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Heartland Strong
How rural New Zealand can change and thrive
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The future of New Zealand’s rural communities is often in the news. Empty shops, depopulation and lack of jobs are offered as signs that many towns are dying. However, the strength of social ties and development of digital technologies, the innovations in rural entrepreneurship and the functioning informal economy suggest that some rural communities are in good health.
There is no getting away from the challenges to the rural sector. But rural communities have shown themselves to be resilient over many years, and that is likely to continue. Most importantly, people in rural communities, in townships and on farms, have options.
This important book, based on years of research, shows how, and provides useful insights into, the ongoing process of change in rural communities and the resources on which they draw to support their resilience. It offers a positive message and blueprints for progress.
Penny Payne, social scientist in the People and Agriculture team at AgResearch, is based in Hamilton. She has a master’s degree in community psychology and has studied at Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Waikato and City University of Hong Kong. Current research areas include resilience, extension and education. Penny is currently evaluating extension programmes in climate change and biosecurity, targeting community, industry and schoolchildren. She also specialises in social network analysis, mapping relationships to explain and increase network resilience. Penny has worked with diverse audiences including rural communities, government, industry, not-forprofits, schoolchildren and regulatory organisations.
- ISBN-13
- 9780995109599
- Publisher
- Massey University Press
- Imprint
- Massey University Press
- Publication date
- 11 April 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 mm
- Language
- English
