COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

• Education Officer for CORSO (NZ developmental aid agency supporting the self reliance of impoverished communities, primarily overseas) - Otago-Southland region, NZ; 1976/77/78
  
  
• 'Co-ordinator-manager of Harmony Roadshow' - national NZ, 1979/80
  
  
• Project Officer for Coonara Community House (a neighbbourhood community development centre) - Sherbrook County Council (local government), Melbourne, Australia; 1981
  
  
• Project Officer for Community Youth Support Scheme - Sherbrook County Council (local government), Melbourne, Australia; 1981
  
  
• Co-founder & organiser of bringing together Tui Community Village - Nelson Province, NZ; 1983/84
  
  
• Co-ordinator for Tui kindergarten & home school - Golden Bay; NZ; 1985/87
  
  
• Arts Officer for Golden Bay Community Arts Council - Nelson Province, 1986
  
  
• Director of Children's Permaculture Foundation (an organisation for environmental education, project development and resource material production) - based Dunedin, NZ; 1989 - 1994
  
  
• Researcher and writer for NZ Natural Heritage Foundation (an organisation for environmental education and eco-tourism) including the trialing of original environmental education programmes - in Otago Peninsula schools, under the Ministry of Education Science Advisory Service, Dunedin, NZ; 1990/91.
  
  
• Co-ordinator of Permaculture Adult Educational Programmes (includes course design, tutoring and management, proposal writing, teaching adult literacy, teacher training in interactive methods, presentation to sponsors) - Tlholego Development Programme (TDP), South Africa; 1995/96
  
  
• Project Director, designer and co-tutor of S.E.E.D. ('Schools Environmental Education & Development') pilot programme (bringing together the agricultural and cultural aspects of Permaculture in a cross-curricula educational programme, culminating in the development of school grounds as an productive and aesthetic learning environment, involving the whole school community) - in partnership with Abalimi Bezekhaya & The Novalis Institute and funded by the NZ & British High Commissions; Pilot School: Bongolethu, Cape Flats informal settlement, Capetown, Sth Africa; 1998

FUNDRAISING

• CORSO - source: organisations & individuals in Otago-Southland region; 1976/77/78
  
  
• Harmony roadshow - source: Arts Council & Ministry of Recreation & Sport, NZ; 1978
  
  
• Children's Permaculture Foundation - source: national & international memberships; 1989 - 1994
  
  
• Tui Kindergarten - source: Dept of Education, NZ; 1985
  
  
• SEED - source: NZ & British High Commissions, Old Mutual Insurance & The Green Trust, Sth Africa; 1998
  
  
• Farm Schools development programme - sources: various, for TDP, Sth Africa; 1996

LEGAL

• Tui Land Trust - for Tui Community, Nelson, NZ; 1984
  
  
• New Findhorn Association (foundation work for deed drafted by community representatives) - co-working with Robert Gilman, Findhorn community, Scotland; 1999
  
  
• Astar Education Trust - for Astar education committee, Nelson, NZ; 1987
  
  
• Children's Permaculture Foundation - for CPF trustees, Dunedin, NZ; 1990

   

EVENT ORGANIZING & MANAGEMENT - independent

• NZ Networking Conference -Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1983
  
  
• Festival of Co-operation (co-organising) - Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1988
  
  
• Tui Experience Week (co-organising) - Golden Bay, NZ; 1994
  
  
• 'Whetu Marama o Te Ata' (a wholistic gathering) - Nelson, NZ; 1982
  
  
• 'Te Wairua' (a wholistic gathering) design & management of children's area - King Country, NZ; 1984
  
  
• 'Women's Gathering' (a national gender issues & creativity gathering) - co-organising at Tui Community, Nelson Province, NZ; 1996/97/98

TEACHING & FACILITATION

• 'Creating a Wholistic Family Culture' workshop (co-facilitated with Brigette Lorenz) - 'Towards 2000' gathering, Canterbury, NZ; 1984
  
  
• 'Transforming Society from Within: restoring the roots of a caring community life in our neighbourhoods, towns and cities' workshop - 'Towards 2000' gathering, Canterbury, NZ; 1984
  
  
• 'Bioregional Organisation' workshop - Festival of Co-operation, Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1985
  
  
• 'Bioregional Economics' presentation - Permaculture Women's Course, Washington State, USA; 1987
  
  
• 'The Informal Economy' workshop - Otago Workers Educational Association (WEA), Dunedin, NZ; 1991
  
  
• 'Creating & Sustaining Community' workshop - National Permaculture Convergence, Adelaide, Australia; 1995
  
  
• 'Tui Community' presentation - 'Towards 2000' gathering, Canterbury, NZ; 1995
  
  
• 'Facilitating Empowerment' presentation - Heart Politics conference, Tauhara Centre, Taupo, NZ; 1996
  
  
• 'Developing Ecovillage Communities' workshop - Adelaide, Australia; 1995
  
  
• 'Creating & Building Community' presentation - Auckland Ecovillage Group; Waiheke Island Ecovillage Group; 1995
  
  
• 'Catalysing Community Initiatives' - Keynote Address for Sustainable Cities Trust's 'Organic Christchurch Campaign', Christchurch, NZ; 1997.
  
  
• 'African Women in Development' - International Women's Day, Golden Bay; 1997
  
  
• 'Design for Social Ecology' workshop - Australasian Permaculture Convergence, NSW, Australia; 1997; Sustainable Communities conference, Findhorn, Scotland; 1998

PUBLICATIONS

Booklets

• Aotearoa Festival Organisation Handbook - self-published; 1983

Articles in Magazines/Journals/Newspapers

• A series of feature articles on travels & culture in Asia - The Press newspaper, Christchurch, NZ; 1975
  
  
• 'Harmony hits the Road' - NZ Women's Weekly; 1979
  
  
• Festivals as a Cultural Catalyst - Foxglove Magazine, Taranaki province, NZ; 1985
  
  
• Working in South Africa - NZ Women's Weekly; 1997

Chapters in Books

• 'Towards Sacred Society' in 'Creating Harmony: Conflict Resolution in Community' - published by Gaia Trust & Permanent Publications; 1999

Papers

'Politics of the Soul'; 1995

TRAVEL

Traveling to the following countries has had a major impact on Robina's approach to community development:

• Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Burma, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan -1973/74
  
  
• Fiji - 1976
  
  
• Australia - 1981/97
  
  
• Sweden, Denmark, Scotland - 1993
  
  
• Ireland, Scotland - 1998
  
  
• Southern Africa, Australia - 1995/96/98