Rediscovering regional development in New Zealand: Reflections on local and regional development challenges and opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne Nel ◽  
Sean Connelly
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals Tourism 2025: an industry perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Wallace ◽  
Steve Riley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Support ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Framework Model ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Small Industry ◽  
Global Tourism

Purpose Tourism 2025 – Growing Value Together/Whakatipu Uara Ngatahi is a framework to unite New Zealand's large and diverse tourism industry and ignite strong, aspirational economic growth. Its goal is to see the tourism industry contribute $41 billion a year to the New Zealand economy by 2025, up from $24 billion now. It provides vital context for some collective actions by big or small industry clusters and for thousands of actions individual businesses will take each year. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A wide range of tourism industry stakeholders were consulted over an 18‐month period to ensure the project was being developed on a solid, evidence‐based foundation. There was strong stakeholder support for a framework which the private sector takes ownership of and responsibility for, but which also recognises that public sector support is vital. The project team developed a “straw‐man” growth framework model which resulted in carrying out detailed investigations and consultation to test and, where necessary, adjust that model into its final form. Findings There were four major forces shaping the global tourism market. There was one positive force for New Zealand countered by three tough challenges. The strawman growth framework comprised five separate yet inter‐connected “cycle of growth” themes. These themes are relatively consistent with global national tourism plans that were studied. Used intelligently and in harmony, with the industry fully understanding the inter‐relationships and inter‐dependencies within the “cycle of growth”, the key themes enable the tourism industry to successfully come to grips with the challenges and opportunities ahead. Originality/value Tourism 2025 is aimed at aligning the industry on a pathway towards aspirational growth.

From Networks to Clusters and Back Again

2011 ◽  
pp. 160-183
Author(s):  
Martin Perry
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Policy Intervention ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Trade Promotion ◽  
Effective Cluster

Since the mid-1990s, trade promotion and regional development policy in New Zealand has aimed to promote business growth by encouraging various forms of interfirm cooperation. This chapter reviews the case for public policy intervention in cluster formation and highlights policy insight, drawing on the author’s evaluations of the ways that New Zealand policymakers have sought to encourage business cooperation through networks, alliances, and clusters. The chapter makes a case for cluster intervention but cautions against too much optimism in the contribution that clusters can make to business development. By explaining the particular influences behind successful projects in New Zealand, it is hoped that researchers and policymakers can obtain a better understanding of the conditions needed for effective cluster-based cooperation.

Discovering health social work in New Zealand in its published work: Implications for the profession

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Liz Beddoe ◽  
Catherine Deeney
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Nursing Role ◽  
Current Discussion ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Bibliographic Search ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Current

Social work in health care has been a significant field of practice within social work in New Zealand since the 1940s. This paper reports on a project inspired by a fruitless search for a current discussion on the development of health social work in New Zealand. Analysis of a bibliographic search reveals an interesting history of health social work, as it emerged as an extension of the nursing role. Five distinct periods of development are identified through analysis of the literature. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of challenges and opportunities for health social work. 

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