Unity Day 2024
Social Cohesion - for a fairer and kinder city
He tuhono hāpori, hei ngākau atawhai, hei ngākau mahaki mo te tāone o Ahuriri
Unity Day Award Winners
Taiatini Lepaio
Neill Gordon & Laura Jackson
Lynne Anderson
Mary Danielson
Simon Beams
Whatever It Takes Trust
Mark Kupa – “Bunny”
Whatever It Takes Trust
Taka Burton
founder of the Shamrock Boxing Club, Maraenui
Te Aroha Papanui
Te Hiwa a Māhaki Trust
Programme
Karakia, mihi whakatau - Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui ā Orotū. Video
Welcome; the Napier Pilot City Trust. Video
John Robson Memorial Lecture
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley
Rebuilding Community, Restoring Trust Why The Local Matters Video
Maria English, CEO of Impact Lab will share how Impact Lab brings together data, science and analytics to help understand and calculate the social impact of dedicated people doing good work. Video
Councillor Hayley Browne introduces and explains our new venture Piloting Projects for Napier. Video
2024 Unity Awards, read by Mayor of Napier Kirsten Wise and presented by Prof. Spoonley. Video
Unity Lunch in honour of the late Pat Magill (1926 - 2023) Trust founder and foot soldier, past Unity Award recipients and Robson Lecturers have been invited to join us.
Video - Acknowledgement of previous Awardees
Video - Tributes to Pat Magill
Transforming Communities
A panel discussion on how we can support Community Building initiatives: As well as Prof, Spoonley and Maria English we were joined by Community Activist and former MP Dr Elizabeth Kerekere, ECCT CE David Clapperton and local Activist Pete Findlay. Video
The day concluded with the announcement that the Trust endorses and supports two new initiatives, Moving Forward 2024 and Tangata Tiriti Aotearoa (TTA).
Thanks to Councillors Boag and Crown for supplying Unity Day photos.