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