Jo Rae Wilkins

Likes swimming, bees, community engagement, smart cities and town planning! A fan of @LittleLukeandJo and @LittleJoandLuke
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The case for a more fun New Zealand https://t.co/qZQkbADhVh #PlayWeek #RNZ #PlayAotearoa

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Check out the photographer (and the cute Beagles!): https://t.co/r2BYtGQTPu

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Shaping Tomorrow Together - Exploring the deliberative democracy journey: "Democracy can be messy, we need to be flexible and agile" - this was said as we were being flexible and agile, taking the #aklconversations outside, because of a fire alarm!

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AI - it's an oxymoron - it's not Artificial and it's not Intelligence!! It's only maths!!
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It's Your Birthday @Vegemite #100Years

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What are you doing on Saturday 6 May in the afternoon? Ignore whatever is happening with the weather and come along to Parnell District School in #Auckland for some fun, food and fete shenanigans! #psd150fete #ParnellAuckland #ThingsToDoInAuckland https://t.co/HXRizjRhYE

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That's a wrap for NZ Symposium 2023! What a great couple of days of face to face engagement. Thank you to our awesome MC, Kylie Cochrane and to all our sponsors Aurecon, Beca, Social Pinpoint, Boffa Miskell and Spatial Media #NZSymposium2023 #IAP2Australasia

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Time for the Bros from Boffa Miskell - talking about the stories of the land
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Chloe and Raylene presenting on the Ministry for the Environment and how they set up an Engagement Hub...it started with getting the whare in order first...
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Toni and Natasha talking to us about 'Engaging with Class' involving tamariki and rangatahi to give meaningful feedback on live projects in their communities
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Starting the symposium today with Chris Mene taking us through the @IAP2A kaupapa of our commitment to Māori
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Post lunch panel, lead by Sarah Ropata on Defining Social Value with some great experts talking about how Social Value and Social Licence can mean different things to different people...
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On to the breakouts - with Jean and Jaclyn talking about Kanohi ki te kanohi on a major growth project
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So many good learnings from Te Hiku o te Ika:
- Local people to define and local connections to deliver
- You'll never please everyone, they'll always be some critics
- Manage miscomms
- Keep the Aunties informed!
- Get yourself a champion Councillor...
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The hard working team doing the mahi: the community doesn't care about how it's done, they care about outcomes...
Having the community plans ready to take the opportunity of funding that comes along...
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81 projects were part of the Core Value Award winner Te Hiku Revitalisation Project in the Far North - more than just #CommunityEngagement it is about social procurement too
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Some take-aways from Arihia:
- It's never going to be a pair of comfy slippers!
- It's a 360 process
- There's no need to be the expert (community are the expert)
- There's a richness in ambiguity... it's wisdom
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Always a Social Worker: a focus on wellbeing outcomes and thinking about future generations, sustainability and whānau investment
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Tangata Whenua Tangata Tiriti - Arihia Bennett, CEO Te Rūnanga O Ngāi Tahu:
The sense of wisdom surrounding you, for me, this is the core of what Engagement Practitioners do...
Reflecting on history to guide the future
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Kylie doing an awesome job as m/c and thanking our sponsors
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