Find people in the New Zealand age friendly network who are available to discuss their experiences of developing age friendly activities in their communities.
You can contact these people directly for age friendly inspiration, advice, or support.
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Name
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Contact details
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Experience
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Rebecca Kruse
Auckland Council
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021 538 559
Rebecca.Kruse@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
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- The spectrum of age friendly development, from plan development to application preparation
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Dame Peggy Koopman-Boyden
Hamilton Age friendly Steering Group
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021 310 373
pkb@waikato.ac.nz
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- Planning
- Workshop facilitation
- Tertiary research supervision
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Ruth Gerzon
Eastern Bay Villages Older People’s Network
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020 4161 5887
easternbayvillages@gmail.com
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- Community development communications
- Networking
- Bicultural partnerships
- Forming trusts
- Home-share options
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Michele Grigg
Napier City Council
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06 834 4130
micheleg@napier.govt.nz
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- Community engagement
- Establishing steering and reference groups
- Strategy development
- Data sources/analysis
- Age friendly assessments of neighbourhoods using the OPERAT tool
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Gerry Brooking
Wairarapa Positive Ageing Strategy
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(06) 379 4083
gerry@cdc.govt.nz
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- Local government/ council staff engagement
- Community engagement processes and resources
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Nicky McDonald
Nelson City Council
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(03) 546 0420
027 8377 921
nicky.mcdonald@ncc.govt.nz
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- Forming and supporting community and council steering committees
- Consultation
- Age friendly assessments, research and surveys
- Government agency collaboration
- Website development
- Strategy writing
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Madeleine Burdon
Waimakiriri District Council
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(03) 311 8900
021 480 851
madeleine.burdon@wmk.govt.nz
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- Research
- Forming and supporting steering committees
- Community and stakeholder engagement
- Needs assessments
- Project planning
- Project evaluation
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