples of promising primary prevention initiatives that act at a range of levels, from individuals and relationships to institutions, communities, and society.
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Working together to Prevent Family and Sexual Violence: Multi-sector Action Plans and Case Studies
This literature review is aimed at outlining where New Zealand sits on matters of family and sexual violence – both in terms of impacts and in terms of current policies and programmes – and what steps we might take to address these issues. We particularly pay attention to the role that local government bodies can play in addressing violence.
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02. Hibiscus and Bays Community Profile (2014)
This community profile prepared for Auckland Council focusses on population, infrastructure, wealth and education, economy and housing and families of the Hibiscus and Bays area.
03. Injury Prevention (2012)
Point Research and Rebecca Davis from the Change and Innovation Agency partnered with Auckland Council to:
1. Develop a cohesive, integrated Injury Prevention Knowledge Hub where qualitative and quantitative data is stored, reported and publicly accessible, to identify organisations and initiatives undertaking injury prevention work in the Auckland Region.
2. Identify gaps and opportunities for improvements, to develop an Auckland Regional Injury Prevention Plan 2013–2018 that sets out priorities and direction for the local region and how it intends to make a real difference to unintentional injuries in the region.
3. Formulate partnerships with Maori, Pasifika and vulnerable communities to identify the injury prevention priorities, and support community-led, audience-focused initiatives that support social change and injury prevention outcomes. .
4. To embed an injury prevention perspective in the planning and work Auckland Council undertakes and map existing practices for collecting accident and injury data received by Council and develop recommendations of how this data could be used to inform future design and planning decisions.
One of the first outcomes of the project has been the development of individual local board injury profiles for the Auckland region.
1. Develop a cohesive, integrated Injury Prevention Knowledge Hub where qualitative and quantitative data is stored, reported and publicly accessible, to identify organisations and initiatives undertaking injury prevention work in the Auckland Region.
2. Identify gaps and opportunities for improvements, to develop an Auckland Regional Injury Prevention Plan 2013–2018 that sets out priorities and direction for the local region and how it intends to make a real difference to unintentional injuries in the region.
3. Formulate partnerships with Maori, Pasifika and vulnerable communities to identify the injury prevention priorities, and support community-led, audience-focused initiatives that support social change and injury prevention outcomes. .
4. To embed an injury prevention perspective in the planning and work Auckland Council undertakes and map existing practices for collecting accident and injury data received by Council and develop recommendations of how this data could be used to inform future design and planning decisions.
One of the first outcomes of the project has been the development of individual local board injury profiles for the Auckland region.
04. Women in Auckland (2012)
The Auckland Women's Centre contracted Point Research to conduct an analysis of data pertaining to women in Auckland City. The report includes 34 key indicators encompassing 66 individual measures across 11 domain areas
05. Indicator Collection (Wellington City)
This project, for Wellington City Council, involved statistical data collection of over 100 pre-determined indicators. As part of the project, Point Research developed a statistical document framework whereby data need only be updated in a master document. Documents which contain updateable statistics are linked to the master document and automatically update when the document is opened. This saves an enormous amount of time and ensures consistency across publications.
06. Eco Events
Point Research project managed the redevelopment and re-launch of community environmental networking site, now called Ecoevents. Ecoevents connects you with hands-on opportunities to be involved in and for your local environment, with other like-minded people in the Auckland region.
07. Super City
Prior to the Super City amalgamation in 2010, Point Research collected and reported information from the Auckland councils on research, investigations and monitoring. The objectives of the project were to describe data collection and analysis activities undertaken and explain the mandate/rationale for carrying out the activity and describe the core software or systems, or databases, used in delivering policy and planning activities.
08. Sustainability Framework
This document provides information on a series of identified indicators and measures designed to assess progress towards a number of long term goals in the Auckland Region. Each indicator is documented, and information on data availability, data sources and other relevant information is provided for each individual measure. The document is designed as a 'living document' able to be easily and instantly updated when new information is available.
