N4W description - email

08/10/23:   

Hi.

Would appreciate if you could provide more information on networking for well-being. Thanks.

Kind regards,

Josephine

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Hi, Josephine

Thanks for your query.

Networking for Wellbeing (N4W) is like a big idea.  It is not an organisation.  The idea is that by working together and networking with all sorts of people and organisations, we can help to address some of the big issues of our times. 

N4W has varied networks that focus on different interests - these include

• Seven Plus which began as a network for people who were dealing with the transition out of paid work into what lots of people do not want to call "retirement".  It has evolved into a network of people who commonly meet on a Wednesday morning for either "MeetUps" (various activities in different locations, exploring our city, or meeting over a cuppa) or "Zoom" (where some of us discuss whatever topics or threads of interest we want to talk about).
  
• Te Reo Plus which attracts people who are shy of speaking Māori but would like to show their respect for Te Ao Māori (the Māori world) by improving their pronunciation in a safe space, and by chatting together about getting a better understanding of issues related to the Te Tiriti o Waitangi. And we tend to go places together occasionally, like visiting Ripapa island at Matariki.  
• N4W Plus is a bunch of people who see the value of forming networks that focus on bringing people together - not just for the sake of doing things together, but in the interests of helping Kiwis continue to strengthen collective well-being.  N4W+ is interested in seeing how we can encourage people to get hooked into the things that interest them in ways that suit them. We recall the way people worked together after the quakes and how neighbours, friends and families came together to support each other.
  

I could write heaps more, but I am happy that your question forced me to summarise some of the ideas that are evolving as we work together under the banner of N4W.  Please ping me a quick reply about the above - does it make sense?  What more would you like to know?  If you wanted to be part of a network, what would its focus be?  Would you like to meet with some of us for a chat?  

Please give me a ring if you would like to chat. 

Ngā mihi

Elaine

(021993259)