Browsing by Author "Hunt, Sonya"
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How volunteering reduced the impact of the Rena oil spill: Community responses to an environmental disaster
(International Sociological Association, 2015)Following the Rena oil spill off the Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand and subsequent volunteer clean-up programme, we interviewed 39 volunteers and 9 people involved in the volunteer organisation. We aimed to learn about ... -
An Incident Control Centre in action: Response to the Rena oil spill in New Zealand
(Wiley, 2014)Following the Rena grounding and oil spill in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, an Incident Command Centre was established which, among other tasks, coordinated a volunteer clean-up effort. We interviewed volunteers and ... -
Local volunteers respond to the Rena oil spill in Maketū, New Zealand
(Routledge, 2016)Following the MV Rena grounding and oil spill in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand in October 2011, the Māori community of Maketū were quick to respond to the arrival of oil on their beaches. They asserted their rangatiratanga ... -
The social work professionalisation project before the 1990s in Aotearoa New Zealand: The dream
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2016)INTRODUCTION: The meaning and purpose of social work has always been debated within the social work profession. The profession dreams of contributing towards a better, fairer, civil society locally and internationally. ... -
The social work regulation project in Aotearoa New Zealand
(2017)INTRODUCTION: In this second of two articles on the history of professionalisation of social work in Aotearoa New Zealand, consideration is given to the more recent coalescing of forces from the 1990s to the initial ...
