The annual Neighbours Aotearoa consciousness marketing campaign is taking a special strategy this 12 months, specializing in a dialog about what being a very good neighbour means to folks.
Neighbours Aotearoa group weaver for Dunedin and Invercargill Rebecca Harris mentioned the organisation was striving to grasp how completely different folks considered neighbourliness and the position of Neighbours Aotearoa inside that.
‘‘Every year in March we encourage everyone to do one thing small — or giant — that helps them to get to know a neighbour that bit higher,’’ Ms Harris mentioned.
‘‘This 12 months, we’re increasing on that to try the completely different sorts of neighbours there are on the market and the way that impacts the day-to-day lives of individuals in the neighborhood.’’
The Neighbours Aotearoa 2026 public dialog requested folks to replicate on questions reminiscent of ‘‘what does the idea of neighbour imply to you?’’ and ‘‘the place do your concepts of neighbourliness come from?’’.
‘‘You will need to acknowledge that just about everybody has neighbours, and never everybody will get on with their neighbours.’’
This can be partly because of the broadly differing opinions in the neighborhood about what constituted a very good neighbour.
‘‘The individuals who have taken half in our public dialog thus far have provide you with a unprecedented vary of concepts round neighbourliness, which is fascinating,’’ Ms Harris mentioned.
‘‘It’s nice to get that suggestions, as a result of we don’t wish to simply be working on assumptions.’’
Ms Harris mentioned she and her fellow Neighbours Aotearoa group weavers spent a whole lot of time getting out and about into neighbourhoods and at large-scale group occasions, such because the current South Dunedin Road Pageant, to talk with folks with the intention of beginning conversations.
Neighbours Aotearoa (previously Neighbours Day Aotearoa) is a group growth initiative devoted to rising, connecting and strengthening neighbourhoods throughout the nation. It’s a place-based and native strategy — neighbours linking up of their native communities.
From humble beginnings in 2009, Neighbours Aotearoa has advanced from a single day right into a 10-day occasion, then a month-long celebration, and now a year-round motion.
Folks can be a part of the general public dialog by the Neighbours Aotearoa web site — neighboursaotearoa.nz — and can even observe the organisation on Fb and Instagram.
